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Compiling?
~~~~~~~~~~
To compile the source:

1) Uncompress the source code distribution archive.

2) cd emech-2.9.4
-- Since you are reading this file, you have most likely already
   come to this point.

3) ./configure
-- This script will prompt you for features to include or exclude,
   going with the default isnt a bad idea.

4) make clean install

If all went well you should now have an executable called ``mech''.

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Setup?
~~~~~~
Read  the  sample.set  file to  get  an idea of  the  config  file
commands and then try to make your own.  A basic setup doesnt need
much more than NICK,  USERFILE,  CHANNEL and  SERVER entries,  the
rest is just tweaks of default values.

EnergyMech no longer has a setup mode.  Before running the bot you
should run ./genuser <userfile>.  For example, if your USERFILE is
emech.users, you should run `./genuser emech.users'.

Quick steps:

1) cp sample.set mech.set

2) pico mech.set 
-- replace ''pico'' with your favourite text editor,  look through 
   the file for sections to change,  you will have to remove lines
   in order to get the bot to work. Check the file completely!

3) ./genuser

4) ./mech 

That should get you running. If you don't see your bot come on IRC
after a few minutes,  you should try running the bot in debug mode
to see what's going on with... 

  ./mech -d 

If you get an 'Unknown option -d', you need to answer 'Y' to debug
support when running ./configure from the compiling section above.

---*---
