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+= Prototype
+==== An object-oriented JavaScript framework
+
+(c) 2005 Sam Stephenson (mailto:sam@conio.net)
+
+Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic 
+web applications.  Its development is driven heavily by the Ruby on Rails 
+framework, but it can be used in any environment.
+
+=== Targeted platforms
+
+Prototype currently targets the following platforms:
+
+* Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher
+* Mozilla Firefox 1.0/Mozilla 1.7 and higher
+* Apple Safari 1.2 and higher
+
+== Using Prototype
+
+To use Prototype in your application, download the latest release from the 
+Prototype web site (http://prototype.conio.net/) and copy 
+<tt>dist/prototype.js</tt> to a suitable location. Then include it in your HTML
+like so:
+
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/prototype.js"></script>
+
+=== Building Prototype from source
+
+<tt>prototype.js</tt> is a composite file generated from many source files in 
+the <tt>src/</tt> directory. To build Prototype, you'll need:
+
+* a copy of the Prototype source tree, either from a distribution tarball or
+  from the darcs repository (see below)
+* Ruby 1.8.2 or higher (http://www.ruby-lang.org/)
+* Rake -- Ruby Make (http://rake.rubyforge.org/)
+* RDoc, if your Ruby distribution does not include it
+* darcs 1.0.1 or higher (http://abridgegame.org/darcs/; static binaries 
+  available at http://www.scannedinavian.org/DarcsWiki/CategoryBinaries)
+
+From the root Prototype directory,
+
+* <tt>rake dist</tt> will preprocess the Prototype source using ERB and 
+  generate the composite <tt>dist/prototype.js</tt>.
+* <tt>rake package</tt> will create a distribution tarball in the 
+  <tt>pkg/</tt> directory.
+
+== Contributing to Prototype
+
+You'll need the tools mentioned above. Modify the files in <tt>src/</tt>, add 
+tests in <tt>test/</tt> if possible, generate a new dist file, and record the 
+changes with <tt>darcs record -al</tt>. Then email patches to 
+mailto:sam@conio.net using <tt>darcs send</tt>.
+
+== Documentation
+
+Prototype is embarrassingly lacking in documentation. (The source code should 
+be fairly easy to comprehend; I'm committed to using a clean style with 
+meaningful identifiers. But I know that only goes so far.)
+
+Much of the problem is that there is no easy way to document it from within the
+source code itself. I've tried JSDoc[http://jsdoc.sf.net/] and a Perl script 
+included with JsUnit[http://www.edwardh.com/jsunit/]; neither groks Prototype's
+hash-style class definitions or inheritance scheme. Making them work would 
+require major changes, and I don't have the time for that right now.