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+CatDVI v. 0.14 -*- Text -*-
+==============
+
+This is a DVI to plain text converter. The current version is a work
+in progress; it may not be robust enough for production work, although
+it does work fine for simple linear-text DVI files, and now even for
+some more complex DVI files.
+
+Please refer to the man page (man -l ./catdvi.1) or its plain text version,
+catdvi.txt, for a discussion of what currently works and what doesn't.
+
+
+Copyright 1999-2001 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
+Copyright 1999 J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
+Copyright 2000-2002 Bjoern Brill
+Copyright 1987-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright Karl Berry, Olaf Weber and others (kpathsea library)
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+(the file COPYING) along with this program; if not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+
+Compiling and Installing CatDVI
+-------------------------------
+
+You need a hosted ISO C (1990) environment (almost every moderately modern
+C compiler + toolchain should do) and the kpathsea library (included
+with e.g. teTeX).
+
+Detailed instructions can be found in INSTALL.
+
+I want CatDVI to be as portable as possible, but can test it only under
+GNU/Linux on x86. If you had to make changes to make it work on your
+platform, please let me know. Code implementing font search without the
+kpathsea library is also welcome.
+
+
+Release Notes
+-------------
+
+New since v. 0.13:
+ - More powerful layout algorithm with enhanced vertical positioning
+ capabilities and better handling of sub- and superscripts in
+ mathematical formulae.
+ - New font encodings: all AMS fonts except the cyrillic ones.
+ - Completed Blackboard font encoding.
+ - Brought in line with Unicode 3.2.
+ - Fixed false out of memory errors on some systems (e.g. AIX 4.2).
+ - Several small fixes and improvements.
+
+A brief summary of differences from older version can be found in NEWS,
+and the full revision history is kept in ChangeLog.
+
+Contact Information
+-------------------
+
+ * The CatDVI project has a mailing list. To subscribe, visit
+ http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/catdvi-misc
+
+ * PLEASE REPORT ALL BUGS! Use the bug reporting form at
+ https://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=2703
+ or mail me directly, or use the project mailing list.
+
+ * The project web page is at
+ http://catdvi.sourceforge.net/
+
+ * Source can be downloaded at
+ https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2703
+ A reasonably up-to-date version will always be available at CTAN, in
+ directory "dviware".
+ CatDVI is also available in some versions of Debian GNU.
+
+Please contact me if you have any problems with this program. I am also
+interested in general feedback, e.g. platforms on which the program
+works, what exactly you're using it for, or what additional features you
+would like to see.
+
+
+ -- Bjoern Brill <brill@fs.math.uni-frankfurt.de> Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:32:11 +0100