From 49becc4d0ab3cf4579312f95afc194c221e67077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Blandy Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:56:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Moved paragraph about guile@cygnus.com into the section about getting Guile. Added paragraph describing what's installed, to make it more clear that you only need libguile.a. --- README | 25 ++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index bf8f45aa9..7515f8467 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -34,8 +34,25 @@ prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz. Via the web, that's: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz For getit, that's: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz +The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions, +and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to +guile-request@cygnus.com. Of course, please send bug reports (and +fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu. + + +About This Distribution ============================================== + +Building and installing this distribution gives you: +guile --- a stand-alone interpreter for Guile, usually installed in + /usr/local/bin. With no arguments, this is a simple + interactive Scheme interpreter. It can also be used as an + interpreter for script files; see the NEWS file for details. +libguile.a --- an object library containing the Guile interpreter, + usually installed in /usr/local/lib. You can use Guile in + your own programs by linking against this. +, --- header files for libguile.a, usually + installed in /usr/local/include. -Contents Of This Distribution ======================================== Interesting files include: - INSTALL, which contains instructions on building and installing Guile. @@ -68,12 +85,6 @@ This distribution also includes `qt', a cooperative threads package from Washington University, which Guile can use. Qt is under a separate copyright; see `qt/README' for more details. -The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions, -and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to -guile-request@cygnus.com. Of course, please send bug reports (and -fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu. - - Hacking It Yourself ================================================== As distributed, Guile needs only an ANSI C compiler and a Unix system