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+IDLEfork INSTALL notes
+======================
+
+The emphasis in IDLEfork is now for the project to be able to be run
+directly from the unpacked source directory. This is to enable easy testing
+of (and hacking on) IDLEfork, and will also prevent interfering with the 
+stable Python IDLE set up in any way.
+
+To install IDLEfork just unpack the archive into its own directory wherever
+you like. To run IDLEfork just go to the directory you unpacked IDLEfork
+into and then run 'python idle.py' in an xterm under unix/linux, or 
+'idle.pyw' under windows 98/2000. Remember that IDLEfork 0.8.1 and greater 
+require python 2.1 or greater.
+
+See README.txt and NEWS.txt for more details on this version of IDLEfork. 
+
+
+INSTALLATION notes from IDLE fork 0.7.1 :
+=========================================
+
+IDLE Fork Installation on Linux:
+
+Until the tarball is released, you must download a CVS copy.  An excellent
+place for it is
+
+/usr/local/src/PythonX.X/Tools/idlefork, assuming that's where your Python
+source is located. Put the correct version in for X.X .
+
+# cd /usr/local/src/PythonX.X/Tools
+
+Now do the CVS login and checkout:
+
+# cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.idlefork.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/idlefork login
+
+Type an <enter> for the password.
+
+# cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.idlefork.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/idlefork \
+      -d idlefork checkout idle
+
+The -d option to checkout puts the files in an idlefork directory, so you don't
+step on "official" idle.
+
+# cd idlefork
+# su      to root
+
+# python setup.py install
+
+# echo  "idle" > /usr/local/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages.pth
+
+This last is necessary so idle can find itself.  I hope we can create/append
+this file via setup.py at some point, but it needs to be done manually now, and
+it only needs to be done once (unless you totally remove and reinstall python
+itself).
+
+# exit    from root
+
+NOTE that the above procedure will install idlefork IDLE on top of any
+"official" IDLE that may be already installed.