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  pawgr 0.9 README 
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	This is just a litte utility that renders one graphic of a Spectrum
	PAW snapshot, then saves it in a .png file.

	PAW (Professional Adventure Writing System) is a Spectrum parser,
	where a parser is some software that lets a writer with little
	programming knowledge to write her/his own text adventure game.

	If you happen to have some old text adventure of your own lying
	around, you can use pawgr to extract its graphics. This program
	was not created to be very useful, but just for fun. And it may
	some day be part of a "PAW emulator".


GETTING IT RUNNING
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	You need a working libpng in order to compile pawgr. Simply type
	"make" in a GNU system, it does not require anything fancy. If
	you come into problems or manage to get a DOS/Win/Amiga/your-SO
	port running, feel free to drop me a line at jlceb@redestb.es
	

IS IT ACCURATE?
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	The line drawing is pixel-perfect. It is based in a dissasembly of
	the Spectrum Basic line drawing routine that PAW seems to use.
	The filling is not, so some graphics aren't accurate or are just
	plain wrong. Most graphics are OK.

	You may have some adventure that does not clear the screen in order
	to display a graphic. The result is that what comes to the screen
	higly depends on what was here before (ie. for filling). Rendering
	its graphics nicely may not be possible.

	I may come some day with another version that solves this problems,
	with some work.  Tell me if you are interested.


CUMBERSOME LEGAL WORDS
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	This program is free software. You can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the term 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.

	This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. Without even the
	implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
	See the GNU General Public License for more details.

	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

	This program is Copyright (C) 1999 Jose Luis Cebrian Pague