xLart(1)						      General Commands Manual							  xLart(1)

NAME

       xLart - interactive X interface to rlart(1)

SYNOPSIS

       xLart

DESCRIPTION

       xLart  is  an  interactive  X11-based interface to the rlart(1) off-line lart spooler.  xLart uses the lartd - if lartd is not running when
       xLart is started, xLart will start it and send an autolart to the members of wheel (not including root).  xLart utilises xfaces	and  Drag-
       and-Drop  to  allow  playing admins to either drag lusers onto larts or vice versa. Points are accrued for each successful lart deployment,
       and scores written to /var/account/lart/interactive.

       xLart makes use of several basic larts, and as more points are accrued (or as the lusers become harder to lart) other, more  capable  larts
       are made available. The basic larts are:

		      Filleting knife
		      10lb Sledgehammer
		      Garrotte
		      Beretta 9mm
		      un-set concrete
		      tommy gun

       Of  course, since xlart is only distributed in source form, site-dependent larts may be designed, implemented and used by the relevant BOFH
       or sysmangler.

       The highest level of play also allows for the use of the atomic lart (lat and long must be specified, but some help is given  by  the  pro-
       gram)  and  the psychological lart (old-style lobotomy, Electro-convulsive shock therapy, extreme aversion therapy and drug cocktails). The
       psychological lart needs to be used over several rounds, due to its non-instantaneous nature.

       The vanilla installation of xLart requires a configuration file list of larts to be added at  certain  point  intervals.  A  slightly  more
       interesting installation makes use of the xface library to provide that personal touch when larting lusers. The most interesting variant of
       xLart is to not only use xfaces but also to describe a building layout (similar to loderunner) with levels and interior descriptions.  This
       variant	allows	several admins/BOFHen to play simultaneously, competing against each other to see how many lusers they can lart in a given
       time period (say until local police units arrive) or before ammunition runs out.

FILES

       /etc/lartcap
				- lart capability database
       /var/lib/lart/lusers/xface.<lusername>
				- xface for lusername
       /var/lib/lart/larts/<lartname>.ppm
				- small iconic image of lartname

SEE ALSO

       lartcap(5), lac(8), lartd(8) and rlart(1)

BUGS

       None found yet, but who really cares?

AUTHORS

       James McPherson

GNU Utilities							   Aug 17, 1997 							  xLart(1)