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+qinfo - GTK+ based ascii art text viewer
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+qinfo is a simple GTK+ text viewer for ascii art in the CP437 codepage. The
+development focuses on keeping weight down to a minimum, only the most essential
+features are implemented in the viewer. qinfo is simple to use, is easily
+compiled, requires few libraries, and starts up quickly.
+
+This program is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2,
+see the file 'COPYING' for more information.
+
+
+Features
+========
+
+ * Complete support for CP437 text
+ * Additional console output
+ * Recent files
+ * Drag and Drop
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+qinfo requires GTK+-2.x.x libraries.
+
+Simple install procedure:
+
+ $ tar xzvf qinfo-x.x.x.tar.gz # unpack the sources
+ $ cd qinfo-x.x.x # change to the toplevel directory
+ $ ./configure # run the `configure' script
+ $ make # build qinfo
+ [ Become root if necessary ]
+ # make install # install qinfo
+
+See the file 'INSTALL' for more detailed information.