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--- README	19 Aug 2003 21:24:20 -0000	1.1
+++ README	17 May 2004 15:51:05 -0000	1.2
@@ -2,31 +2,36 @@
 Python bindings for Shapelib
 ============================
 
-These are two python modules for shapelib created with SWIG.
+These are three python modules for shapelib:
+
+   shapelib	read/write shapefiles
+
+   dbflib	read/write dbf files
+
+   shptree	quadtree for shapes
 
 Shapelib is a free software library for reading and writing ESRI shape
 files and can be found at http://gdal.velocet.ca/projects/shapelib. 
 
-SWIG is tool that can generate wrappers of C and C++ libraries for a
-variety of scripting languages. It's homepage is www.swig.org.
+The bindings were partly created with SWIG, a tool that can generate
+wrappers of C and C++ libraries for a variety of scripting languages.
+It's homepage is http://www.swig.org.
 
-The two modules here wrap the shape file reading and writing API and the
-DBF file reading and writing API. The shape file bindings are currently
-limited to 2-dimensional data.
 
 
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-To compile the bindings, you need shapelib 1.2.8. Older versions may or
-may not work, I've only tested the code with 1.2.8.
+To compile the bindings, you need shapelib 1.2.8 or newer.  Older
+versions may or may not work; nobody has tested that.
 
 SWIG is not required. The files generated by SWIG are contained in the
-archive. If modify shapelib.i or dbflib.i and need to recreate the
-generated files, you need at least SWIG 1.3.
+archive. If you modify shapelib.i or dbflib.i and need to recreate the
+generated files, you need SWIG 1.3 Alpha 5.  It's unlikely that other
+versions will work.
 
-You also need Python, of course. If you installed prebuilt packages such
-as RPMs of some Linux distributions, please make sure that the
+You also need Python, of course.  If you installed prebuilt packages
+such as RPMs of some Linux distributions, please make sure that the
 development package is also installed.
 
 
@@ -44,7 +49,9 @@
 and are also available separately from python.org for older versions.
 
 To compile the bindings, unpack the archive under the shapelib archive
-or move the directory there if you've already unpacked it. Then run
+or move the directory there if you've already unpacked it.  The setup
+script expects to find the shapelib files in the parent directory.  Then
+run
 
     python setup.py build