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+THE MANA CLIENT
+===============
+
+With the Mana client you can play The Mana World and related games. The Mana
+World is a free 2D open source MMORPG. This client supports games hosted by
+either tmwAthena or manaserv.
+
+The Mana client is written in C++ and builds upon:
+
+- SDL2, SDL2\_gfx, SDL2\_image, SDL2\_mixer, SDL2\_ttf, SDL2\_net (Media framework)
+- Guichan (GUI framework)
+- libxml2 (XML parsing and writing)
+- PhysFS (Data files)
+- ENet (UDP networking library)
+- libcurl (HTTP downloads)
+- zlib (Archives)
+
+See the `AUTHORS` file for the list of developers.
+
+
+Account Creation
+----------------
+
+To create an account you can usually press the "Register" button after choosing
+your server. When this doesn't work, visit the website of the server you'd like
+to register on, since they may be using an online registration form instead.
+
+Keyboard and Mouse Input
+------------------------
+
+Use arrow keys to move around. Other keys:
+
+```
+- Ctrl attack
+- F1 toggle the online help
+- F2 toggle profile window
+- F3 toggle inventory window
+- F4 toggle equipment window
+- F5 toggle skills window
+- F6 toggle minimap
+- F7 toggle chat window
+- F8 toggle shortcut window
+- F9 show setup window
+- F10 toggle debug window
+- Alt + 0-9 show emotions / usuable at skill level 2.
+- Alt + S sit down / stand up / usuable at skill level 3.
+- Alt + F toggle debug pathfinding feature
+- Alt + P take screenshot
+- Alt + T turns on anti-trade function / usuable at skill level 1.
+- A target nearest monster
+- H hide all non-sticky windows
+- G or Z pick up item
+- Enter focus chat window / send message
+```
+
+Left click to execute default action: walk, pick up an item, attack a monster
+and talk to NPCs. Right click to open a context menu. Holding left Shift
+prevents walking when attacking.
+
+
+Chat Commands
+-------------
+
+Certain server interaction requires the use of slash-commands in the chat
+window. Here's a list of common commands:
+
+```
+- /help Displays the list of commands
+- /announce broadcasts a global msg(Gm Cammand only)
+- /clear clears the chat window
+- /who shows how many players are online
+- /where displays the map name your currently on
+- /whisper send a private msg to another player
+ (format: /whisper <charname> <message>)
+ If the <nick> has spaces in it, enclose it in double
+ quotes e.g. /whisper "char name" <message>
+- /record Records the Chat output
+ (format: /record <filename to write to> starts the record
+ session /record again
+ stops the session)
+- /party <command> <params>: Party commands
+ - /party new creates a new party /party new <party name>
+ - /party create creates a new party /party create <party name>
+ - /party prefix This commands sets the party prefix character
+ /party prefix <prefix-char>
+ "/party prefix" reports the current party prefix
+ character
+ - /party leave This command causes the player to leave the party.
+Type /help party <option> for further help.
+- /present This command gets a list of players within hearing
+- /toggle make the chatlog lose focus on a blank line or after
+ message. (format: /toggle <option>, where option can be
+ '1', 'y' or 't' to make the chatlog lose focus on a
+ blank line, and '0', 'n' or 'f' to make the chatlog lose
+ focus after every message. /toggle displays the status)
+```
+
+For more information, type `/help <command>`.
+
+
+Support
+-------
+
+If you're having issues with this client, feel free to report them to us.
+There is a bug tracker at https://github.com/mana/mana/issues and you can find
+us on IRC on irc.libera.chat in the #mana channel.
+
+If you have feedback about a specific game that uses the Mana client, be sure
+to contact the developers of the game instead.
+
+Compiling the Client
+--------------------
+
+Installing the dependencies on Ubuntu
+
+ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev \
+ libsdl2-net-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-gfx-dev \
+ libcurl4-openssl-dev libphysfs-dev libxml2-dev \
+ libguichan-dev
+
+Once the dependencies are installed, use CMake:
+
+ cmake .
+ cmake --build . --parallel
+
+This produces an executable in `src/mana`. If running it without installing, be
+sure to run it from the repository root so that it can find its data files.
+
+See `README.cmake` for additional information.