Directive s=pw sets structure to phrase if term includes blank(s).

[yaz-moved-to-github.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index b706158..ae0e61b 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
-Copyright (C) 1995-2000, Index Data ApS.
+Copyright (C) 1995-2001, Index Data ApS.
 See the file LICENSE for details.
 
 Compilation and installation instructions for YAZ 
-  $Id: README,v 1.31 2000-04-05 07:39:54 adam Exp $
+  $Id: README,v 1.34 2001-03-13 18:11:38 adam Exp $
 
 The primary output of the source here is the lib/libyaz.a library,
 which contains support functions for implementing the server or client
-role of Z39.50/SR.
+role of Z39.50.
 
 Windows programmers: refer to the file windows.txt which describes how
 to build the software using Microsoft Visual C++.
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ to build the software using Microsoft Visual C++.
 On Unix, GNU configure is used to configure YAZ and generate Makefiles.
 Type "./configure", then "make" to build YAZ.
 
+Note: If you are using the CVS snapshot of YAZ you must have autoconf,
+automake and libtool installed. Before running configure generate
+support files by running buildconf.sh which is part of YAZ.  
+
 Two test-programs of interest are generated when you type 'make' at the
 top level: ztest/yaz-ztest and client/yaz-client. Ztest is a dummy
 database server which returns canned responses to all queries. It's good
@@ -86,16 +90,9 @@ odr  - Open Data Representation. This module implements the BER
        encoding rules. Documentation is found in the files odr-use.man
        and odr.txt.
 
-asn     - This module implements the Z39.50/SR protocol. The best way
-       to find out how it works is to look in the sample
-       client/server code in server/seshigh.c. The interface is still
-        wholly described by the file proto.h which defines structure
-        and type definitions for each of the types introduced in the
-        protocol specification.
-
 z39.50  - This module implements the Z39.50 protocol. This module
-        does the same job as the 'asn' module except that the source
-        files are auto-generated using an YAZ' ASN.1 Compiler (YC).
+        does the same job as the old 'asn' module except that the source
+        files are auto-generated using an YAZ' ASN.1 Compiler (yaz-comp).
 
 zutil   - This module implements a collection of Z39.50 utilities, such
         as query parsing, EXTERNAL handling, etc.
@@ -132,6 +129,10 @@ include/yaz - The various header files.
 lib     - The libraries. Primarily libyaz.a. The makefile gathers the
           libraries from previous modules into libyaz.a.
 
+asn     - Obsolete - replaced by the codecs in directory z39.50.
+        This module implements the Z39.50 protocol and is only provided
+        for backwareds compatibility. 
+
 To get more information or assistance, send mail to yaz-help@indexdata.dk.
 
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