Fixed 'undo' command corrupting the database when used after changing of

[pkg/abook.git] / README

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@@ -8,25 +8,26 @@ COMPILATION
 
 To compile abook you must have ncurses developement libraries installed.
 Starting from version 0.4.10 abook is known to compile with the native curses
-library of SUN Solaris and OpenBSD.
+library of SUN Solaris and OpenBSD. Since version 0.5.0 GNU readline is
+required. Please note that other readline implementations don't work.
 
 If you compile with --enable-debug flag you should redirect standard error
-to somewhere. (for example abook 2> debug or abook 2> /dev/null. Abook has
+to somewhere. (for example abook 2> debug or abook 2> /dev/null) Abook has
 been compiled and tested successfully on following platforms:
 (NOTE: All versions of abook haven't been tested on all platforms.)
 
-Linux (Debian GNU/Linux 2.1/2.2, RedHat 6.x)
-Solaris 2.4
-Solaris 2.5
-Solaris 2.6
-FreeBSD 3.3 (newer versions should be OK)
+Linux (Debian GNU/Linux, RedHat Linux, all other distributions with GNU ncurses
+       and GNU readline should work)
+Darwin
+Solaris
+FreeBSD
 OpenBSD
-NetBSD (reportedly requires ncurses to work properly)
+NetBSD
+GNU/Hurd
 AIX 3.2.5
 HPUX
 Irix 6.5
 DEC alpha ?
-GNU/Hurd
 
 INSTALLATION
 
@@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ After this you can make queries from mutt using the query command ('Q')
 and add sender e-mail addresses to the addressbook from pager using 'A'
 command. (Of course you can choose another keybinding if you like.)
 
+It's also recommeded to set pipe_decode variable in mutt configuration.
+See the mutt manual for details.
+
+UPGRADING FROM VERSION 0.4
+
+You must import your abook 0.4 addressbook file because it is stored
+to a different location. Configuration file is now located to $HOME/.abook/
+directory and it's called abookrc . (without leading dot)
+
 NOTES
 
 If your language specific characters don't work correctly make sure
@@ -63,6 +73,5 @@ See COPYING for details.
 CONTACT AUTHOR
 
 Send bugreports, fixes, wishes etc. to Jaakko Heinonen
-<jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net> or preferably use the mailing list. (See
-http://abook.sourceforge.net/ for details)
+<jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net> or use the mailing list.