Heavily massaged for 2.4

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 // $Header$
 
-This is release 2.3 of flex - a full release.
+This is release 2.4 of flex.  See "version.h" for the exact patch-level.
 
-The flex distribution consists of the following files:
-
-       README          This message
-
-       Makefile
-       flexdef.h
-       parse.y
-       scan.l
-       ccl.c
-       dfa.c
-       ecs.c           flex sources
-       gen.c
-       main.c
-       misc.c
-       nfa.c
-       sym.c
-       tblcmp.c
-       yylex.c
-
-       libmain.c       flex library (-lfl) source
-
-       initscan.c      pre-flex'd version of scan.l
-
-       flex.skel       skeleton for generated scanners
-
-       flexdoc.1       full user documentation
-       flex.1          reference documentation
-
-       Changes         Differences between this release and the previous one
-
-       COPYING         flex's copyright
-
-       MISC/           a directory containing miscellaneous porting-related
-                       notes (for Atari, MS-DOS, Turbo-C, and VMS)
+Read the "Installation considerations" note in the Makefile and make any
+necessary changes.
 
+To make this version of flex for the first time (even if you've already
+installed earlier version of flex), use:
 
-Decide where you want to keep flex.skel (suggestion:  /usr/local/lib),
-but don't move it there yet.  Edit "Makefile" and change the definition
-of SKELETON_FILE to reflect the full pathname of flex.skel.
+       make bootstrap
 
-Read the "Porting considerations" note in the Makefile and make
-the necessary changes.
+and then
 
-To make flex for the first time, use:
+       make
 
-    make first_flex
+Assuming flex builds successfully, you can test it using
 
-which uses the pre-generated copy of the flex scanner (the scanner
-itself is written using flex).
-
-Assuming it builds successfully, you can test it using
-
-    make test
+       make check
 
 The "diff" should not show any differences.
 
-If you're feeling adventurous, issue "make bigtest" and be prepared
-to wait a while.
+If you're feeling adventurous, issue "make bigcheck" and be prepared to wait
+a while.
 
 Install flex using:
 
@@ -69,11 +31,48 @@ Install flex using:
 Please send problems and feedback to:
 
        vern@ee.lbl.gov
-       ucbvax!ee.lbl.gov!vern
 
        Vern Paxson
-       Computer Systems Engineering
+       Systems Engineering
        46A/1123
        Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
        1 Cyclotron Rd.
        Berkeley, CA 94720
+
+
+The flex distribution consists of the following files:
+
+       README          This message
+
+       Makefile, flexdef.h, parse.y, scan.l, ccl.c, dfa.c, ecs.c, gen.c,
+       main.c, misc.c, nfa.c, sym.c, tblcmp.c, yylex.c 
+                       source files
+
+       version.h       version of this flex release
+
+       flex.skl        flex scanner skeleton
+       mkskel.sh       script for converting flex.skl to C source file skel.c
+
+       liballoc.c
+       libmain.c       flex library (-lfl) sources
+       libyywrap.c
+
+       initscan.c      pre-flex'd version of scan.l
+
+       FlexLexer.h     header file for C++ lexer class
+
+       flexdoc.1       full user documentation
+       flex.1          reference documentation
+
+       flexdoc.man     preformatted versions of documentation
+       flex.man
+
+       manual/         A flex user manual written by G.T. Nicol.  See
+                       manual/README for details.
+
+       Changes         Differences between this release and the previous one
+
+       COPYING         flex's copyright
+
+       MISC/           a directory containing miscellaneous contributions.
+                       See MISC/README for details.