This is sgmls, an SGML parser derived from the ARCSGML parser materials which were written by Charles F. Goldfarb. (These are available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ifi.uio.no [128.240.88.1] in the directory SIGhyper/SGMLUG/distrib.) The version number is given in the file version.c. The file INSTALL contains installation instructions. The file NEWS describes recent user-visible changes. The file sgmls.man contains a Unix manual page; sgmls.txt is the formatted version of this. The file sgml-mode.el contains a very simple SGML mode for GNU Emacs. The files sgmls.c and sgmls.h contain a small library for parsing the output of sgmls. This is used by sgmlsasp, which translates the output of sgmls using an ASP replacement file, and by rast, which translates the output of sgmls to the format of a RAST result. The files sgmlsasp.man and rast.man contain Unix manual pages for sgmlsasp and rast; sgmlsasp.txt and rast.txt are the formatted versions of these. The file LICENSE contains the license which applies to arcsgml and accordingly to those parts of sgmls derived from arcsgml. See also the copyright notice at the beginning of sgmlxtrn.c. The parts that were written by me are in the public domain (any files that were written entirely by me contain a comment to that effect.) The file sgml-mode.el is covered by the GNU GPL. Please report any bugs to me. When reporting bugs, please include the version number, details of your machine, OS and compiler, and a complete self-contained file that will allow me to reproduce the bug. James Clark jjc@jclark.com