-- Clarified documentation.

docs/README.AMIGA

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.AMIGA,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:12 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README.AMIGA,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:33 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0 for AmigaDOS
 
 REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program.  Details are given
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ in the man page, "remind.1".
 
 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT.
 
-2 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
+2 - cd src; examine the files config.h and custom.h and adjust parameters
+    as needed
 
 3 - If you are using SAS/C to compile Remind, type:
 
@@ -15,38 +16,11 @@ in the man page, "remind.1".
 
 This will create remind, which is ready to be executed.
 
-The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
-as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
-
-OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-
-Remind has support for languages other than English.  See the file
-"lang.h" for details.  The language support may vary - you can change
-only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
-instructions and error messages as well.  See "french.h" for an example.
-
-If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
-English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
-However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
-Remind scripts.
-
-At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
-language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
-If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
-too.
-
-Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
-to Remind, please let me know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
-
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
-characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
-- You should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English name of your language,
-  with the first letter capitalized and the rest lower-case.
-
 [Please note:  I CANNOT SUPPORT THE AMIGA VERSION!]
 
+See README.UNIX for more info.
+
+
 --
 David F. Skoll <dfs@doe.carleton.ca>
 986 Eiffel Avenue

docs/README.BCC

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-$Id: README.BCC,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:13 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README.BCC,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:33 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0 for Borland C++
 
+IMPORTANT NOTE: BCC SUPPORT MAY BE BROKEN.  I DON'T CARE.  I'M NOT
+MAINTAINING IT ANY LONGER.
+
 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT.  (This may be called COPYRIGH on your
     MS-DOS system.)
 
 2 - You must use the Borland C++ OS/2 or MSDOS/Windows compiler.
 
-3 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
+3 - cd src; examine the files custom.h and config.h and adjust
+    parameters as needed
 
 4 - Examine the file makefile.bcc and adjust parameters as needed.
 
@@ -17,43 +21,7 @@ REMIND version 3.0 for Borland C++
 This will make 'remind.exe' and 'rem2ps.exe' in the ..\os2-ex or ..\msdos-ex
 directories.
 
-The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
+See README.UNIX for more info.
-as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
-
-NOTE that I do not have access to an OS/2 system, so support for this
-system may not be as good as I'd like.
-
-OS/2 support is courtesy of Russ Herman <rwh@gov.on.ca>, Norman Walsh 
-<norm@ora.com>, and Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>. 
-However, if you have problems, please contact me.
-
-OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-
-Remind has support for languages other than English.  See the file
-"lang.h" for details.  The language support may vary - you can change
-only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
-instructions and error messages as well.  See "french.h" for an
-example of the latter.
-
-If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
-English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
-However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
-Remind scripts.
-
-At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
-language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
-If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
-too.
-
-Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
-to Remind, please let me know!	Here are the basic guidelines:
-
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
-characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
-- You should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English name of your language,
-  with the first letter capitalized and the rest lower-case.
 
 --
 David F. Skoll <dfs@doe.carleton.ca>

docs/README.DOS

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-$Id: README.DOS,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:13 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README.DOS,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:33 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0 for MS-DOS
 
-IMPORTANT NOTE:  I'm no longer officially supporting Remind under
+IMPORTANT NOTE:  DOS SUPPORT MAY BE BROKEN.  I DON'T CARE.  I NO LONGER
-DOS.  It may very well work, but if it doesn't... you're on your own.
+MAINTAIN THE DOS VERSION.
 
 REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program.  Details are given
 in the man page, "remind.1".
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ in the man page, "remind.1".
 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT.  (This may be called COPYRIGH on your
     MS-DOS system.)
 
