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diff --git a/web/funnelweb/0stoppress/fw_README.mes b/web/funnelweb/0stoppress/fw_README.mes new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..186661abfa --- /dev/null +++ b/web/funnelweb/0stoppress/fw_README.mes @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +--<Guru>-- +D=10-Nov-1992 +A=Ross Williams +S=Overview of FunnelWeb archive. +K=funnelweb archive messages status release notes update readme +--<Guru>-- +OVERVIEW OF FUNNELWEB ARCHIVE +============================= +FunnelWeb is a simple, portable literate preprocessor. It was released +in June 1992. The June 1992 release is the only release of FunnelWeb +to date (mid November 1992). This archive contains files that provide +additional information that may be of assistance to FunnelWeb users. + + fw_README.mes - This message. + fw_abandon.mes - About why FunnelWeb was temporarily abandoned. + fw_advert.mes - The original FunnelWeb internet advertisment. + fw_make.mes - A FunnelWeb make file. + fw_mlist.mes - FunnelWeb mailing list. + fw_mlist_rules.mes - All about the FunnelWeb mailing list. + fw_p_apollo.mes - Notes on porting to Apollo. + fw_p_hp.mes - Notes on porting to HP. + fw_p_mpw.mes - Notes on porting to MPW. + fw_p_next.mes - Notes on porting to NeXT. + fw_p_next_patch.mes - NeXT machine patches. + fw_p_pc.exe - An MSDOS/386 FunnelWeb executable. + fw_p_pc.mes - Notes on porting to MSDOS. + fw_refs.mes - Literate programming references. + fw_sugg.mes - Current list of suggestions for improving FunnelWeb. + fw_tabs.mes - A note about FunnelWeb and tab characters. + fw_testim.mes - FunnelWeb customer testimonials! + +The original release kit of FunnelWeb is in + +Machine : sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au [IP=129.127.40.3]. +File : ~pub/funnelweb/funnelweb.tar.Z + (=directory tree in ~pub/funnelweb/..... (less the tar file!)) + +That's all the information released on FunnelWeb so far. + +Currently, I have stopped working on FunnelWeb in favour of other +projects. However, I have decided to spend a small amount of my time +acting in a coordinating role to make FunnelWeb more widely known and +to organize its users so that they can assist each other. + +The most unfortunate aspect of my lack of time for FunnelWeb at the +moment is that I do not have the time even to update the source code +so that it will compile properly on the variety of machines that +FunnelWeb users have ported it to. Instead, I have simply organized +and archived the porting information provided by FunnelWeb users. +Getting a new version out is at least one week's work and I just don't +have a week at the moment. The worst case is FunnelWeb for the PC +which doesn't quite compile (I took some shortcuts at release time). +As this is such an important platform, I have included a PC .exe file +in the archive. Note: There have been few reported problems with +getting FunnelWeb to compile on the other three supported platforms: +Suns, Macs, and Vaxen. + +The three support activities I intend to pursue are: + + * Advertising FunnelWeb. + * Running the FunnelWeb mailing list. + * Maintainance of a FunnelWeb archive. + +The archive consists of a set of text files (what you are reading is +one of the messages). Each message is headed with a "Guru" header +record. "Guru" is my private text file database which I might release +one day. Most of the content of the message files has been drawn from +the email that I have received from FunnelWeb users. In organizing all +this material, I have tended to omit people's names and email +addresses for two reasons: + + * It would take too long to obtain permission from each person + to quote them publicly. This has been a real headache. + + * I don't want to punish people for emailing me about FunnelWeb + by listing them publicly as having performed particular ports + etc, so I have refrained from listing the names and email + addresses so that they won't be barraged by email. + +Thus, most of the information is paraphrased from the email. To avoid +these problems in the future, I am making the rule that anything sent +to the mailing list has public status. + +I hope that this archive will assist FunnelWeb users. If you have +anything that you think might benefit other FunnelWeb users, email it +to me, and I will place it in the archive. + +Ross Williams +ross@spam.adelaide.edu.au +Creator of FunnelWeb. + +--<End of document>-- |