diff --git a/Demo/pdist/rcsclient.py b/Demo/pdist/rcsclient.py
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+"Customize this file to change the default client etc."
+
+import string
+
+HOST = 'voorn.cwi.nl'
+PORT = 4127
+DIRECTORY = '/ufs/guido/voorn/python-RCS/Demo/pdist'
+VERBOSE = 1
+
+def openrcsclient(opts = []):
+	"open an RCSProxy client based on a list of options returned by getopt"
+	import RCSProxy
+	host = HOST
+	port = PORT
+	directory = DIRECTORY
+	verbose = VERBOSE
+	for o, a in opts:
+		if o == '-h':
+			host = a
+			if ':' in host:
+				i = string.find(host, ':')
+				host, p = host[:i], host[i+1:]
+				if p:
+					port = string.atoi(p)
+		if o == '-p':
+			port = string.atoi(a)
+		if o == '-d':
+			directory = a
+		if o == '-v':
+			verbose = verbose + 1
+		if o == '-q':
+			verbose = 0
+	address = (host, port)
+	x = RCSProxy.RCSProxyClient(address, verbose)
+	if directory:
+		x.cd(directory)
+	return x