Documentation updates.

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Installation
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See INSTALL for detailed build and installation instructions.
See INSTALL for detailed build and installation instructions and for
more information on configuring synergy.
Quick Start
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* Click the `Server' radio button
* Click `Add' to add the server to the `Screens' list
* Enter the name of server (the computer name is recommended)
* Enter other names the server is known by
* Click OK
* Enter the name of server (the computer name is recommended)
* Enter other names the server is known by
* Click OK
* Use `Add' to add your other computers
* Using a computer's name as its screen name is recommended
* Use the controls under `Layout' to link screens together
* Click (once) on the server's name in the `Screens' list
* Choose the screen to the left of the server
* Click (once) on the server's name in the `Screens' list
* Choose the screen to the left of the server
* Use `---' if there is no screen to the left of the server
* Choose the screens to the right, above and below the server
* Repeat the above steps for all the other screens
* Enter the server's screen name next to `Screen Name'
* This defaults to the computer's name (recommended)
* Choose the screens to the right, above and below the server
* Repeat the above steps for all the other screens
* Use `Options...' to set desired options.
* If the server's screen name is not the server's computer name:
* Click `Advanced...'
* Enter the server's screen name next to `Screen Name'
* Click `OK'
Now click `Test'. The server will start and you'll see a console window
with log messages telling you about synergy's progress. If an error
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* Click the `Client' radio button
* Enter the server's computer name in `Server Host Name'
* Do not use any of the server's screen names, unless one of those
is also the computer name
* Enter the client's screen name next to `Screen Name'
* This defaults to the computer's name (recommended)
* This must be one of the names in the server's `Screens' list
* Do not use any of the server's screen names, unless one of those
is also the computer name
* If the client's screen name is not the client's computer name:
* Click `Advanced...'
* Enter the client's screen name next to `Screen Name'
* Click `OK'
* Click `Test'
If an error occurs you'll get a dialog box telling you synergy is