This is the S home directory which contains all of the code for New S and
Old S.  S is furnished in source form without any promise of support.
However, there is a mailing list for people using S where you can share
experiences with other S users.  To get on the list, send mail to

	S-news-request@stat.wisc.edu

Once you have enrolled on the list, you can send messages to all the other
people on the list by sending them to

	S-news@stat.wisc.edu

There is also an archive server for user-contributed S functions
and mailing list discussions.  Send the message
  send index from S
to statlib@temper.stat.cmu.edu to get an index of what is available.


The subdirectories and important files are

VERSION		The date and time when this version was created.

ALL_FILES	List of all of the files on the S tape.

ENVIRONMENT	Shell commands that set up the various environment parameters
		used by other S shell scripts.  It must be invoked
		as ". ENVIRONMENT" so that it affects the current shell.

cmd             Contains the S executive and shell scripts for users.

s               The support code necessary for a running version of S.
		For Old S, contains S functions not in the executive,
		the system database, device drivers, online documentation.
		For New S, contains the system functions and datasets
		along with their documentation.

src             All S source code.  May be deleted to save space,
		although it will then be impossible to recompile S.

doc             Documentation for S including man pages, installation
		instructions, etc.  May be deleted to save space.

adm             Commands useful to the S administrator -- shell scripts
		for making S, installing new versions of the executive,
		etc.

newfun          The include files and libraries necessary for a version
		of S in which users can create their own S functions.

data		Various ascii databases that are used in the SYSGEN
		process to in to create binary S objects.
		(May be deleted after SYSGEN).

library		New S library function directories and executables.

machines	Machine specific files and instructions.

graph           Contains the code necessary for standalone graphics
		device drivers and loading standalone graphics
		functions.  May be deleted to save space.
