INSTALL

Quick Installation Guide
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--Linux
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    Compiling and running fract should be quite easy. Issue the following
commands:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ cp src/fract .

    If everything is up to spec you should be able to execute the binary file"

$ ./fract

    That's it! 'njoy!

--Win32 with MinGW
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    Not very hard. See http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=tutorials/gfxsdl/tut1
Now follow the steps described there to create a console C++ app with Dev-CPP.
Then add the sources to the project and you are all set.

--MSVC++ 7.1, a.k.a MSVC.NET 2003
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    This is for Microsoft Visual C++. 

  1) Download the SDL development library rom www.libsdl.org.
  2) Put the headers in some place, where MSVC can see them
     (e.g. my MSVC is installed in d:\programs\MSVC.NET2003, the SDL.h header
      is located in D:\programs\MSVC.NET2003\Vc7\include\SDL\SDL.h).
  3) Copy the SDL.lib, SDLmain.lib and SDL.dll in the fract's directory
     (i.e. where the fract.sln file resides)
  4) Just open the .sln file :)

    Fract will do the compiler autodetection and use the proper alignment
requests/assembly syntax.




Advanced Options and Obscure Configuration Defines
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1)
    Remove the define at MyGlobal.h:17 (ACTUALLYDISPLAY) and recompile
(note: it is currently possible under linux only). You will get a terminal
app that prints a `.' for each frame and does no graphical output. Useful
for running over ssh connections and/or on machines without X / SDL / etc.

2)
    asmconfig.h:14. Remove the USE_ASSEMBLY define and you get no single
assembly line in the source. Fract should now be POSIX compliant and compile
freely (at least with gcc) on any OS supporting SDL. Please give me feedback
on your success :)