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In this tree you'll find xindy, the fleXible INDexing sYstem.

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Check out

	http://www.iti.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/xindy

for more information.

By now, we have the following available:

The basic binary packages for the following platforms:

xindy-2.0:

    MS-DOS/Windows(NT)		i386 and others
    OS/2			i386 dto.
    Linux ELF			i386 dto.
    AIX-3.2			rs6000
    HP-UX 10			HP9000
    Solaris 2.4,2.5,2.6         sun4m/sun4u
    SunOS 4.1.1 (maybe 4.1.3)	sun4c


You need at least one of them to run xindy. Always pick up the most recent
version. The binary versions for different platforms may have different
version numbers.

The OS/2 version is available in ZIP-format in file `xdyos220.zip'.

The MS-DOS and Windows version `xdydos20.zip' is considered to be in
an alpha stage and according to Joerg Diederich runs under the
following platforms:

  - OS/2 (native mode)
  - MSDOS 6.2
  - Windows 3.11
  - Windows NT 4.0
  - Windows 95 (not tested!!!)
  - DOS box of OS/2
  - DOS box of WinOS2 under OS/2

Further information can be found in the file README.win

Please inform us about your experiences with these versions.

The platform-independent parts of the system can be found in the
archive

	xindy-VERSION.tar.gz

Note: The OS/2 archive is a complete archive.

Then follow the instructions in the file INSTALL which comes with the base
distribution..

Contact xindy@iti.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de if you have more files to
put here.