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flare

FLARE(6)							 flare User Manual							  FLARE(6)

NAME

       flare - diablo like rpg game

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the game flare and the files it uses.

       flare is a diablo like rpg game.

FILES

       settings.txt
	   flare does not have a settings dialogue yet. You can manipulate flare's settings in the settings.txt instead. It is located in one of
	   the following paths: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/flare $HOME/.config/flare ./config

       keybindings.txt
	   You can manipulate flare's default key bindings in this file. It is located in one of the following paths: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/flare
	   $HOME/.config/flare ./config

       save[0-9]{?}.txt
	   Savegames are simple txt files in flare. You can find them at one of these places: $XDG_DATA_HOME/flare $HOME/.local/share/flare
	   ./saves If permissions are correct, the game is automatically saved when you exit.

ENVIONMENT

       XDG_CONFIG_HOME, $XDG_DATA_HOME
	   flare follows the XDG stanard, see FILES section above.

BUGS

       If you should find a bug in flare, please report it at the official BTS at: https://github.com/clintbellanger/flare/issues.

AUTHOR

       Jan-Hendrik Peters <hennr@hennr.name>
	   Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2011 Jan-Hendrik Peters

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at
       your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

flare								    12/26/2011								  FLARE(6)

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