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README -- vulcan-0.92-mouse_bug.patch
Patch to improve responsiveness to mouse messages in vulcan (3D chess program)
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Copyright © 2012 David Yockey

Developed for and tested in vulcan 0.92 on Linux with X11 GUI.

Latest version : http://sourceforge.net/projects/vulcanchessmods/
Author contact : dyockey@users.sourceforge.net


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LICENSING
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This patch is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the 
License, or (at your option) any later version.


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INSTALLATION
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To apply the patch, place the patch file in the main vulcan source code directory
and execute the following command:

     patch < vulcan-0.92-mouse_bug.patch


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REASONING
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While not verified, it is reasoned that the bug fixed by this patch arose due to
changes in X11 which occured since vulcan's last update, particularly somewhere
in X11R7.4 (X server 1.5.1) through X11R7.6 (X server 1.9).
Source: README, updated 2012-09-11