--- gforth/INSTALL	1994/02/11 16:30:45	1.1
+++ gforth/INSTALL	1995/03/14 19:01:40	1.7
@@ -1,11 +1,48 @@
-Very preliminary version
+You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.
 
-Create a machine description file for your machine, if necessary.
+First, type
 
-Make a symbolic link to machine.h, e.g.
+configure
 
-ln -s decstation.h machine.h
+configure has the following useful parameters:
+-direct-threaded: setup for a direct threaded interpreter; this is faster
+   on many machines, but needs special support. Unsupported machines will
+   ingore this switch. On some CISC machines, direct threading isn't an
+   advantage over indirect threading.
 
-Now you can type
+-without-debug: omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on machines
+   where "strip" has problems with gcc style debugging informations.
+
+--help: tells you about other parameters.
+
+Now type
 
 make
+
+If your make has trouble with the Makefile, "make gforth" might work.
+
+If your installed gcc isn't called "gcc" (eg. called "gcc-2.6.1"), type
+
+make GCC=<whatever you call your gcc>
+
+instead.
+
+Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
+
+make test
+
+To make the documentation, type
+
+make -k gforth.info gforth.ps html
+
+If everything is allright, you may want to install gforth. Type
+
+make install
+
+You may want to override the defaults for the directories. E.g., if
+you want to install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default
+/usr/local hirarchy, say
+
+make install prefix=/gnu
+
+Alternatively, you can specify the prefixes with configure.