First cut at cleaning up notes-mode.

[gnu-emacs-elpa] / packages / notes-mode / README

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-
 Notes-mode
 ----------
 by John Heidemann, <johnh@isi.edu>
 
 For documentation, see
        notes-mode.info
-       notes-mode.ps.gz
        HTML/notes-mode.html
 or     <http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/>
 
 
-WHAT'S NEW IN NOTES-MODE?
--------------------------
-
-Changed ( 8-Aug-08): version 1.27:
-
-Change I/O in @file{mkindexcache} to use locale (the sadly correct thing)
-rather than forcing utf-8 (the Righteous Path).
-Bug report from Geoff Kuenning, a man with an older Unix environment than I.
-
-
 WHAT IS NOTES-MODE?
 -------------------
 
@@ -40,38 +28,17 @@ see <http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/notes-mode_1.html>
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
 
-Notes-mode requires emacs or xemacs version 19 or 20 (or possibly
-later) and Perl-5.  For information:
-
-       emacs   http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html
-       xemacs  http://www.xemacs.org
-       perl    http://www.perl.com
+Notes-mode requires Perl-5.  For information: http://www.perl.com
 
 
 INSTALLATION
 ------------
 
-First, get notes mode from <http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/SOFTWARE/NOTES_MODE/>.
-
-To install the basic package:
-       1. ./configure
-       2. make install
-
-(To control what's installed where, use --prefix=/where, or
---with-lisp-dir=/where, --datadir=/where (for scripts),
-and --infodir=/where.)
-
 For each user:
        1. Run notesinit
                (from where it's installed, /usr/local/bin/notesinit
                by default)
 
-If you have problems with paths being incorrect, please be aware that
-you CANNOT run notes directly out of where you untar it.  The
-installation process customizes the programs for where things are on
-your system.  Make sure you move out of the directory where you
-untarred it before running it.
-
 After you've installed notes mode you're encouraged to subscribe
 to the mailing lists:
 Send the message "subscribe" to
@@ -83,18 +50,23 @@ Send the message "subscribe" to
 COPYRIGHT
 ---------
 
-Notes-mode is Copyright (C) 1994-2002 by John Heidemann,
-<johnh@isi.edu>.  Notes-mode comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This
-is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
-conditions.  See the file ``COPYING'' for details about both of these
-conditions.
-
-
-CHANGE HISTORY
---------------
-
-README:
-$Id: README,v 1.21 2008/08/08 20:33:36 johnh Exp $
-
-See the changes entry in the texinfo documentation.
+Notes-mode is Copyright (C) 1994-2002,2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Notes-mode comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
+This is Free Software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
+conditions.  See the file ``COPYING'' for details about both of
+these conditions.
+
+
+TODO
+----
+
+- figure out how to pass the configured file names to the Perl scripts.
+- Use `completion-at-point-functions'.
+- Use epa/epg for encryption.
+- Figure out what to do about mkall.
+- Use defcustom and get rid of "* in docstrings.
+- Remove notes-use-font-lock.
+- Don't run notes-first just because we load the .el files.
+- Unify notes-utility-dir and notes-bin-dir.
+- Add support for mouse-1-click-follows-link.