NAME

       lafe - Latency Free Empire client

SYNOPSIS

       lafe country [password [host [port]]]

DESCRIPTION

       lafe  is  an  empire  client  optimized  for high latency links.  You can type in, edit, and send several
       commands before the server replies with output from the first command.  This allows you  to  make  better
       use  of  the  existing  bandwidth  than  most other clients.  pei and eif are particularly susceptible to
       latency, as they require a complete exchange of data before prompting again.  lafe could also  be  called
       LAg  Free Empire.  Empire 2 asynch features are supported.  Empire 3 C_SYNC isn't supported, as this is a
       rather dumb client (in between emp_client and eif) and C_SYNC  was  removed  from  Empire  4  (Wolfpack).
       Readline  is  supported,  and  at the moment required.  If you want lafe without readline, use emp_client
       instead.

   Parameters
       country   If the only parameter this is use as a key to look up the game name as specified by the addgame
                 commands in the $HOME/.laferc file.  Otherwise it is used as the country name  on  the  server.
                 Defaults to 'visitor' if unspecified.

       password  defaults to 'visitor' if unspecified.

       host      defaults to 149.84.128.9 if unspecified.

       port      defaults to 6667 if unspecified.

   Local commands
       help      print syntax summary of local commands.

       addgame   game country password host port logfile directory
                 add a game definition for the "lafe game" startup method.

       execute   Handles exec scripts locally

       runfeed   Runs the argument as a shell command, and sends the output to the server shell Run the argument
                 as a shell script

       alias     Print,  delete,  or  define an alias.  Use single quotes around the alias definition to protect
                 $*, $1, $2, ...

       setvar    Set, delete, or print local variables.

       shell     Run parameters in a subshell.

       history   print the previous commands.

       verbose   toggle verbosity of message.  "verbose on" if you want all the error messages, C_SYNC messages,
                 etc.  Off by default.

       waitsync  Wait for all responses from server before proceeding.  Useful in scripts before  a  runfeed  or
                 shell command.

ENVIRONMENT

       Environment variables are supported for backward compatibility with emp_client.  This information is best
       placed in the $HOME/.laferc file using the addgame command.

       EMPIREHOST      hostname of server

       EMPIREPORT      TCP/IP port number of server

       COUNTRY         Country name to log in as

       REPRESENTATIVE  Password for country

FILES

       $HOME/.laferc contains any valid local commands to run before connecting to a server.

SEE ALSO

       emp_server(6), emp_client(6), emp_hub(6), pei(6), eif(6), http://wolfpackempire.com/

BUGS

       Output redirection does not work with aliases and internal commands.  Simultaneous connection to multiple
       servers is not yet supported.  Version 1.0 addresses both of these issues, but has stalled due to lack of
       time.

       When typing well ahead of the server, lafe must guess whether a local command should be parsed locally or
       forwarded  to  the  server  (as  part of a telegram for instance).  It guesses local, which is not always
       correct.  This is the price you pay for speed.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Drake Diedrich <dld@debian.org>

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