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-Text-based RCON utility for Zandronum
+zfc9000
+---------
+
+zfc9000 is a text-based RCON utility for the Zandronum Doom source port.
+
+Features:
+
+* Fully textual, can be used over SSH for instance
+* Supports in-game colorcodes
+* Input history
+* A subset of readline shortcuts
+* a nicklist
+
+To use, either:
+
+* use the command line: ```zfc9000 <address> <password>```
+* use Ctrl-N within the application to create a new connection
+
+To compile, clone the sources off the mercurial repository and check out the version desired. Ensure you have the proper ncurses libraries installed, e.g. ```libncurses5-dev``` and ```libncursesw5-dev``` on Ubuntu. Compile using cmake.
+
+Binaries are provided but these may or may not work on your system.