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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 13:23:34 -0700
Subject: patch README for Debian
Remove reference to legacy manual since we don't install that (see
d/rules).
Forwarded: not-needed
---
README.md | 53 ++++-------------------------------------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,43 +1,29 @@
-# [![Flycheck][logo]](http://www.flycheck.org) #
-
-[][COPYING]
-[](https://gitter.im/flycheck/flycheck)
-[](http://stable.melpa.org/#/flycheck)
-[](https://travis-ci.org/flycheck/flycheck)
-
**Flycheck** is a modern on-the-fly syntax checking extension for GNU Emacs 24,
intended as replacement for the older Flymake extension which is part of GNU
Emacs.
It uses various syntax checking and linting tools to
-[automatically check the contents of buffers][checking] while you type, and
+automatically check the contents of buffers while you type, and
reports warnings and errors directly in the buffer or in an optional error list
(see [Flycheck manual][manual] for more information):
-
+
Out of the box Flycheck supports over
[40 different programming languages][languages] with more than 80 different
-syntax checking tools, and comes with a [simple interface][definitions] to
+syntax checking tools, and comes with a simple interface to
define new syntax checkers.
Many [3rd party extensions][extensions] provide new syntax checkers and other
features like alternative error displays or mode line indicators.
-[COPYING]: https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/blob/master/COPYING
[manual]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/index.html#the-user-guide
-[logo]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flycheck/flycheck/master/doc/_static/logo.png
-[checking]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/_downloads/flycheck.html#Checking-buffers
[languages]:http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/languages.html
-[definitions]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/_downloads/flycheck.html#Defining-syntax-checkers
[extensions]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/community/extensions.html
## Try out ##
Flycheck needs GNU Emacs 24.3 or newer, and works best on Unix systems.
-**Windows users**, please be aware that Flycheck does not support Windows
-officially, although it should mostly work fine on Windows. See
-[Windows support][] and watch out for [known Windows issues][windows issues]!
Install some [syntax checker tools][languages] and type the following in your
`*scratch*` buffer and run `M-x eval-buffer`:
@@ -54,13 +40,9 @@ Install some [syntax checker tools][lang
(global-flycheck-mode)
```
-For a more gentle introduction read the [Installation][] instructions and go
-through [Quickstart][] guide.
+For a more gentle introduction go through [Quickstart][] guide.
-[Installation]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/user/installation.html
[Quickstart]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/user/quickstart.html
-[windows issues]: https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/labels/windows%20only
-[windows support]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/user/installation.html#windows-support
## Support & Contribution ##
@@ -86,29 +68,3 @@ to follow our [Code of Conduct][coc].
[Issue Tracker]: https://github.com/flycheck/flycheck/issues
[contrib]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/contributor/contributing.html
[coc]: http://www.flycheck.org/en/latest/community/conduct.html
-
-## License ##
-
-Flycheck is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-version.
-
-Flycheck is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
-PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-See [COPYING][] for details.
-
-You may copy, distribute and/or modify the Flycheck documentation under the
-terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public
-License. A copy of the license can be obtained at
-<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode>.
-
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the Flycheck logo in
-`/flycheck.svg` under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
-4.0 International Public License. A copy of the license can be obtained at
-<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode>.
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