update the readme a bit by deleting most of the irrelevant info, such as msdos

support and who to mail for 5" floppies...  ok kjell

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diff --git a/usr.bin/mg/README b/usr.bin/mg/README
index da8a974f12f..cf2d7891745 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mg/README
+++ b/usr.bin/mg/README
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-Mg 2a README  May 15, 1988
+[This is an edited version of the original mg README, updated slightly to
+reflect changes in the last 20 years.]
+
 
 Mg (mg) is a Public Domain EMACS style editor.  It is "broadly"
 compatible with GNU Emacs, the latest creation of Richard M.
@@ -12,46 +14,17 @@ done at the request of Richard Stallman.
 Mg is not associated with the GNU project, and most of it does not
 have the copyright restrictions present in GNU Emacs.  (However, some
 of the system dependent modules and the regular expression module do
-have copyright notices, specificly the VMS/primos termcap routines and
-the amiga specific routines.  Look at the source code for exact
+have copyright notices.  Look at the source code for exact
 copyright restrictions.)  The Mg authors individually may or may not
 agree with the opinions expressed by Richard Stallman in "The GNU
 Manifesto".
 
-Documentation of Mg is in the TeX file mg.tex.  This should be
-formatted with the TeX text formatter and printed.  A start towards a
-mg programmers guide is in mgprog.doc, and some of the changes from 1b
-are mentioned briefly in mg2a.change.
-
 This program is intended to be a small, fast, and portable editor for
 people who can't (or don't want to) run real Emacs for one reason
 or another.  It is compatible with GNU because there shouldn't be
-any reason to learn more than one Emacs flavor.  We have excised
-most MicroEMACS features that were incompatible with the big brother,
-and added missing features that seemed essential.
-
-There are at least two other major versions of MicroEMACS in
-circulation.  One comes from Daniel Lawrence, (based on an old version
-from Dave Conroy) and is several versions have been posted to usenet.
-It uses a 3.x version numbering scheme, and the latest I know about is
-3.9i.  It has some features not found in Mg, missing others, is
-bigger, and is incompatible with GNU Emacs.  It might be a better
-choice for you if you *must* have something not present here and can't
-run GNU.
-
-Another variety uses a different numbering scheme, and is up to v30.
-This also comes from mod.sources, and is the latest version from the
-original MicroEMACS author Dave Conroy.  Mg is derived from this
-version, and for the most part has replaced it.
-
-Mg is continuing to diverge from other MicroEmacs variants.
-Significant modifications would me require to adapt code from either
-the 3.x strains or v30.  Command functions and key mapping, for
-instance, are completely different.
-
-This is the third distribution release of Mg.  (It went through four
-beta releases to iron out the changes made by the various authors.)
-Prior releases were known as MicroGnuEmacs 1a and MicroGnuEmacs 1b.
+any reason to learn more than one Emacs flavor.
+
+
 Beyond the work of Dave Conroy, author of the original public domain
 v30, the current version contains the work of:
 
@@ -67,65 +40,8 @@ People who have worked on previous versions of Mg:
 
 	rtech!daveb@sun.com		Dave Brower
 
-These systems are known to work in the current version:
-
-	4.2 & 4.3 BSD Unix, SunOs 3.2, Ultrix-32
-	System V
-	OS9/68k
-	VMS
-	Amiga
-	Primos
-	Atari ST
-
-Ms-Dos support is planned, but did not get done in time for this
-release.  (Jeff Siegal <jbs@eddie.mit.edu> was the one doing it.)
-The Ms-Dos files will probably be distributed separately when it
-becomes available.
-
-Cpm/68k support was dropped due to compiler bugs.  Eunice support was
-dropped because of lack of interest.  Mg 1b does support those
-systems.
-
-One change too late to make it into mg.tex is readding bsmap-mode (only
-if BSMAP is #defined when compiling).  This is a toggle that controls
-input mapping to exchange the ^H (backspace) and DEL characters.  Like
-GNU emacs input keymaps, it is not displayed on the mode line and will
-cause them to be treated as each other for echoing.  (With bsmap-mode
-enabled, DEL will echo ^H in the echo line.)
-
-
-How to Make a Mg
----------------------------
-
-On UNIX at least, it's easy.  (Note that even on these systems you may
-want to change a compile time option.)  If you have BSD UNIX, do:
-
-	ln sys/bsd/Makefile .
-	make
-
-For System V, do:
-
-	ln sys/sysv/Makefile .
-	make
-
-There are several other directories under sys: osk, vms, amiga, atari,
-prime.  You should follow the directions contained therein to make one
-of those versions.
-
-For most systems (everything except the amiga, and atari currently),
-the termcap terminal definition is used.  There is a readme file in
-the default subdirectory of the sys directory explaining what entries
-are used and how.  (Termcap is a way to do display manipulation in a
-terminal independent manner.) Besides the normal startup file (usually
-.mg) terminal specific initialization files may be used.  (For
-example, in .mg.vt100 you may want to (global-set-key "\e[A"
-'previous-line) to have the up arrow key work.)
-
-Some changes made to make this version more like Gnu Emacs may break
-startup files.	Gnu Emacs 18 has both backward-delete-char and
-delete-backward-char that apparently do the same thing.  This version
-has only the latter because that is what is documented in my manual
-(version 17) and bound by Gnu Emacs to DEL.
+Currently maintained in the OpenBSD src tree, with contributions from
+many others.
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -155,40 +71,4 @@ functions in Gnu Emacs.	 (Mg does not have non-command functions.)
 
 The display wrap code does not work at all like that of GNU emacs.
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-If you have a change to make that you think should be incorporated
-into the next version of Mg, send it the mg-support mail
-list. Addresses are:
-
-	mg-support%ais1@ecla.usc.edu
-	{cit-vax,sdcrdcf,trwrb}!oberon!ais1!mg-support
-
-Support for additional systems and terminals should include being
-available for beta testing as other changes are made.  (Send a short
-note to mg-support.)  Currently, beta test copies of Mg are made
-available via Internet ftp, so beta testers need access to the
-Internet.  (UUCP sites that are customers of uunet can get it via
-them.  Contact uunet!uunet-request for details.) If you can't reach
-one of us via a computer network, I suppose you could send a change to
-my snail mail address below on 5" os9 format disks or 9 track tape
-(ANSI variable label or Prime magsav format), but this effectively
-rules you out as a potential beta tester.  (Don't expect the disk or
-tape back unless you include a SASE with sufficient postage.)  I will
-not be sending out copies on magnetic media, so please don't ask.  If
-you somehow got an incomplete or non-standard copy, (i.e. missing one
-of the sys directories mentioned here as working) complain to who you
-got it from not to me.
-
-	Robert Larson
-	309 S. Alexandria Ave.
-	Apt. 117
-	Los Angeles, CA  90020
-
-Alternatively, and under the same conditions, you can send either a 3"
-AmigaDOS format disk or a 9 track tape (Unix tar format) to:
-
-	Mike Meyer
-	P.O. Box 4730
-	Berkeley, CA 94704