* NEWS: Mention removal of the OS/2 port.

* README.PC: Remove OS/2 specific parts.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-03  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention removal of the OS/2 port.
+	* README.PC: Remove OS/2 specific parts.
+
 2002-01-02  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in: Make help about --with-subshell easier to

NEWS

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Yet to be released version 4.6.
 
 - GNOME edition has been removed.
+- OS/2 port has been removed.
 - Large file support enabled by default.
 - Dropped support for the old Curses library.
 - Editor files are now stored in ~/.mc/cedit instead of ~/.cedit

README.PC

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-Midnight Commander for Win32 and OS/2
+GNU Midnight Commander for Win32
--------------------------------------
+--------------------------------
 
 0. Introduction
 1. Compiling
@@ -9,101 +9,95 @@ Midnight Commander for Win32 and OS/2
 
 0. Introduction
 ---------------
-Yes, Midnight Commander can be compiled for Win32 (Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and
+Yes, Midnight Commander can be compiled for Win32 (all versions of
-NT) and OS/2. It has many bugs, but is quite stable now. Maybe you can help as
+Microsoft Windows starting with Windows 95 for all platforms, except
-a beta tester or as a programmer. In either case you would like subscribe to
+Windows CE).  It may be tricky to compile, it may be buggy, but it should
-mc-devel list (see README files in main doc on how to do this) and contact us.
+be usable.  Maybe you can help as a beta tester or as a programmer.
-Please note, that Midnight Commander remains primarily a file manager for
+In either case you would like subscribe to the mc-devel list (see README
-UNIX-like systems, so recent changes may occasionally break something.
+and FAQ) and contact us.
-You should not expect that it will work on your system better than file
+
-managers written specifically for your OS.
+Please note that Midnight Commander remains primarily a file manager for
+UNIX-like systems.  You should not expect that it will work on your
+system better than a file manager written specifically for your OS.
 
 1. Compiling
 ------------
 
 1.1. Compiler
 -------------
-If you really want to enjoy free software under your non-free OS, you should
+If you really want to enjoy free software under your non-free OS,
-try free compilers. Three of them are supported: EMX (OS/2), RSX and Mingw32
+you should try free compilers.  Two of them are supported: RSXNT and
-(Win32). RSX is based on EMX, and can also cross-compile for OS/2 under
+MinGW.  Please visit their respective sites for more information.
-Windows. Mingw32 is conceived as a free clone for Microsoft Visual C++.
+
-Please note, that all above compiler are based on gcc (GNU C compiler), but
+RSXNT:  http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~rainer/
-use different libraries.
+MinGW:  http://www.mingw.org/
-Cygwin is not (yet) powerful enough to compile Windows-specific portion of
+
-the Midnight Commander, but you may try to compile MC using UNIX configuration
+MinGW is also included with Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/).
-files. As you can easily imagine, resulting binary will need termcap or
+
-terminfo and use ANSI-sequences for output which is probably not what you want.
+Cygwin envirinment is so close to UNIX, that it's possible to compile
-You may also try non-free compilers. Microsoft Visual C++ (4.0 and above),
+GNU Midnight Commander in the same way as it's done in UNIX (see file
-Borland C++ (both for Win32 and OS/2) and IBM CSet are supported. "Supported"
+INSTALL for details).  However, you should realize that you would get a
-means merely that there are specific makefiles for those compilers, but it
+UNIX program that has no idea about drives, Windows-style permissions
-does not even assume that you will compile MC by them out-of-box.
+and some other Windows-specific features.  This is not the Win32 port
+discussed in this document.
+
+Skeaking of non-free compilers, Microsoft Visual C++ (4.0 and above) and
+Borland C++ are supported.  "Supported" means merely that there are
+specific makefiles for those compilers, but it does not even assume that
+you will compile GNU Midnight Commander out-of-box.
 
 1.2. General issues
 -------------------
-See pc/README, pc/BUGS, pc/TODO for the information concerning current state
+See pc/README, pc/BUGS, pc/TODO for the information concerning current
-of the port.
+state of the port.  You may need to hack the code in order to compile it.
-You may need to create some fake includes to compile. You may also need to
-change something in the MC sources.
 
 1.3 Windowing Library
 ---------------------
-Currently only support for SLang windowing library is given. There are
+Currently only support for the S-Lang windowing library is provided.
-curses clones ported to Win32 and OS/2, but I believe that since there is
+There are curses clones ported to Win32, but I believe that since we
-no analogs for autoconf for those systems, we should avoid unnecessary
+are not using autoconf for the Win32 port, we should avoid unnecessary
 difficulties.
-Currently the PC port SLang included in this distribution (see slang/
+
-subdirectory). This is a subset of SLang 0.99.38 distribution with some
+Currently the Win32 port only can use S-Lang included in this
-bugs fixed. There are also MC-specific changes in the code.
+distribution (see slang/ subdirectory).  This is a subset of S-Lang
-SLang 0.99.38 has problems with OS/2 if you like console with more than
+0.99.38 distribution with some bugfixes and MC-specific code changes.
-80x25 characters. You may try to use a newer SLang. It is possible, but it
-is also quite tricky.
 
 1.4 Features and Limitations
 ----------------------------
 Internal editor is supported (including syntax highlighting).
+Internal viewer is supported (including hex editor).
 VFS (virtual file system) is not supported.
-X11 ports are not supported.
+Concurrent subshell is not supported.
 
 2. Changes made
 ---------------
 
 2.1. Changes to main code
 -------------------------
-Changes in the main code are enclosed in #ifdef _OS_NT, __os2__  or OS2_NT
+Changes in the main code are enclosed in #ifdef _OS_NT blocks.
-blocks.
 
-In some cases we suppressed code. This is temporal (so that mc can compile). In
+In some cases we suppressed code. This is temporal (so that mc can compile).
-the future we will provide fake or true interfaces for these features.
+In the future we will provide fake or true interfaces for these features.
-   - Links: creation and information on links are not supported. We
+   - Links: creation and information on links are not supported.  We
             should provide a fake interface for the local filesystem and
             a true one for networked.
    - GID/UID queries (get_user, owner, preserve UID/GID on copy, ...).
    - TERMinals: all the code directly done with terminals must be suppressed.
-   - Signals: deleted. Should support the native ones.
+   - Signals: deleted.  Should support the native ones.
    - pipes: had some trouble in ext.c and with error_pipes but soon will be
             fixed.
    - Chown command: Not supported yet.
 
 2.2. Files rewritten
 --------------------
-There are several files with so many changes that they have been moved to pc/
+There are several files with so many changes that they have been moved
-subdirectory. Some of them are common for Win32 and OS/2, some of them are
+to pc/ subdirectory.  Our intention should be, however, to make most code
-system-specific. System-specific files bear a clear mark in their names
+system-independent.  This would increase code reuse and maintainability.
-(for example, dirent_nt.c)
-Our intention should be, however, to make most code system-independent. This
-would increase code reuse and maintainability :-)
 See pc/ subdirectory for further details.
 
 3. Authors and maintainers
 --------------------------
 This port is based on the port for Windows NT by
     Juan Grigera <grigera@isis.unlp.edu.ar>
-and the port for OS/2 by
+The code is not actively maintained, but the patches are applied.
-    Alexander Dong <ado@software-ag.de>
+Please send your changes to the mc-devel list.
-Both ports were merged to one PC port by me,
-    Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
-Please note, that I'm using Linux now. I have access to Windows 95 machines,
-but I have no access to OS/2 machines. If you are really keen to continue my
-work, please drop me a letter.
-
-Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>