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+Kugar - A report creation tool for KDE.
+
+Current version: 1.3
+
+The current maintainer
+can be reached via Email: [email protected]
+or visit http://www.koffice.org/kugar/
+
+The former maintainer and the author of Kugar Report Designer
+part can be reached via Email: [email protected]
+
+The former maintainer and author of Kugar report viewer and konqueror
+part can be reached via Email: [email protected]
+
+The original author can be reached via Email: [email protected]
+or visit http://www.mutinybaysoftware.com. The original name of the package
+was Metaphrast.
+
+
+ABOUT KUGAR:
+
+Current features:
+
+* KDE GUI report designer.
+* Qt report viewer widget for previewing reports from within a Qt application
+ (WYSIWYG).
+* KDE report viewer widget that utilizes KDE print dialog
+* KDE report viewer utility.
+* KPart report viewer component - view reports from within Konqueror.
+* Report printing in Postscript.
+* Database/datasource neutral, data is supplied to the report engine in XML.
+* Open report definition files, report layout is stored in XML.
+* Report Header/Footer.
+* Page Header/Footer.
+* Detail Section.
+* Detail Header/Footer.
+* Multiple Detail levels (unlimited).
+* Grand totals: count, sum, average, variance and standard deviation.
+* Report print progress and cancellation.
+* Report rendering progress and cancellation.
+* Complete implementation of (Qt) printer setup options.
+* Additional formatting (negative numbers, currency, commas for numbers and
+ dates).
+* Direct database support.
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION:
+
+Included in docbook-xml format among with the koffice package.
+Docs include tutorial, user documentation and developer documentation.
+
+REQUIREMENTS:
+
+The following items must be installed prior to building Kugar:
+
+1. Qt version 3.1+ - http://www.trolltech.com
+2. KDE 3.1.0+ - http://www.kde.org
+
+
+BUILDING KUGAR:
+
+Basically:
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+
+See the INSTALL file for details.
+
+
+RUNNING A SAMPLE REPORT WITH KUGAR:
+
+There are three sample templates and matching datafiles in ./samples.
+
+The kugar program takes one or more data files on the commandline.
+
+Example: kugar samples/sample1.kdf
+
+To use Konqueror to display a sample, just click on the data file (with the
+.kdf extension) from within Konqueror.
+
+To create template file run Kugar Report Designer program (kudesigner).
+To add report items and sections use toolbuttons and menus,
+to edit their properties just right-click on them,
+to delete - middle-click.