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+VPL Utilities Angus Duggan 25th September 1993
+
+This directory contains the first in a suite of tools to manipulate TeX
+property list and virtual property list files. More tools may be added as the
+need arises :-) These tools are copyright (C) Angus Duggan 1993, but may be
+re-distributed freely and used for any purpose (including distribution as part
+of a for-profit product) provided that:
+
+1) The original attribution of the programs is clearly displayed in the product
+ and/or documentation, even if the programs are modified and/or renamed as
+ part of the product.
+
+2) The original source code of the programs is provided free of charge (except
+ for reasonable distribution costs). For a definition of reasonable
+ distribution costs, see the Gnu General Public License or Larry Wall's
+ Artistic License (provided with the Perl 4 kit). The GPL and Artistic
+ License in NO WAY affect this license; they are merely used as examples of
+ the spirit in which it is intended.
+
+3) These programs are provided "as-is". No warranty or guarantee of their
+ fitness for any particular task is provided. Use of these programs is
+ completely at your own risk.
+
+The package contains:
+
+SCRIPTS
+ makevpl Merges PL and VPL files, creating a VPL file.
+ spacevpl Alters the spacing in a PL or VPL file.
+
+FILES
+ paths.pl Perl package for expanding and searching paths
+ parsepl.pl Perl package for parsing PL and VPL files
+ parseenc.pl Perl package for parsing encoding vectors
+ encodings/* Encoding vectors for various TeX and other encodings.
+
+INSTALLATION
+ Edit the PERL, PERLLIBDIR, SCRIPTDIR, MANDIR, MANEXT and ENCODINGDIR
+macros in the Makefile, and "make install".
+
+BUGS
+ None that I know of :-)