			    cxcparam
			    --------

DESCRIPTION
-----------

This source code is an independent packaging of the CIAO cxcparam
library from the 3.2.1 release.  See http://asc.harvard.edu/ciao/


CHANGES
-------

This versions contains a few bug fixes relative to that release.  See
the ChangeLog for more details.


USAGE
-----

Header files are installed in a package specific subdirectory, and
should be included as

       #include <cxcparam/parameter.h>


INSTALLATION
------------

See the INSTALL file.

A simple

  ./configure
  make
  make install

should suffice on most Linux systems.

This distribution will use GNU readline if it can find it.  
On Linux systems with readline installed in the standard system
locations it should work out of the box.

On Solaris boxes, readline is usually not installed in the system
locations; to get things to work, you can try something like this:

env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path_to_library_dir \
    CPPFLAGS=-Ipath_to_includes \
    ./configure \
       ..other options...


CONTACT
-------

Report bugs or make suggestions at

    http://jeeves.cfa.harvard.edu/bugzilla/

For all other purposes, email

    opticsoft@head.cfa.harvard.edu


COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
-------------------

Copyright (C) 2006 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

This file is part of cxcparam.

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and  sell  this
software  and  its  documentation  for any purpose is hereby
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