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1.1       root        1: The C script is not complete; use at your own risk.
                      2: 
                      3: Lessons are in
                      4:        /usr/lib/learn/*
                      5: Source is in
                      6:        /usr/src/cmd/learn
                      7: Miscellaneous supporting code is also in source.
                      8: 
                      9: Make a learn by
                     10:        make
                     11: When this seems right, extract the lessons by
                     12:        make lessons
                     13: This extracts the lesson archives
                     14: for each course.  You can also do this one step at a
                     15: time with "make files", "make editor", etc.,
                     16: if you don't want all courses.
                     17: If you do things separately, you must also say
                     18:        make play; make log
                     19: 
                     20: Finally, check that it's sensible with
                     21:        make check
                     22: If that doesn't print any messages,
                     23: you're probably in good shape.
                     24: 
                     25: Learn requires general write permission on the user playpen
                     26: directory .../lib/play.  Lesson directories may be protected.
                     27: 
                     28: Learn collects a log file for each script in the .../lib/log
                     29: directory, with a file for each script (files,
                     30: editor, etc.) containing an entry for each lesson
                     31: attempted. These files will grow without bound,
                     32: unless they are periodically truncated. 
                     33: The log files should have general write permission.
                     34: If you don't want logging (a sensible position to take),
                     35: set the variable "logging" to zero in source/lrndef
                     36: before making learn.
                     37: 
                     38: Learn requires about 1500 blocks to make itself,
                     39: and about 1000 when completely made.
                     40: 
                     41: Please report problems, bad lessons, etc., to
                     42: Brian Kernighan, MH 6021, 2C-518, or
                     43: Mike Lesk, MH 6377, 2C-572.  Thanks.

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