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INTRODUCTION
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RuBoids is a Boids simulation written in Ruby and using OpenGL and TQt. For
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information on Boids, see http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/.
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Ruby is an object-oriented scripting language by Yukihiro Matsumoto. The
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official Ruby Web site (http://www.ruby-lang.org/) contains information and
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pointers to resources for this wonderful language.
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RuBoids is developed and maintained by Jim Menard (<jimm@io.com>). The
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latest version of RuBoids can be found on the Ruby Application Archive or
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on the official RuBoids Web page
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(http://www.io.com/~jimm/downloads/ruboids/).
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RUNNING
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=======
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cd ruboids
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ruboids.rb
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RuBoids looks for an optional properties file. If none is specified on the
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command line, it looks for a file named 'boids.properties' in the current
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directory. For example, to load the example properties file in this
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directory:
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cd ruboids
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ruboids.rb ../boids.properties
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DEPENDENCIES
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============
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RuBoids requires the OpenGL and TQt packages, which can be found on the Ruby
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Application Archive.
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COPYING
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=======
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RuBoids is copyrighted free software by Jim Menard and is released under the
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same license as Ruby. See the Ruby license
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(http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt).
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RuBoids may be freely copied in its entirety providing this notice, all
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source code, all documentation, and all other files are included.
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RuBoids is copyright (c) 2001 by Jim Menard.
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WARRANTY
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========
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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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