readme.txt

DaSHEL, a cross-platform DAta Stream Helper Encapsulation Library
Copyright (C) 2007 -- 2011:
	
	Stephane Magnenat <stephane at magnenat dot net>
		(http://stephane.magnenat.net)
	Mobots group - Laboratory of Robotics Systems, EPFL, Lausanne
		(http://mobots.epfl.ch)
	
	Sebastian Gerlach
	Kenzan Technologies
		(http://www.kenzantech.com)

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
	* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
		notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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	* Neither the names of "Mobots", "Laboratory of Robotics Systems", "EPFL",
		"Kenzan Technologies" nor the names of the contributors may be used to
		endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
		prior written permission.

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SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.


Additional contributions by:

	Antoine Beyeler <abeyeler at ab-ware dot com>
		(http://www.ab-ware.com)


To compile Dashel, you need CMake 2.6 or later (http://www.cmake.org/).
The CMake website provides documentation on how to use CMake on the different
platforms:
	http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/runningcmake.html

If you are on Unix and lazy, and just want to compile Dashel without any
additional thinking, try the following commands in Dashel sources directory:
	cmake . && make
If this does not work, then read the aforementioned web page.

Optionally, on Linux, to enumerate serial ports properly, you can install libudev:
	libudev (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/libudev/)

If you still have some problem to compile Dashel after reading the relevant
documentation, feel free to post your question on our development mailing
list. You can subscribe to the latter at:
	http://gna.org/mail/?group=dashel

Enjoy Dashel!

	The developers