This is spl, a program for handling spells and spellbooks
from various fantasy role-playing (FRP) games.  It can handle
both mage and priest spells for TSR's AD&D (a trademark of TSR, inc)
game, and can easily be expanded to handle other systems as well.
In addition to possibly being useful to FRP players and
GM's, the source may be useful to OS/2 2.x programmers learning
about containers, MLE's, and PM programming in general.

John-Marc Chandonia
chandoni@husc8.harvard.edu


This distribution includes:
	spl.exe      - Needed to run the program
	spl.ico      - icon.  also necessary.
	splbook.all  - list of spellbooks.  necessary.
	splicon.def  - icon definitions.  necessary.
	bugs.txt     - list of known bugs.
	changes.txt  - change log.
	license.txt  - GNU General Public License, version 2.
	readme.txt   - this file.
	spl.inf      - on-line docs; type VIEW SPL to read this.

	icons\*      - free icons, not part of package

	src\*        - source.

The icons are not necessary to run the program (see the INF for details);
you will need to change splicon.def if you add any new icons
or delete old ones.

Also included is the Great Net Spellbook and Great Net Prayerbook
version 3, in the mu and pr directories.  These are also freely
distributable, subject to the conditions in the attrib files in
each of these directories.  These files have been modified in order
to conform to the format restrictions of this program.  These files
should give you a good idea of the spell format needed to use this program.
They are not part of the package, but are being distributed
with it as a convenience to the user.

Copying and distribution information:

    Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 John-Marc Chandonia

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.