NEWS update and more asciidoc conversion.

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c71e91b90c7ae6c465bcc6bb94456d439fcdc5d..c1ceb6fc7bcf895b0e2977259f304d9bdd89e506 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ TAGS:
 .adoc.html:
        asciidoctor -D. -a nofooter -a webfonts! $<
 
-SOURCES = README COPYING NEWS control Makefile wumpus.c superhack.c wumpus.adoc wumpus.png wumpus.desktop superhack.desktop
+SOURCES = README.adoc COPYING NEWS.adoc control Makefile wumpus.c superhack.c wumpus.adoc wumpus.png wumpus.desktop superhack.desktop
 
 install: wumpus superhack wumpus.6
        mkdir -p $(prefix)/bin

diff --git a/NEWS.adoc b/NEWS.adoc
index 24d8bbb709d1cf449063cd338a15a8ae3d8d9dcb..34571663f23015782547edefc3c187b32a786090 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.adoc
+++ b/NEWS.adoc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 = wumpus project news =
 
+Repository head::
+  Add a historical note.
+
 1.9: 2022-12-16::
   Fix packaging error.
 

diff --git a/README b/README
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 4ac5d23..0000000
--- a/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-                       WUMPUS and SUPERHACK
-
-WUMPUS is a bit of retrocomputing nostalgia.  It is an *exact* clone, even
-down to the godawful user interface, of an ancient classic game.  This version
-fixes two minor bugs in my original USENET posting of the source.
-
-The original "Hunt the Wumpus" game was written by Gregory Yob in
-1973.  It was the first exploration game to use a non-grid worldmap,
-distinguishing it from earlier grid-oriented games such as Trek and
-predating even 1977's Colossal Cave Adventure.
-
-The origin date of the BASIC source from which this game was
-translated (and which is included in comments) is not known, but is
-pretty certainly before 1980 and probably close to the original 1975
-publication of the source in "Creative Computing".
-
-One historical liberty has been taken; the logo of this project is from a
-later version on the TI-99/4A with a graphical interface.
-
-SUPERHACK is a satire, structurally quite similar to WUMPUS.
-
-For updates and related resources, see http://www.catb.org/~esr/wumpus/.

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..e8f15a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+= WUMPUS and SUPERHACK
+
+WUMPUS is a bit of retrocomputing nostalgia.  It is an *exact* clone,
+even down to the godawful user interface, of an ancient classic game.
+This version fixes two minor bugs in my original USENET posting of the
+source.
+
+The original "Hunt the Wumpus" game was written by Gregory Yob in
+1973.  It was the first exploration game to use a non-grid worldmap,
+distinguishing it from earlier grid-oriented games such as Trek and
+predating even 1977's Colossal Cave Adventure.
+
+The origin date of the BASIC source from which this game was
+translated (and which is included in comments) is not known, but is
+pretty certainly before 1980 and probably close to the original 1975
+publication of the source in "Creative Computing".
+
+One historical liberty has been taken; the logo of this project is
+from a later version on the TI-99/4A with a graphical interface.
+
+SUPERHACK is a satire, structurally quite similar to WUMPUS.
+
+For updates and related resources, see http://www.catb.org/~esr/wumpus/.