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[ion3.git] / README

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Ion
 ===
 
 Ion
 ===
 

-Copyright (c) Tuomo Valkonen 1999-2007.
+Copyright (c) Tuomo Valkonen 1999-2009.

 
 tuomov at iki.fi
 
 
 tuomov at iki.fi
 


@@ -12,22 +12,14 @@ tuomov at iki.fi
 Building and installing
 -----------------------
 
 Building and installing
 -----------------------
 

-1. Make sure you have the following tools and libraries installed:
+1. Make sure you have the following tools and libraries installed (along
+   with, of course, standard X11 and libc stuff).

 
 

-    * GNU make
-    * Lua 5.1 (see <http://www.lua.org/>). 
+    * GNU make <http://www.gnu.org/software/make/>
+    * Lua 5.1 <http://www.lua.org/>
+    * gettext <http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>

 
 

-2. a) Edit `system.mk` to suit your system. Most GNU/Linux users should
-      need very few changes.
-
-   b) Alternatively, go to the directory `build/ac`, run `autoreconf`
-      and then `./configure`. Switch back to the top lvel directory 
-      afterwards. See `build/ac/README.autoconf` for details on parameters, 
-      especially if you are using the Debian Lua packages. If you try 
-      this method and it fails for some reason, please make sure 
-      `build/ac/system-ac.mk` does not exist before falling back to
-      alternative a). Also in such a case, find someone else to complain
-      to: I (tuomov) will have nothing to do with autoconf.
+2. Edit `system.mk` to suit your system. 

 
 3. If you want to build some extra modules now or do not want to build
    some of the standard modules, edit `modulelist.mk`.
 
 3. If you want to build some extra modules now or do not want to build
    some of the standard modules, edit `modulelist.mk`.


@@ -80,9 +72,9 @@ Some optional installation steps
 
         15 05 * * * $SHAREDIR/ion-completeman -mksyscache
 
 
         15 05 * * * $SHAREDIR/ion-completeman -mksyscache
 

-   Replace `$SHAREDIR` with the setting from `system.mk` (or `system-ac.mk`
-   if you used autoconf). This example runs daily at 05:15, but you may 
-   modify the  run times to your needs; see the crontab manual. 
+   Replace `$SHAREDIR` with the setting from `system.mk`. This example 
+   runs daily at 05:15, but you may modify the  run times to your needs;
+   see the crontab manual. 

    
    If you can't or do not want to build a system-wide man page cache, run
    `crontab -e` as your normal user and replace `-mksyscache` with
    
    If you can't or do not want to build a system-wide man page cache, run
    `crontab -e` as your normal user and replace `-mksyscache` with


@@ -92,7 +84,7 @@ Some optional installation steps
    `-mk*cache` argument once manually to build the initial cache.
    
    If the `MANPATH` environment variable is not set on your system and it
    `-mk*cache` argument once manually to build the initial cache.
    
    If the `MANPATH` environment variable is not set on your system and it

-    does not have the `manpath` command (or it does not print anything 
+   does not have the `manpath` command (or it does not print anything 

    sensible), you may also want to set the `ION_MANPATH` environment
    variable to the list of paths where the system stores manual pages.
 
    sensible), you may also want to set the `ION_MANPATH` environment
    variable to the list of paths where the system stores manual pages.
 


@@ -118,16 +110,13 @@ Credits
 
 Ion was written by Tuomo Valkonen.
 
 
 Ion was written by Tuomo Valkonen.
 

-The autoconf script written by Tom Payne for the most part.
-

 The dock module was written by Tom Payne and Per Olofsson.
 
 `utils/ion-completefile/ion-completefile.c` is based on editline, (c)
 1992 Simmule Turner and Rich Salz. See the file for details.
 
 The dock module was written by Tom Payne and Per Olofsson.
 
 `utils/ion-completefile/ion-completefile.c` is based on editline, (c)
 1992 Simmule Turner and Rich Salz. See the file for details.
 

-The code that `de/fontset.c` is based on was apparently originally 
-written by Tomohiro Kubota; see
-<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/ch-examples.en.html#s13.4.5>.
+The code that `de/fontset.c` is based on seems to have been originally
+written by Tomohiro Kubota, but see the file for details.

 
 Various (minor) patches have been contributed by other individuals 
 unlisted  here. See the mailing list archives and the darcs source 
 
 Various (minor) patches have been contributed by other individuals 
 unlisted  here. See the mailing list archives and the darcs source