README - fen2ppm Version 0.1.0 - Chess diagram from FEN file
Copyright (C) 2003  dondalah@ripco.com (Dondalah)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to:

	Free Software Foundation, Inc.
	59 Temple Place - Suite 330
	Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
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To install fen2ppm,
	extract all the files from fen2ppm-0.1.0.tar.gz.
	change directory to fen2ppm-0.1.0
	instpkg

You may use your favorite directory for storing the
graphics file by changing the define variable for PTH
in the make file, fen2ppm.mak.

* Search for the statement:  PTH=\"/foo/bar\"
* Change the font name from "/foo/bar" to your choice.
* Your local directory is PTH=\"\.\"

Move the executables to your private bin directory.

To de-install fen2ppm, run
	deinst

Run fen2ppm in X Windows with the following command:

	fen2ppm <fenfile.fen | pnmtopng >fenfile.png
	xview fenfile.png

You can also run fen2ppm with the following command:

	fen2ppm <fenfile.fen | xview stdin

If you want to change the color scheme, send me an
e-mail message.

If you encounter problems, please send me:

	A detailed description of your compile steps.
	A detailed description of the problem.

Browse fen2ppm.html for documentation.