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.TH xLart 1 "Aug 17, 1997" "GNU Utilities"
.SH NAME
xLart \- interactive X interface to
.IR rlart (1)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xLart
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B xLart
is an interactive X11-based interface to the
.IR rlart (1)
off-line lart spooler.
.B xLart
uses the lartd - if lartd is not running when
.B xLart
is started,
.B xLart
will start it and send an autolart to the members of wheel (not including
root).
.B xLart
utilises xfaces and Drag-and-Drop to allow playing admins to either
drag lusers onto larts or vice versa. Points are accrued for each
successful lart deployment, and scores written to
.B /var/account/lart/interactive.
.B xLart
makes use of several basic larts, and as more points are
accrued (or as the lusers become harder to lart) other, more
capable larts are made available. The basic larts are:
.nf
Filleting knife
10lb Sledgehammer
Garrotte
Beretta 9mm
un-set concrete
tommy gun
.fi
Of course, since
.B xlart
is only distributed in source form, site-dependent larts may be designed,
implemented and used by the relevant BOFH or sysmangler.
The highest level of play also allows for the use of the atomic
lart (lat and long must be specified, but some help is given by
the program) and the psychological lart (old-style lobotomy,
Electro-convulsive shock therapy, extreme aversion therapy and
drug cocktails). The psychological lart needs to be used over
several rounds, due to its non-instantaneous nature.
The vanilla installation of
.B xLart
requires a configuration file list of larts to be added at certain
point intervals. A slightly more interesting installation makes
use of the xface library to provide that personal touch when larting
lusers. The most interesting variant of
.B xLart
is to not only use xfaces but also to describe a building layout
(similar to loderunner) with levels and interior descriptions.
This variant allows several admins/BOFHen to play simultaneously,
competing against each other to see how many lusers they can lart
in a given time period (say until local police units arrive) or before
ammunition runs out.
.SH FILES
.B /etc/lartcap
.nf
- lart capability database
.fi
.B /var/lib/lart/lusers/xface.<lusername>
.nf
- xface for lusername
.fi
.B /var/lib/lart/larts/<lartname>.ppm
.nf
- small iconic image of lartname
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR lartcap (5),
.IR lac (8),
.IR lartd (8)
and
.IR rlart (1)
.SH BUGS
None found yet, but who really cares?
.SH AUTHORS
James McPherson
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