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diff --git a/web/c_cpp/cweb/README b/web/c_cpp/cweb/README index 6429dabfa8..081dc5aa0b 100644 --- a/web/c_cpp/cweb/README +++ b/web/c_cpp/cweb/README @@ -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 |