Rolling commit. There's a little more prose in the developing

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+++ b/doc/introduction.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <chapter id="introduction">
 <chapter id="introduction">

- <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.17 2002-10-16 20:33:31 mike Exp $ -->
+ <!-- $Id: introduction.xml,v 1.18 2002-10-17 08:10:08 mike Exp $ -->

  <title>Introduction</title>
  
  <sect1>
  <title>Introduction</title>
  
  <sect1>

@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@
       Zebra is written in portable C, so it runs on most Unix-like systems 
       as well as Windows NT.  A binary distribution for Windows NT is
       available at
       Zebra is written in portable C, so it runs on most Unix-like systems 
       as well as Windows NT.  A binary distribution for Windows NT is
       available at

-      <ulink url="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/zebra/win32/"/>
+      <ulink url="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/zebra/win32/"/>,
+      and pre-built packages are available for some Linux
+      distributions:
+      Red Hat 7.x RPMs at
+      <ulink url="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/zebra/RedHat7.X/"/>
+      and Debian packages at
+      <ulink url="http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/zebra/debian/"/>

      </para>
     </listitem>
     
      </para>
     </listitem>
     

@@ -127,7 +133,17 @@
      <para>
       Protocol facilities: Init, Search, Present (retrieval),
       Segmentation (support for very large records), Delete, Scan
      <para>
       Protocol facilities: Init, Search, Present (retrieval),
       Segmentation (support for very large records), Delete, Scan

-      (index browsing), Sort, Close and some Extended Services.
+      (index browsing), Sort, Close and support for the ``update''
+      Extended Service to add or replace an existing XML record.
+       <!-- Adam says:
+            * Supported
+            You can insert/delete/replace an XML record given an
+            "external" ID.  Actually this way of doing ES Update was
+            meant for an OAI application that Ian Ibbotson had in
+            mind to implement. The "update" command in YAZ client
+            implements this on the client side. My plan is to make
+            this available in ZOOM "extended" soon..
+       -->

      </para>
     </listitem>
 
      </para>
     </listitem>
 

@@ -315,14 +331,15 @@
    announcements from the authors (new
    releases, bug fixes, etc.) and general discussion.  You are welcome
    to seek support there.  Join by sending email to
    announcements from the authors (new
    releases, bug fixes, etc.) and general discussion.  You are welcome
    to seek support there.  Join by sending email to

-   <email>zebra-request@indexdata.dk</email>. Put the word 'subscribe'
-   in the body of the message.
+   <email>zebra-request@indexdata.dk</email>. Put the word
+   <literal>subscribe</literal> in the body of the message.

   </para>
   <para>
    Third, it's possible to buy a commercial support contract, with
    well defined service levels and response times, from Index Data.
    See
    <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.dk/support/?lang=en"/>
   </para>
   <para>
    Third, it's possible to buy a commercial support contract, with
    well defined service levels and response times, from Index Data.
    See
    <ulink url="http://www.indexdata.dk/support/?lang=en"/>

+   <!-- ### compare this page with http://indexdata.dk/support2/ -->

    for details.
   </para>
  </sect1>  
    for details.
   </para>
  </sect1>