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 | |  example|Speaks for it self, examples how to use PCB| | |  example|Speaks for it self, examples how to use PCB|
 | |  gts|This directory/​library is only used by the toporouter (toporouter.h includes gts.h)| | |  gts|This directory/​library is only used by the toporouter (toporouter.h includes gts.h)|
-|*|  intl|Internationalization - it handles conversions to non-English languages. It is for i18n, l10n and related stuff.|+|*|  intl|Internationalization - it handles conversions to non-English languages. It is for i18n, l10n and related stuff. See the //​**ABOUT-NLS**//​ text file in the root directory for more information.|
 | |  lib|The M4 library stores the footprints as M4 macros| | |  lib|The M4 library stores the footprints as M4 macros|
 | |  m4|Some additional m4 scripts used by configure| | |  m4|Some additional m4 scripts used by configure|
 | |  newlib|File to make newlib library components| | |  newlib|File to make newlib library components|
 | |  po|Translation files| | |  po|Translation files|
-| |  README_FILES|Speaks for it self|+| |  README_FILES|Information in this directory is obsolete and/or very old. Just ignore ​it.  ​|
 | |  src|The source code| | |  src|The source code|
 | |  tests|File to test the build during make| | |  tests|File to test the build during make|
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 |H|edif.*|EDIF stands for Electronic Design Interchange Format. ​ |These files are associated with only one action "​LoadFrom(Netlist)"​. This will call the function ImportNetlist() in file.c. If the first line of the netlist file contains "​edif"​ it will use these files to parse the EDIF 2.0.0 formatted file. A little googling learns that the EDIF 2.0.0 file format was approved in March 1988. File format EDIF 4.0.0 was released in August 1996. The PCB documentation doesn'​t say anything about EDIF. \\ The files are here to be backwards compatible, so we are able to read files generated many year ago. It doesn'​t hurt so just ignore it.| |H|edif.*|EDIF stands for Electronic Design Interchange Format. ​ |These files are associated with only one action "​LoadFrom(Netlist)"​. This will call the function ImportNetlist() in file.c. If the first line of the netlist file contains "​edif"​ it will use these files to parse the EDIF 2.0.0 formatted file. A little googling learns that the EDIF 2.0.0 file format was approved in March 1988. File format EDIF 4.0.0 was released in August 1996. The PCB documentation doesn'​t say anything about EDIF. \\ The files are here to be backwards compatible, so we are able to read files generated many year ago. It doesn'​t hurt so just ignore it.|
 |:::​|edif_parse.h|This file defines the interface to the outside world. ​ |:::| |:::​|edif_parse.h|This file defines the interface to the outside world. ​ |:::|
-|:::​|edif.y|file says: A Bison parser, used in with edif.c. EDIF stands for Electronic Design Interchange Format.|:::​|+|:::​|edif.y|file says: A Bison parser, used in with edif.c. EDIF stands for Electronic Design Interchange Format. ​ |:::|
 |C|error.*|error and debug functions ​ | | |C|error.*|error and debug functions ​ | |
 |C|file.*|file save, load, merge ... routines ​ | | |C|file.*|file save, load, merge ... routines ​ | |
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