Purpose:
     A compact and relatively easy to use tour of largely forgotten code, some of 
which is really quite worthwhile.  My own variant includes code, ideas, or text 
from Cat and the Hack Angband, DvEband, Ingband, Kangband, and all of Eric Bock's 
variants.

Suggested location:
     The "patches" directory

Contact:
     Leon Marrick  (leon2m@sprintmail.com)

Date:
     January-March, 2002  (uploaded to clockwork March, 2003)


Description:
     This file contains condensed versions of the source code and, where appropriate, the /lib/edit folder of the variants listed below:


Stored Variant:                  Base code:
- Prfnoff's Angband (Angband-a)  Angband 2.9.1
- Cat and the Hack Angband       Angband 2.9.1
- DvEband 3.0.0                  Angband 2.8.3
- Eric Bock's Angband            Angband 2.8.3
- Goiangband  2.8.3v4            Angband 2.8.3
- Ingband 0.2.0                  Angband 2.8.3
- Kangband 2.9.3r1               Angband 2.9.3
- Quest_Angband 0.9.0            Angband 2.8.2
- Rangband 0.9.5                 Angband 2.8.2
- SBFband 0.2.2                  Zangband 2.2.3d
- Yin-YAngband 1.0               Angband 2.8.3
- Zceband 2.12                   Zangband 2.1.1c

     Information is stored in the form of diff files, produced by GNU diff, using the -p option to output function names.  They are designed to be read by eye, not actually used as diffs.  If, however, you desired to re-create the variant, you may attempt to patch in the files using a clean copy of the base code, but will in most cases have to do extra fill-in work.

     The following variants I decided to give a miss.  Please let me know if I shouldn't have:

- Bangband     (very old)
- BeAngband    (A collection of patches now available elsewhere)
- Borgband     (Borgs are available elsewhere)
- Discband     (I believe this modifies *_info.txt files)
- EasyAngband  (no exportable code known)
- Fangband     (very old)
- Langband     (still in alpha)
- MJAngband    (no exportable code known)
- NewAngband   (no exportable code known)
- PAngband     (Python scripting added to angband)
- PziAngband   (See PsiAngband for more up-to-date code)
- Sillyband    (no exportable code known)
- Team Angband (no code other than that needed for multiple adventurers.  In alpha.)