Updated assorted README files, adding asymptote/README.

diff --git a/README b/README
index 7a2efac1eb4b07be1064b0aabbd8fe923a2b51eb..ba9a1be07ba62c07d873a4bf7b934d7792f652f6 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is an attempt at an organized, open source course website.  The
-idea is that a course website consists of a static HTML framework, and
+This is an attempt at an organized, open source, course website.  The
+idea is that a course website consists of a static HTML framework and
 a bunch of content that is gradually filled in as the semester/quarter
 progresses.  I've put the HTML framework in the HTML directory, along
 with some of the write-once-per-course content (e.g. Prof & TA info).
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ make sure all the files go to the right place, and I'd strongly
 recommend setting up a ssh-keyed login from your work machine to your
 hosted web account (see http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/code/#SSH ).  
 
-Not posted on the website but also important to the course are the
-students' grades, which I keep in the grades directory.  See the
-README files in any of the subdirectories for more details on that
-particular portion.
+This project is versioned with Git (http://git-scm.com/).  If you're new
+to Git, you might want to take a look at my introductory pointers
+  http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/tools/#git

diff --git a/announcements/README b/announcements/README
index f3a7f7ed1b36066c43e8397c240dc248dc76227c..150e45ffc3a4acff5c31bdf165cf4bdad98cef1c 100644 (file)
--- a/announcements/README
+++ b/announcements/README
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ For example:
     atomgen -o atom.xml add -i atom.xml 'Feed purpose' \
     http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/phys201
 
+I've written little scripts to simplify my more common calls to
+atomgen, and these scripts live in the creatively-named `script'
+subdirectory.
 
 You can send automatic emails to your students when you publish new
 announcements in the atom feed.  The best way I have found to date

diff --git a/asymptote/README b/asymptote/README
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..99a497d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asymptote/README
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Asymptote is a vector-graphics language
+  http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/
+We use it from within LaTeX to generate most of the figures.
+
+In this directory are a few libraries to make it easier to draw nice
+figures.  Run
+  make view
+to get an idea of what each library is capable of.

diff --git a/latex/README b/latex/README
index 66388937cd5d606c5b6e2e325af7844ae693f4e2..3654c4e4acde7a5ac3d69cd3fc0e62001851c1f0 100644 (file)
--- a/latex/README
+++ b/latex/README
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ source for other course documents.  With these added to Makefile's
 `SUBDIRS', the source they contain is compiled and installed in their
 `INSTALL_DIR'.  Take a look at syllabus/Makefile for the particulars,
 which are not too complicated.  The directory `old-source' contains
-the LaTeX source from previous courses, since so much of the layout
-is standardized and much of the text is boilerplate.
+the LaTeX source from previous courses, since so much of the layout is
+standardized and much of the text is boilerplate.  The directory
+`notes' contains assorted howto notes, equation sheets, and other
+information that I thought the students might find useful, but didn't
+explicitly involve problems.