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+   HOW TO USE THE FLTK IDE ENVIRONMENTS
+-------------------------------------------
+
+As for today, FLTK 1.3 officially supports 
+the following integrated environments (1) :
+
+-------------------------------------------
+distrib subdir 	   |   supported products
+-------------------------------------------
+ide/vc2005	   |   Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 (2)
+ide/visualc	   |   Microsoft Visual C++ 6, 2003 (3)
+ide/Xcode3.1 	   |   Apple XCode 3.1
+
+Notes :
+-------
+(1) For *nix platforms based on the autoconf/configure/make toolchain,
+    simply run autoconf, then the configure script on the root dir.
+    read the ./README file for more info.
+(2) When first using the project file (ide/vc2005/fltk.sln) with vc2008, 
+    you will be ask to convert the project for vs2008 use.
+(3) When first using the project file (ide/visualc/fltk.dsw) with vc2003, 
+    you will be ask to convert the project for vs2003 use.