[README for FLIM (English Version)]
by MORIOKA Tomohiko

What's FLIM
===========

  FLIM is a library to provide basic features about message
  representation or encoding.  It consists of following
  modules:

    std11.el	--- STD 11 (RFC 822) parser and utility

    mime.el	--- to provide various services about MIME-entities

      mime-def.el --- Definitions about MIME format

      mime-parse.el --- MIME parser

      mel.el --- MIME encoder/decoder
	mel-b-dl.el --- base64 (B-encoding) encoder/decoder
			(for Emacs 20 with dynamic loading support)
	mel-b-ccl.el --- base64 (B-encoding) encoder/decoder
			 (using CCL)
	mel-b-en.el --- base64 (B-encoding) encoder/decoder
			(for other emacsen)
	mel-q-ccl.el --- quoted-printable and Q-encoding
			 encoder/decoder (using CCL)
	mel-q.el    --- quoted-printable and Q-encoding
		    	encoder/decoder
	mel-u.el    --- unofficial backend for uuencode
	mel-g.el    --- unofficial backend for gzip64

      eword-decode.el --- encoded-word decoder
      eword-encode.el --- encoded-word encoder

    mailcap.el	--- mailcap parser and utility

  This library should work on:

	Emacs 20.4 and up
	XEmacs 21.1 and up


Installation
============

(0) before installing it, please install APEL (9.22 or later) package.
    APEL package is available at:

	ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/apel/

(1-a) run in expanded place

  If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
  following:

	% make

  You can specify the emacs command name, for example

	% make EMACS=xemacs

  If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.

(1-b) make install

  If you want to install other directories, please do following:

	% make install

  You can specify the emacs command name, for example

	% make install EMACS=xemacs

  If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.

  You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
  programs, for example:

	% make install PREFIX=~/

  If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
  specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).

  For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and EMACS 19.34 is specified, it
  will create the following directory tree:

	/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/   --- FLIM

  You can specify site-lisp directory, for example

	% make install LISPDIR=~/share/emacs/lisp

  If `LISPDIR=...' is omitted, site-lisp directory of the specified
  emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp or
  /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp).

  If the emu modules (included in APEL package) have been installed in
  the non-standard directory, you should specify where they will be
  found, for example:

	% make install VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp

  Following make target is available to find what files are parts of
  emu / APEL package, and where are directories to install them:

    % make what-where LISPDIR=~/elisp VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp

  You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
  FLIM-CFG.  Please read comments in it.

(1-c) install as a XEmacs package

  If you want to install to XEmacs package directory, please do
  following:

	% make install-package

  You can specify the XEmacs command name, for example

	% make install-package XEMACS=xemacs-21

  If `XEMACS=...' is omitted, XEMACS=xemacs is used.

  You can specify the package directory, for example:

	% make install PACKAGEDIR=~/.xemacs

  If `PACKAGEDIR=...' is omitted, the first existing package
  directory is used.

  Notice that XEmacs package system requires XEmacs 21.0 or later.


Bug reports
===========

  If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
  send them to the EMACS-MIME Mailing List:

	emacs-mime-en@m17n.org	(English)
	emacs-mime-ja@m17n.org	(Japanese)

  Via the EMACS-MIME ML, you can report FLIM bugs, obtain the latest
  release of FLIM, and discuss future enhancements to FLIM.  To join
  the EMACS-MIME ML, send an empty e-mail to

	emacs-mime-en-ctl@m17n.org	(English)
	emacs-mime-ja-ctl@m17n.org	(Japanese)