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NAME

       lafe - Latency Free Empire client

SYNOPSIS

       lafe country [password [host [port]]]

DESCRIPTION

       lafe is an empire client optimized for high latency links.  You can type in, edit, and send several commands before the server replies with
       output from the first command.  This allows you to make better use of the existing bandwidth than most other clients.  pei and eif are par-
       ticularly  susceptible  to latency, as they require a complete exchange of data before prompting again.	lafe could also be called LAg Free
       Empire.	Empire 2 asynch features are supported.  Empire 3 C_SYNC isn't supported, as this is a rather dumb client (in  between	emp_client
       and  eif)  and  C_SYNC  was removed from Empire 4 (Wolfpack).  Readline is supported, and at the moment required.  If you want lafe without
       readline, use emp_client instead.

   Parameters
       country	 If the only parameter this is use as a key to look up the game name as specified by the addgame  commands  in	the  $HOME/.laferc
		 file.	Otherwise it is used as the country name on the server.  Defaults to 'visitor' if unspecified.

       password  defaults to 'visitor' if unspecified.

       host	 defaults to 149.84.128.9 if unspecified.

       port	 defaults to 6667 if unspecified.

   Local commands
       help	 print syntax summary of local commands.

       addgame	 game country password host port logfile directory
		 add a game definition for the "lafe game" startup method.

       execute	 Handles exec scripts locally

       runfeed	 Runs the argument as a shell command, and sends the output to the server shell Run the argument as a shell script

       alias	 Print, delete, or define an alias.  Use single quotes around the alias definition to protect $*, $1, $2, ...

       setvar	 Set, delete, or print local variables.

       shell	 Run parameters in a subshell.

       history	 print the previous commands.

       verbose	 toggle verbosity of message.  "verbose on" if you want all the error messages, C_SYNC messages, etc.  Off by default.

       waitsync  Wait for all responses from server before proceeding.	Useful in scripts before a runfeed or shell command.

ENVIRONMENT

       Environment  variables are supported for backward compatibility with emp_client.  This information is best placed in the $HOME/.laferc file
       using the addgame command.

       EMPIREHOST      hostname of server

       EMPIREPORT      TCP/IP port number of server

       COUNTRY	       Country name to log in as

       REPRESENTATIVE  Password for country

FILES

       $HOME/.laferc contains any valid local commands to run before connecting to a server.

SEE ALSO

       emp_server(6), emp_client(6), emp_hub(6), pei(6), eif(6), http://wolfpackempire.com/

BUGS

       Output redirection does not work with aliases and internal commands.  Simultaneous connection to multiple servers  is  not  yet	supported.
       Version 1.0 addresses both of these issues, but has stalled due to lack of time.

       When  typing well ahead of the server, lafe must guess whether a local command should be parsed locally or forwarded to the server (as part
       of a telegram for instance).  It guesses local, which is not always correct.  This is the price you pay for speed.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Drake Diedrich <dld@debian.org>

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