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+++ b/README
@@ -1,44 +1,51 @@
 
-                               Lynx README file
+                             Lynx README file
+
                                        
 WHAT IS LYNX?
 
    Lynx is a fully-featured World Wide Web (WWW) client for users running
-   cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices (e.g., vt100
+   cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices such as vt100
    terminals, vt100 emulators running on PCs or Macs, or any other
-   character-cell display). It will display Hypertext Markup Language
+   character-cell display. It will display Hypertext Markup Language
    (HTML) documents containing links to files on the local system, as
    well as files on remote systems running http, gopher, ftp, wais, nntp,
    finger, or cso/ph/qi servers, and services accessible via logins to
    telnet, tn3270 or rlogin accounts.  Current versions of Lynx run on
-   Unix and VMS.
+   Unix, VMS, Windows95/NT and 386DOS.
    
-   Lynx can be used to access information on the WWW, or to build
-   information systems intended primarily for local access. For example,
-   Lynx has been used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems
-   (CWIS). In addition, Lynx can be used to build systems isolated within
-   a single LAN.
+   Lynx can be used to access information on the WWW, or to establish
+   information systems intended primarily for local access. Lynx has been
+   used to build several Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS).  Lynx can
+   also be used to build systems isolated within a single LAN.
    
-   For information about Lynx, including new updates, go to the
-   			"Lynx links"
-   	<URL:http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html>.
+   Links to the current sources and support materials for Lynx are
+   maintained at:
+			  "Lynx links"
+	     <URL:http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html>
+   and at the Lynx homepage:
+			"Lynx Information"
+		  <URL:http://lynx.browser.org/>.
+   View these pages for information about Lynx, including new updates.
    
-   Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License without
-   restrictions on usage or redistribution, and is supported by the
-   Lynx user community.  See the accompanying COPYHEADER and COPYING
-   files (in the about_lynx subdirectory) for more details.
+   Lynx is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) without
+   restrictions on usage or redistribution.  The Lynx copyright statement,
+   "COPYHEADER", and GNU GPL, "COPYING", are included in the top-level
+   directory of the distribution.  Lynx is supported by the Lynx user
+   community, an entirely volunteer (and unofficial) organization.
 
    Certain portions of the Lynx source distribution were originally
    created by CERN and have been modified during the development of
    Lynx.  See WWW/Copyright.txt for copyright info regarding CERN
-   products used in Lynx
+   products used in Lynx.
 
 DOCUMENTATION
 
    A users guide is included in this distribution along with a man page
    for Unix systems and a help file for VMS systems. All documentation is
-   contained in this directory and the doc and samples subdirectories.
-   
+   contained in the top directory and the docs, samples and lynx_help
+   subdirectories.
+
    While running Lynx, type 'h', 'H', or '?' to invoke the help menu
    system. From the help menu you may access several useful documents
    pertaining to Lynx and the World Wide Web. The most important of
@@ -46,58 +53,70 @@ DOCUMENTATION
    Enhanced Pages, which includes http links for help and FAQs conerning
    Lynx. It is recommended that you install your own help menu system at
    your site in order to lessen the load on http servers. This also will
-   allow you to customize the help menu system for your site.
+   allow you to customize the help menu system for your site and greatly
+   speed up access for those using Lynx over a slow connection.
    
-   To install the help menu system, copy the lynx_help/ and about_lynx/
-   directories to a public place on your system. Then, edit the lynx.cfg
-   file so that the HELPFILE line is defined as follows:
+   To install the help menu system, copy COPYHEADER and COPYING into the
+   lynx_help/ subdirectory.  Then copy the lynx_help subdirectory to a public
+   place on your system, or into your $HOME directory if you are a single
+   user.  Finally, edit the lynx.cfg file  so that the HELPFILE line is
+   defined as follows:
    
-
       HELPFILE:file://localhost/[public_path]/lynx_help/lynx_help_main.html
 
    where [public_path] is the absolute path to the lynx_help directory.
-   
    Customizing the help menu system is just a matter of editing a set of
-   HTML files.
+   HTML files.  Additional information about installing and customizing
+   the help file set is available at <URL:http://www.irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp/
+   lynxdev/README.help>.
    
 INSTALLING LYNX
 
-   To install Lynx, follow the steps listed in the INSTALLATION file
-   located in the source distribution.
+   To install Lynx, follow the steps in the INSTALLATION file, which is
+   located in the top directory of the source distribution.
    
 PROBLEMS
 
-   If you experience problems installing or compiling Lynx, please read
-   the PROBLEMS file located in the source distribution. If your problem
-   is not addressed there, there is a mailing list called lynx-dev which
-   is frequented by Lynx experts. To subscribe to lynx-dev, send email to
-   majordomo@sig.net with only the following message in the body: 
+   If you experience problems configuring, compiling or installing Lynx,
+   please read Section VI. "General installation instructions" in the
+   INSTALLATION file.  Instructions are given there for reporting your
+   problem to the "lynx-dev" mailing list, which is frequented by experienced
+   Lynx users.
+
+LYNX-DEV MAILING LIST
+
+   To subscribe to lynx-dev, send email to majordomo@sig.net with only the
+   following message in the body: 
    
       SUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address
 
-   where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be
-   obtained, correctly, from the mail headers of your subscription
-   request.
+   where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained,
+   correctly, from the mail headers of your subscription request.
 
-   If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to
-   majordomo@sig.net with only the following message in the
-   body:
+   If you wish to unsubscribe from lynx-dev, send email to majordomo@sig.net
+   with only the following message in the body:
 
       UNSUBSCRIBE LYNX-DEV address
 
-   where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be
-   obtained, correctly, from the mail headers of your request.
+   where inclusion of your email address is optional if it can be obtained,
+   correctly, from the mail headers of your request.
 
    Also, to get a list of useful majordomo commands, send email to
    majordomo@sig.net with the following command:
-
+   ^^^^^^^^^
       HELP
 
-   Finally, please...please...please do not send commands to the
-   lynx-dev mailing list.  BTW, any messages you wish to post should
-   be sent to lynx-dev@sig.net.
+   PLEASE!!! do not send commands to the lynx-dev mailing list itself.
 
+   Any messages you wish to post should be sent to lynx-dev@sig.net.
    PLEASE use the lynx-dev list, NOT private email to the developers,
    for questions or discussion about Lynx, or contributions of patches.
    Patches should use the context diff format (diff -c).
 
+   You need not be subscribed to the lynx-dev list in order to post.  If
+   you post without subscribing, though, you should read replies to your
+   questions or comments in the archive since more often than not nobody
+   will send a carbon copy to you.  View the archives at:
+
+		    "lynx-dev Mailing list archives"
+		<URL:http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/>