   Go to http://student.uq.edu.au/~s002434/nhqt/ for same information in HTML




                       NetHack with Qt interface

                              version 0.2
                          (for NetHack 3.2.0)

                           by Warwick Allison
                          warwick@cs.uq.edu.au



What's new?
-----------

 - Current armour, weapon, amulet, and rings shown in status area.
 - Automatic geometry, based on root window size (unless user-specified).
 - Automatic font size and tile size, based on geometry.
 - Highlighting changed stats (as per X11/Xaw interface).  The stats
	are highlighted for 2 moves.  Should this be user-configurable?
 - Yes-no-type prompts now appear in the message window,
	similar to the X11/Xaw `slow' option.
	This is configurable in the source.  Let me know if you prefer
	pop-ups, and I'll consider making it user-configurable.
 - Redraw more efficient when many things moving (eg. when using ESP).
 - Bug fixes
    - `Virtual memory exceeded in new' bug fixed.
    - Excess memory usage by text windows fixed.


What is it?
-----------

NetHack is a Free graphical one-player roleplaying game with a highly modular window system interface. Qt is a
graphical user interface toolkit. So, "NetHack with Qt interface" is a version of NetHack which has a user interface
module written using the Qt toolkit. 


How is it better than the plain X11 interface?
----------------------------------------------

The Qt interface has these extra features: 

    * Tiles (graphics) in the inventory and other item-menu windows. 
    * The player cursor changes colour as your relative hit-points drop. 
    * The message window greys-out older message. 
    * The item menus allow a count (click to left of icon - hidden feature). 
    * Icons for the major attributes and player states. 
    * Menus (only needed by newbie dungeon fodder). 
    * Variable size fonts and tiles. 
    * More space for the map as messages and status are side-by-side. 
    * You rarely need to put the mouse in a pop-up to interact with it. 
    * Macros - hidden feature - F1=multi-rest F2=multi-search F3=try-it 
    * It is much easier to code, so new feature-requests are more easily done. 


Where is it?
------------

See... http://student.uq.edu.au/~s002434/nhqt/ for the software, screenshot,
and installation instructions!!


--
Warwick
