initial attempt at the files

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+Original author:
+Vern Paxson <<vern@ee.lbl.gov>

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+Many thanks to the 2.5 beta-testers for finding bugs and helping test and
+increase portability: Stan Adermann, Scott David Daniels, Charles Elliott,
+Joe Gayda, Chris Meier, James Nordby, Terrence O'Kane, Karsten Pahnke,
+Francois Pinard, Pat Rankin, Andreas Scherer, Marc Wiese, Nathan Zelle.

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+* resolve the items in the to.do directory
+
+** expand the above into individual requests and handle those requests
+
+* convert flex to use automake
+
+* make flex.texi the authoritative manual
+
+** take the man-isms out of flex.texi
+
+** add flex.texi and its generated info files into the Makefile
+   process (best done via automake)
+
+* integrate the items in the faqs/ directory into the manual or code
+  or similar