work on value labels

[pspp] / README

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PSPP is a program for statistical analysis of sampled data.  It is
 a free replacement for the proprietary program SPSS.
 
 PSPP supports T-tests, ANOVA and GLM analyses, factor analysis,
-non-parametric tests, linear and logistic regression, clustering, 
+non-parametric tests, linear and logistic regression, clustering,
 and other statistical features.  PSPP produces statistical reports in
 plain text, PDF, PostScript, CSV, HTML, SVG, and OpenDocument formats.
 It can import data from OpenDocument, Gnumeric, text and SPSS formats.
@@ -15,25 +15,16 @@ prerequisite packages and other PSPP-specific information.  Full
 documentation on PSPP's language is also included.
 
 For information on differences from previous versions, please see file
-NEWS.  
-          
+NEWS.
+
 Source code for the latest release of PSPP is available at
 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/pspp/.  Test releases are at
 ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pspp/.  Development sources are available
-at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
-
-The following miscellaneous notes apply to this release:
+at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
 
-       * On a few operating systems, such as OpenBSD, some of the
-          tests may fail with messages similar to: 'Warning: cannot
-          create a converter for "646" to "UTF-8"'.  These test
-          failures may safely be ignored.
-
-Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to pspp-users@gnu.org.
-Bug reports may be filed at http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp
-or emailed to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.  We prefer the web-based system
-because it makes it more difficult for us to lose track of bugs, but we
-are happy to hear from users through any means.
+Questions and comments about using PSPP may be sent to
+pspp-users@gnu.org.  Please email bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org
+or file them online at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=pspp.
 
 The PSPP bug tracker and bug reporting mailing list are public.  To
 privately report a security vulnerability in GNU PSPP, please send
@@ -55,7 +46,7 @@ following support to users:
           an "enhanced" mode in certain cases where PSPP can output
           better results that may surprise SPSS users.
 
-       * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.  
+       * Friendly textual and graphical interfaces.
 
        * Good documentation.  Currently the PSPP manual describes its
           language completely, but we would like to add information on
@@ -79,12 +70,6 @@ following:
           constructs.  We wish to improve the situation by supplying a
           more complete and flexible parser generator.
 
-       * Easy-to-use support for producing attractive output.
-          Currently, output is done by writing code to explicitly fill
-          in table cells with data.  We should be able to supply a
-          more convenient interface that also allows for providing
-          machine-readable output.
-
        * Eventually, a plug-in interface for procedures.  Over the
           short term, the interface between the PSPP core and
           statistical procedures is evolving quickly enough that a