more verbose README, a Makefile fix for mingw.

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 754cb6f..7e46dd6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -74,32 +74,28 @@ scriptable in Jim, with the following advantages:
 3) We are working to make Jim as feature-complete as possible, thanks to
    dynamically loaded extensions it may stay as little as it is today
    but able to do interesting things for you. So it's not excluded that
-   in the future you will able to use Jim as a general purpose language.
+   in the future Jim will be an option as general purpose language.
+   But don't mind, for this there is already the mainstream Tcl
+   implementation ;).
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Copyright (C) 2005 Salvatore Sanfilippo
-All Rights Reserved
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HOW TO COMPILE
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
+Jim was tested under Linux, FreeBSD, MacosX, Windows XP (mingw, MVC).
 
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+To compile jim itself try: 'make jim'.
 
- A copy of the license is also included in the source distribution
- of Jim, as a TXT file name called LICENSE.
+In non-linux systems you may have to remove the "-ldl" from the
+Makefile because it's not needed but will cause a compilation error
+(no configure for now... applications embedding Jim will probably
+ have one already)
 
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
+For instructions about how to compile extensions just try 'make'
+and see the available options. Check also the next section of this file.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Extensions
+EXTENSIONS
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 JIM-POSIX
@@ -120,6 +116,28 @@ applications. For example run jim and try the extension with:
 You should see a notepad application running.
 
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+COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 2005 Salvatore Sanfilippo
+All Rights Reserved
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ A copy of the license is also included in the source distribution
+ of Jim, as a TXT file name called LICENSE.
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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