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+The macros in the maze, hanoi and urm directories can be used to test Vim for
+vi compatibility. They have been written for vi to show its unlimited
+possibilities. The life macros can be used for performance comparisons.
+
+hanoi Macros that solve the tower of hanoi problem.
+life Macros that run Conway's game of life.
+maze Macros that solve a maze (amazing!).
+urm Macros that simulate a simple computer: "Universal Register Machine"
+
+
+The other files contain some handy utilities. They also serve as examples for
+how to use Vi and Vim functionality.
+
+dvorak for when you use a Dvorak keyboard
+justify.vim user function for justifying text
+matchit.vim + matchit.txt make % match if-fi, HTML tags, and much more
+less.sh + less.vim make Vim work like less (or more)
+shellmenu.vim menus for editing shell scripts in the GUI version
+swapmous.vim swap left and right mouse buttons
+
+This one is only for Unix. It can be found in the extra archive:
+file_select.vim macros that make a handy file selector