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+#======================================================================
+#                    M A K E F I L E 
+#                    doc: Tue May 15 18:12:31 2012
+#                    dlm: Wed May 16 08:26:19 2012
+#                    (c) 2012 A.M. Thurnherr
+#                    uE-Info: 16 18 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
+#======================================================================
+
+.PHONY: version
+version:
+	@sed -n '/^description =/s/description = //p' .hg/hgrc
+
+.PHONY: publish
+publish:
+	cd ..; \
+	scp -Cr Matlab_tools miles:public_hg

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+======================================================================
+                    R E A D M E 
+                    doc: Tue May 15 18:10:40 2012
+                    dlm: Wed May 16 08:26:02 2012
+                    (c) 2012 A.M. Thurnherr
+                    uE-Info: 18 0 NIL 0 0 72 3 2 4 NIL ofnI
+======================================================================
+
+This directory contains a set of Matlab tools written and copyrighted
+by A.M. Thurnherr. 
+
+To find out which version you have, run "make" in current directory.
+
+Most of the source files use a hard tab of 4 spaces, i.e. they can be
+viewed correctly, e.g. with "less -x4".
+
+There is currently no documentation, nor is there support.
+
+SOFTWARE CAN BE FREELY USED AND COPIED FOR EDUCATIONAL OR OTHER
+NOT-FOR-PROFIT PURPOSES.
+