LoansMgr v2.5 README.txt File

INTRODUCTION

     Thanks  for  trying  out LoansMgr! It is a powerful but easy to use
     program  for  dealing  with  most personal loan situations. v2.5 is
     the Mac OS X and ncurses port of LoansMgr. 

     Extensive  documentation  has  been  provided  in  three  files and
     formats.  It may be found in "flat text" format in the LOANSMGR.TXT
     file,     again     in     NeoOffice     2.0    format    in    the
     loansmgr-2.5a-user-manual.sxw  file,  and  finally in PDF format in
     the  loansmgr-2.5a-user-manual.pdf  file.  All three of these files
     are  included in this package. Please review the first few sections
     of  the  documentation for general information on the LoansMgr user
     interface,  and  important  legal  disclaimers  (see  below). Other
     information  that  may  be of particular interest is information on
     configuration, and command line usage. 

     LoansMgr  is  distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License
     v2. Use and enjoy! 

INSTALLING

     Installing  LoansMgr  is  easy. Start by expanding the distribution
     tarball. To do this, issue the command: 

     tar -xjf distribution_tarball.tar.bz2

     replacing "distribution_tarball" with the name of the file

     This will create a lm-2.5a-release directory, with the following 
     contents:

     a) file  "lm".  This is a PPC G5 executable. It was built on Mac OS
        X  10.4.8,  but  because  LoansMgr relies only on ncurses, it is
        highly likely that it will execute directly on your system. 

     b) .lm.ini - this  is  the  ini  file, which sets colors used by
        LoansMgr. 

     c) The above three formats for the User Guide

     d) directory lm-2.5a-src. This is the source tree

     Copy  the  executable  to some directory on your PATH, and copy the
     .lm.ini  file to your home directory. LoansMgr will find it and use
     it  if  you  have  the HOME environment variable set. If you do not
     have  this  variable  set,  you  may wish to do so at this time. If
     LoansMgr  does  not  find the HOME variable, or the .lm.ini file in
     the  HOME  directory,  it  defaults  to an internally defined color
     set. 

     It  is  advised  that  you  set  up  an  environment variable named
     "EDITOR",  which  contains  the  name of a console based ASCII text
     editor  capable of displaying text files. vi is a common example of
     this  class  of  editors.  If  the  HOME  variable  does not exist,
     LoansMgr  uses  the  "less"  pager to execute commands that require
     viewing  files.  The  author  of  LoansMgr  is also the author of a
     small,  fast  and  feature-rich  ncurses text editor named VE which
     you  may wish to investigate for this purpose. VE is also available
     from the CampbellWare website. 

     Now, just type "lm" and you are off and running.

     If  you  are  feeling  adventurous, open and modify the contents of
     the  initialization  file  .lm.ini.  The  contents  are  quite self
     explanatory. 

LEGAL STUFF

     Please  note  that  there  is  important  legal  information in the
     LOANSMGR.TXT  documentation  file  that is part of this package. You
     must  read  this  information  before  using LoansMgr for the first
     time. 

