Hangman 1.3.4    April 12,2001
 
 By J.R. Greer  jrg@albedo.net
                http://www.albedo.net/pub/cgi-games.html 
    
 this file can be found at 
 ftp://trillian.bbs42.com/pub/games/hangman/

 Special thanx to Babs  for her help in the word lists
                   babs@angular.com

 hangman is based on code originally by  Nik Swoboda  nswoboda@cs.indiana.edu
 http://blackcat.brynmawr.edu/~nswoboda/prog-html.html

 HTTP get & Decode routine based on code originally by NCSA 

 (c) 1997,98,99,00,01 all rights reserved

 The program is placed under the GNU Public License (GPL)
 You may copy freely or modify the code in anyway as long
 as all of the copywrite information stays intact. 

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Version 1.3.4
* You can now use Phrases as words.
* Capitals are now allowed in Words
* Added code to eliminate getting the same word 2 times in a row

Version 1.3.3
* internal

Version 1.3.2
* some more code cleanup.
* $WAC=0 will no longer screw up. 
* more encryption improvements.
* Several people have gotten HANGMAN to work on IIS

Version 1.3.1 
* Backbutton cheat detection 
* Enhanced encryption a bit in word to avoid people decoding it.
* Bugfix in gif display if you entered a guess and got it wrong
  - Thanx to Simon Pearce  (simon@scoutnet.org.uk) for finding
  this bug. 
* patch to allow word.clue file to be in an Micro$oft text file
  without problems  (filtered CR)
* patch to block one possible server exploit

Version 1.3
* word list is now a separate file for ease of adding words
* You now have the option of having the clue stay up the whole
  game
* Background and foreground colours can be set as well as a background
  gif


Version 1.2
* encrypted the form variables so user can't read the word by 
  viewing the html source.
* Hangman no longer needs Steven Brenner's cgi-lib.pl,  this has 
  been replaced by code loosely based on code from NCSA HTTPD 1.4 
  cgi example code.
* words with doubles of the same letter no longer cause any problem.
* It now works with IE 2.1 for the Mac
* Hangman has been tested with perl 4.036 & 5.003
* it has been tested under both NCSA HTTPD & APACHE
* created new gifs for game, all gifs are 1 bit 150x150 pixels gif 89a
  with see through background.
* Hangman now has over 300 words in its dictionary.

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Installation hints

* many servers will only allow either .cgi or .pl file to be run 
  from a users home html directory.
* You may need to change the path to perl.
* make sure you adjust the configuration variables in the program.