-2 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
+2 - cd src; examine the files custom.h and config.h and adjust parameters
+    as needed
 
 3 - If you are using Turbo C to compile Remind, type:
 
@@ -25,32 +26,7 @@ This will create REMIND.EXE, which is ready to be executed.
 The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
 as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
 
-OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
+See README.UNIX for more info.
-
-Remind has support for languages other than English.  See the file
-"lang.h" for details.  The language support may vary - you can change
-only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
-instructions and error messages as well.  See "french.h" for an example.
-
-If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
-English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
-However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
-Remind scripts.
-
-At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
-language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
-If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
-too.
-
-Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
-to Remind, please let me know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
-
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
-characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
-- You should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English name of your language,
-  with the first letter capitalized and the rest lower-case.
 
 --
 David F. Skoll <dfs@doe.carleton.ca>

docs/README.OS2

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.OS2,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:14 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README.OS2,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:34 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0 for OS/2
 
 This file contains instructions for compiling Remind under OS/2 with
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ in the man page, "remind.1".
     or emx/gcc. You must also have a decent version of 'make', such 
     as dmake or GNU make.
 
-3 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
+3 - Change to "src" directory and examine the files config.h and custom.h
+    and adjust parameters as needed.
 
 4 - Examine the file Makefile.os2 and adjust parameters as needed.
 
@@ -33,9 +34,6 @@ to see a list of targets. For example,
 
 will build a 32-bit emx version which runs under OS/2 2.x and DOS.
 
-The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
-as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
-
 NOTE that I do not have access to an OS/2 system, so support for this
 system may not be as good as I'd like.
 
@@ -43,34 +41,6 @@ OS/2 support is courtesy of Russ Herman <rwh@gov.on.ca>, Norman Walsh
 <norm@ora.com>, and Darrel Hankerson <hankedr@mail.auburn.edu>. 
 However, if you have problems, please contact me.
 
-OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-
-Remind has support for languages other than English.  See the file
-"lang.h" for details.  The language support may vary - you can change
-only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
-instructions and error messages as well.  See "french.h" for an
-example of the latter.
-
-If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
-English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
-However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
-Remind scripts.
-
-At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
-language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
-If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
-too.
-
-Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
-to Remind, please let me know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
-
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
-characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
-- You should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English name of your language,
-  with the first letter capitalized and the rest lower-case.
-
 RELEASE NOTES -- miscellaneous info that couldn't go anywhere else!
 
 1. POPUP REMINDERS
@@ -127,6 +97,8 @@ CLEANUP:
 exit
 -------------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here --------
 
+See README.UNIX for some more information about Remind.
+
 --
 David F. Skoll <dfs@doe.carleton.ca>
 986 Eiffel Avenue

docs/README.UNIX

@@ -1,51 +1,37 @@
-$Id: README.UNIX,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:14 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README.UNIX,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:34 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0 for UNIX
 
 REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program.  Details are given
 in the man page, "remind.1".
 
+INSTALLING REMIND:
+-----------------
+
 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT.
 
-2-  Before compiling the software, check to see if it includes patches.
+2 - In the main Remind directory, type: sh ./configure
-    These are files called patch.xx.  If there are patches, apply them all
-    by typing:
 
-       cat patch.* | patch
+3 - Examine the file src/custom.h and modify it as needed.
 
-3 - Examine the Makefile and change any parameters which need to be
+4 - Examine lang.h and choose the language you want Remind to use.
-    changed for your system.  As it stands, the Makefile is set up for a
-    Linux system.
-
-4 - Examine the file config.h and adjust parameters as needed
-
-5 - Examine lang.h and choose the language you want Remind to use.
     (You can do this on the "make" command-line -- see "OTHER
-    LANGUAE SUPPORT.)
+    LANGUAGE SUPPORT.)
 
-6 - Type 'make'
+5 - Type 'make'
 
-7 - Type 'sh test-rem' or 'make test' to run the acceptance test.  Note
+6 - Type 'make install' (possibly as root)
-    that the test script works only for the English version of Remind.
-
-8 - Type 'make install' to install Remind, kall, rem and the man
-    pages.
 
