
	Installation instructions for Jafm (0.5 alpha)

Thanks for trying out jafm. I hope that it is of some use to you.

First, make sure that you have at least version 1.2 of Qt installed,
and that the environment variable QTDIR is set correctly.
See the instructions for installing Qt if you are unsure about
this.

Second, look at the Makefile and make sure INSTALLDIR is appropriate.

Then:	make dep
	make

There will be some (well, many) warnings. If it doesn't compile, please
check for simple problems first before emailing the author. 

Switch to root if you want a 'real' install.
Then
	make install

You might want to check that things are ok at this point
by running jafm. Make sure that it can find the Qt library. 
You should start jafm in its own xterm - currently
this is the only way to run interactive programs from within jafm.

If things went well two windows should pop up -
have a play around, then you will probably want to modify the 
config files.

There are two files to modify. Firstly, open system.jafmrules
(the Makefile says where to find it). Stare at it for a while
to see how it works. Alternatively, check the man page. 
You might want to start by changing the default mail program
(which assumes gnuserv is running) and go from there. 

Note that there are default rules for executables - you don't have to
put in a rule for every program you want to run, only those you
need to start up in a particular way.

Secondly, go to the Applications file. This just contains a list
of applications you want to appear in the Applications window. 
Edit as desired. Note that these icons need not represent actual
binaries - they can be 'virtual' programs running commands you have
defined in the .jafmrules file.

If you have problems, try the jafm home page 
http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~rlittlew/jafm/
