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-pmacs version 0.1
+Pmacs version 0.1
 
-released june 27, 2007
+Released june 27, 2007 by Erik Osheim <erik@osheim.org>
 
-by Erik Osheim
+Explanation paragraph goes here.
 
+Requirements:
+=============
+    1. python 2.3 or higher
+    2. ncurses
+    3. ispell (optional, for spell-as-you-type)
+    4. perl (optional, for perl-mode)
+    5. etc, etc, etc...
+
+Basic usage stuff should go here.