 The subdirectory "www" contains scripts for making a nice calendar
 web server.  See the files README and Makefile in that directory.
 
-Two shell scripts, "remind-all.csh" and "remind-all.sh" are provided.
+Two shell scripts, "scripts/remind-all.csh" and
-These allow automatic mailing of reminders to all users who create a
+"scripts/remind-all.sh" are provided. These allow automatic mailing of
-$HOME/.reminders file.  These two scripts are equivalent; one is a
+reminders to all users who create a $HOME/.reminders file.  These two
-"sh" script and the other is a "csh" script.  Pick the one you want to
+scripts are equivalent; one is a "sh" script and the other is a "csh"
-use, and follow the instructions in the opening comments of the
+script.  Pick the one you want to use, and follow the instructions in
-script.
+the opening comments of the script.
 
-*** NOTE *** Please be aware that "remind-all.csh" and "remind-all.sh"
+A shell script called "scripts/rem" is provided for those who like to have
-have been changed since version 03.00.05 of Remind.  If you install
-the new remind executable, make sure you switch over to the new
-"remind-all" scripts.
-
-A shell script called "rem" is provided for those who like to have
 'remind' assume a default reminders file.  A man page for this script
 is provided.  You should examine the script to ensure that the defaults
 are correct.
@@ -58,12 +44,12 @@ parameters.  I like that behaviour so I can quickly get an idea of
 what a program does without poring through the man page.  And I think
 I'll keep Remind that way.  Sorry to all who dislike it. :-)
 
-A shell script called "kall" is provided so you can kill your background
+A shell script called "scripts/kall" is provided so you can kill your
-remind processes when you log out.  See the man page.  Note that kall
+background remind processes when you log out.  See the man page.  Note
-depends on the output of "ps", and may not be portable.
+that kall depends on the output of "ps", and may not be portable.
 
-The file "defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
+The file "examples/defs.rem" has some sample Remind definitions and
-as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
+commands, as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.
 
 OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
 
@@ -74,10 +60,10 @@ instructions and error messages as well.  See "french.h" for an
 example of the latter.
 
 To compile Remind for a non-english language, look at the constants
-defined in "lang.h".  Then, to compile Remind for Italian (as an
+defined in "src/lang.h".  Then, to compile Remind for Italian (as an
 example), type:
 
-	make "CDEFS=-DLANG=ITALIAN"
+	make "LANGDEFS=-DLANG=ITALIAN"
 
 If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
 English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
@@ -89,11 +75,13 @@ language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
 If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
 too.
 
-Take a look at the files "english.h" and "german.h" if you want to add
+Take a look at the files "src/langs/english.h" and
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
+"src/langs/german.h" if you want to add support for your favourite
-to Remind, please let me know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
+language.  If you do add another language to Remind, please let me
+know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
 
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx.h", where lxxx is the first 8
+- Your language file should be called "src/langs/lxxx.h", where lxxx
+  is the first 8
   characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
 
 - Your language file should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English
@@ -117,26 +105,15 @@ Or use the following in your Remind script:
 
 	REM AT 17:00 RUN popup 'Time to go home.' &
 
-This TCL script is a slightly modified version of one submitted by
+This Tcl script is a slightly modified version of one submitted by
-Norman Walsh.  TCL is available via FTP at ftp.uu.net in /languages/tcl.
+Norman Walsh.
 
 -------------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here -------------
-#!/usr/local/bin/wish -f
+#!/usr/local/bin/wish
-
 wm withdraw .
-
-if { [ llength $argv ] == 1 } {
-  eval set msg $argv
-} else {
-  eval set msg [ list $argv ]
-}
-
 after 15000 { destroy . ; exit }
-
+tk_dialog .d { Message } $argv warning 0 { OK } 
-tk_dialog .d { Message } $msg warning 0 { OK } 
-
 destroy .
-
 exit
 -------------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here ---------- Cut Here -------------
 

docs/README_QDOS

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README_QDOS,v 1.1 1998-01-15 02:50:14 dfs Exp $
+$Id: README_QDOS,v 1.2 1998-01-17 04:50:34 dfs Exp $
 REMIND version 3.0.18 for QDOS / SMSQ
 
 REMIND is a sophisticated alarm/calendar program.  Details are given
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ in the documentation file, "remind_doc" (QUILL format).
 
