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@@ -34,8 +34,25 @@ prep.ai.mit.edu, as /pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz.
Via the web, that's: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz
For getit, that's: prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/guile-1.0.tar.gz
+The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions,
+and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to
+guile-request@cygnus.com. Of course, please send bug reports (and
+fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+
+
+About This Distribution ==============================================
+
+Building and installing this distribution gives you:
+guile --- a stand-alone interpreter for Guile, usually installed in
+ /usr/local/bin. With no arguments, this is a simple
+ interactive Scheme interpreter. It can also be used as an
+ interpreter for script files; see the NEWS file for details.
+libguile.a --- an object library containing the Guile interpreter,
+ usually installed in /usr/local/lib. You can use Guile in
+ your own programs by linking against this.
+<libguile.h>, <libguile/*.h> --- header files for libguile.a, usually
+ installed in /usr/local/include.
-Contents Of This Distribution ========================================
Interesting files include:
- INSTALL, which contains instructions on building and installing Guile.
@@ -68,12 +85,6 @@ This distribution also includes `qt', a cooperative threads package
from Washington University, which Guile can use. Qt is under a
separate copyright; see `qt/README' for more details.
-The mailing list `guile@cygnus.com' carries discussions, questions,
-and often answers, about Guile. To subscribe, send mail to
-guile-request@cygnus.com. Of course, please send bug reports (and
-fixes!) to bug-guile@prep.ai.mit.edu.
-
-
Hacking It Yourself ==================================================
As distributed, Guile needs only an ANSI C compiler and a Unix system