This directory contains Web2c, a system which converts TeX, Metafont, and other related WEB programs to C. By itself, it is not a complete, ready-to-run, TeX distribution (I recommend teTeX for that, available on CTAN:/systems/tetex). Nor is it a general-purpose Pascal-to-C or WEB-to-C translator. Web2c is electronically distributed in two files: the web files, in web.tar.gz, and the Web2c-specific files, in web2c.tar.gz. If you already have the web files for a particular Knuthian version, you need not re-retrieve them. Web2c changes irregularly wrt Knuth's updates. See `NEWS' for changes by release, `ChangeLog` for all changes. See `INSTALL' for installation instructions. See `PROJECTS' for future improvements you might like to work on. See `../kpathsea/BUGS' for details on reporting bugs. If present, see etexdir/README, omegadir/README, and pdftexdir/README for details on building those packages. Web2c is free software. The files I wrote (originally for the Free Software Foundation) are covered by the GNU General Public License -- see the file COPYING. Knuth's original sources are covered by their own copyright -- see the beginning of tex.web, mf.web, etc. You can get the original files on their own from CTAN:/systems/knuth; you can get MetaPost from ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/research/metapost.tar.Z (see also http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html). kb@mail.tug.org Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- write lpf@uunet.uu.net. olaf@infovore.xs4all.nl