%Start

@C1@l@c@bImpFE

 Copyright (c) 1997-2021
      Marisa Giancarla (fstltna@yahoo.com)

 See the Copyright file included in the distribution

%Overview

@C4@c@b@lOverview

ImpFE is a graphical front-end for the multi-user science fiction strategy game Imperium. It is distributed under the
GNU Public License, and should compile fine on most any modern Unix platform. It uses the XForms library toolkit by
T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars, so you will need a copy of that library and the Xpm Pixmap library to be able to compile
it yourself.

%Main

@C4@c@b@lThe Main Window

The main window for ImpFE contains the input & prompt lines, as well as a scrolling text area where raw output from
the server will appear. Along the top of the window are the primary menus, File, Server, View, Configure, and Help.

File		Server			View		Configure	Help
    Open DB	    Open Connection	    Map		    Host		    Index
    Close DB	    Close Connection	    Planet	    Settings	    About
    Save DB				    Ship
    New DB				    Scripts
    Quit					    Clear Display

The menus have the following functions:

	File->Open DB
		Opens an already existing database file. You can have different databases for each game you play.
	File->Close DB
		Saves and then closes the currently open DB. Note this will NOT close your connection to the server if
		one is open.
	File->Save DB
		Saves the current DB to disk, and flushes the various object caches to disk. Leaves the server
		connection open, if any.
	File->New DB
		Creates a new DB, or erases one if an existing one is selected, and then opens it.
	File->Quit
		Closes your connection (if any), closes your open DB (if any), and exits ImpFE.

	Server->Open Connection
		Tries to open a connection to the server specified for the active DB.
	Server->Close Connection
		Closes any open server connection.

	View->Map
		Opens the Map window.
	View->Planet
		Opens the planet browse window.
	View->Ship
		Opens the ship browse window.
	View->Scripts
		Opens the scripts management window so you can start / stop S-Lang scripts.
	View->Clear Display
		Allows you to clear the contents of the server output window.

%Config

@C4@c@b@lConfiguration Window


