07-05-02 README.txt


About GoVictor
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GoVictor is a channel changer for Roger Wilco <http://www.rogerwilco.com>.
It operates in the background, watching for hotkeys associated with 
predefined RW channels.

GoVictor is an open source application released under the GNU General 
Public Licence.  The current release is ALPHA, but all basic features are 
coded and it should be quite usable.  Please report any bugs or feature 
requests  to <onsight@freebirdswing.org>.
 


Features
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GoVictor is similar to the popular TeamWilco program:

	* operates in the background, even while a game is running
	* watches for user-defined hotkeys to change Roger Wilco channels
	* low-profile icon on the system tray
	* channel and station support

There are some important differences relative to TeamWilco as well:

	* metakeys can be assigned on a per-channel basis
	* metakeys can be combined
	* metakeys are selective (ctrl will not trigger on ctrl+alt, etc)
	* hotkeys can optionally be "swallowed"
    * up to 256 channels
	* up to 256 groups (a generalization of the 'station' concept)
	* more complete station support via groups
	* easy switching between multiple channel/group configurations
	* optional suspend hotkey which when combined with hotkey swallowing
      allows GoVictor to peacefully share keys with other applications.
	* no GUI configuration 
	* open source (GPL)



News
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07-05-02	GoVictor 0.7 beta released.  Added suspend hotkey feature and
			changed the option keyword "scan" to "hotkey" in the channel
			set (.ini) files.

06-05-02	GoVictor 0.6 alpha is out.  Fixed the keyboard hook code (it
			is now in a separate DLL as it should be) so it works under
			NT/XP.  Added support for multiple channelsets that can be 
			switched on-the-fly.  Session management implemented.

05-05-02	GoVictor 0.5 alpha released.  The patch fixes cpu hogging in
			the idle loop and problems launching RW Mk.1c.  A bug in the
			keyboard hook under Windows NT/XP has been found, but is not
			yet fixed.

05-05-02	GoVictor 0.4 alpha publically released.  The source code is
			a bit of a mess, and a general code cleanup will be the focus
			of the next release (in addition to any bug fixes).

For more up-to-date information on GoVictor, have a look at the GoVictor
web site <http://tm2@stm.lbl.gov/govictor>, or contact me directly:
<onsight@freebirdswing.org>.

If you want to report a bug, please have a look at the web page to check
whether a newer release is available or your bug has already been
reported. Bug reports should go to directly to me.



License
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GoVictor is copyrighted (2002) by Onsight <onsight@freebirdswing.org> 
and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (see the 
file COPYING.txt for details).
