README for Skencil
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Skencil is an interactive X11 drawing program (similar to XFig or tgif).
It is written almost completely in Python, an object oriented
interpreted programming language.

This version is part of the development series and is not suitable for
production use. You should be able to get a stable version from the
place where you got this release.

To compile and run Skencil, you need some additional software. Have a
look at the file INSTALL to see what you need and how to install Skencil.

Skencil's web-site is at <http://skencil.org>

NEWS:
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See the file NEWS for a list of changes since earlier versions. For a
list of the changes planned for 0.7.x, see the file TODO.


Contact:
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There are two mailing lists: sketch-list and sketch-devel.

 - sketch-list http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sketch-list
  
   This is the general Skencil discussion list. Everything related to
   Skencil is on topic there. You can subscribe/unscribe or view the
   archives through its web page

 - sketch-devel http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/sketch-devel

   This is the mailing list for developers. 

If possible, please send questions and bug-reports to the appropriate
list. If necessary, you can contact the author Bernhard Herzog by
private mail <bernhard@users.sourceforge.net>.


CVS:
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The sources of the development branch of Skencil are available in GNOME
CVS as the module sketch. The sources can be checked out by anone who's
interested via anonymous CVS:

First you have to set an environment variable that points to the gnome
CVS repository

	$ export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome'

and login 

	$ cvs login

There is no password, just hit return. You only have to login once. Next,
checkout the sources with

	$ cvs -z3 checkout sketch

Later, you can use 

	$ cvs -z3 update -Pd sketch

to update your copy of the sources to the latest version in CVS.


License
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Most of Skencil is released under the GNU Library General Public License
(see the file COPYING for details). The only exceptions are the stream
filters (in the Filter directory). See the respective READMEs for
details.