 1 - Read the file COPYRIGHT.
 
-2 - Do NOT redistribute Remind WITHOUT the sources!
+2 - Change to the directory "src"
 
 3 - Examine the Makefile and change any parameters which need to be
     changed for your system.  (The makefile for QDOS / SMSQ is
     makefile_QDOS).
 
-4 - Examine the file config_h and adjust parameters as needed
+4 - Examine the files config_h and custom_h and adjust parameters as needed
 
 5 - Examine lang_h and choose the language you want Remind to use.
     There has no effort been put in making the language modules working
@@ -25,52 +25,7 @@ in the documentation file, "remind_doc" (QUILL format).
     directory is the directory where the remind source files are
     placed.
 
-7 - There is an acceptance test for other systems.  If you want to
+See README.UNIX for some more information about Remind.
-    test remind on your QDOS / SMSQ system execute the following
-    commands from your command line:
-       SETENV "TEST_GETENV=foo bar baz"
-       ex datad$&'remind';'-e -dxte test_rem 16 feb 1991 > test_out'
-       ex diff;'test_out test_cmp >test_diff'
-    Then check the output of diff.  You will find lots of differences.
-    If there are other than differences in the filename
-    (supplied test-result: ./test.rem, QDOS result: test_rem) and
-    in the ostype (supplied: UNIX, QDOS: QDOS / SMSQ) Remind does
-    not work correctly.
-
-
-The file "defs_rem" has some sample Remind definitions and commands,
-as well as U.S. and Jewish holidays.  You should delete the definitions
-for ANSI colours as the QL does not support the ANSI standard.
-
-
-OTHER LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-
-Remind has support for languages other than English.  See the file
-"lang_h" for details.  The language support may vary - you can change
-only the substitution filter, or you can translate all of the usage
-instructions and error messages as well.  See "french_h" for an
-example of the latter.
-
-If you add support for a non-English language, Remind will accept both the
-English and non-English names of months and weekdays in an input script.
-However, you should not rely on this feature if you want to write portable
-Remind scripts.
-
-At a minimum, you should support month and day names in the foreign
-language, and should modify the substitution filter appropriately.
-If you are truly diligent, you can translate usage and error messages
-too.
-
-Take a look at the files "english_h" and "german_h" if you want to add
-support for your favourite language.  If you do add another language
-to Remind, please let me know!  Here are the basic guidelines:
-
-- Your language file should be called "lxxx_h", where lxxx is the first 8
-  characters of the ENGLISH name of your language.
-
-- Your language file should define L_LANGNAME to be the full English
-  name of your language, with the first letter capitalized and the rest
-  lower-case.
 
 RELEASE NOTES -- miscellaneous info that couldn't go anywhere else!
 

docs/WHATSNEW.30

@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ CHANGES TO REMIND
 - Completely reworked the PS/PSFILE mechanism to use the more
   general SPECIAL mechanism for customizing output in REMIND back-ends.
 
++ MINOR ENHANCEMENTS
+
+- Directory structure totally reorganized.  Remind now uses an autoconf
+  "configure" script which should make life very pleasant for UNIX
+   people.
+
++ BUG FIXES
+
+- Updated "finnish.h" to include proper URL and translation of all
+  error messages.
+
++ BUG INTRODUCTIONS
+
+- The reorganization and use of "configure" probably breaks Remind
+  installation on non-UNIX platforms.  Sorry.  I can't fix it until
+  I hear back from non-UNIX maintainers.
+
 * Version 3.0 Patch 17
 
 + MINOR ENHANCEMENTS