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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
% This file is part of CWEB.
% The CWEB programs by Silvio Levy are based on programs by D. E. Knuth.
% They are distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, express or implied.
-% This README file last updated January 2016 by Don Knuth
+% This README file last updated February 2021 by Andreas Scherer
% Copyright (C) 1987,1990,1993,2000,2016 Silvio Levy and Donald E. Knuth
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@
% there will verify and forward bug reports.
%
% DEK takes no responsibility for the changefiles; they should be
-% maintained independently. His job is to correct errors in
-% ctangle.w, cweave.w, prod.w, common.w, cwebmac.tex, cwebman.tex,
-% and in the files of examples/*.w, nothing more.
+% maintained independently. He even transferred the job to correct errors
+% in ctangle.w, cweave.w, prod.w, common.w, cwebmac.tex, cwebman.tex,
+% and in the files of examples/*.w to Andreas Scherer in 2021.
+% Further significant developments, including versions that neither
+% Don Knuth nor Silvio Levy themselves do maintain, are ongoing.
+% All of the really current news about CWEB is, in fact, now to be found
+% on the CWEB development page https://github.com/ascherer/cweb.
This directory contains the following files:
@@ -30,6 +34,7 @@ comm-amiga.ch
comm-bs.ch
comm-mac.ch
comm-man.ch
+comm-os2.ch
comm-pc.ch
comm-ql.ch
comm-vms.ch
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ The files common.c and ctangle.c are used for bootstrapping.
The file cweb.1 is a manual page.
The file cweb.el is suggested for GNU-Emacs users.
The file c++lib.w is for C++ users (say `@i c++lib.w' at beginning of program).
-The files *-man.ch are used if you want to make the full 239-page CWEB manual.
+The files *-man.ch are used if you want to make the full 240-page CWEB manual.
The files *-bs.ch are used instead of *-pc.ch if you are doing BIG programs.
You can use makefile.bs to make CWEB with *-bs.ch.
The files *-ql.ch are for QDOS/SMSQ systems; see readme.ql for further info.
@@ -102,9 +107,3 @@ Note that change files for VMS, AMIGA, MAC, and PCs are provided. When you
are first bootstrapping to a new system, you may need to edit common.c and
ctangle.c by hand, but the vast majority of the change-file changes are
minor refinements that are not necessary for a rudimentary ctangle.
-
------------------------------------------
-These archival sources are maintained only to the extent of fixing
-significant bugs that were unintended at the time of writing.
-A multi-decade ongoing project to improve and extend CWEB can be found at
- https://github.com/ascherer/cwebbin