lcw - learning CW using Linux				Roland Maetche DD5RM

There are some very good programs to learn CW, but nearly all require DOS
(or other worse systems). Switching to Linux, my CW-training stops in
lack of some software. I found some programs, but no really interesting
things (maybe I'm a little bit spoiled using 'CWT'). So I decided to
write a CW-programm for Linux myself (and so implement some features I
was missing in other programs).

LCW uses a soundcard via the system-implemented driver (say: '/dev/dsp')
and so avoids (maybe device-dependend) low-level-programming. It
requires '8-bit-format', a minimum sample rate of 4000 samples/sec and
only one channel (think even the simplest soundcard should meet this).

For the user-interface 'curses' (library 'ncurses') is used, so an
X-server is not needed (but my be present).

Installation:

1. Unpack the package using 'tar -vxzf lcw_0.2.0.tgz'.

2. 'cd' to the 'lcw'-directory.

3. Remove '-DL_GERMAN' in 'Makefile' if you want to get an english version.

4. 'make' lcw.

5. have fun !




