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 As for today, FLTK 1.3 officially supports 
-the following integrated environments (1) :
+the following integrated environments (1):
 
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-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
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+distrib subdir 	|   supported products
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ide/Visualc6	|   Microsoft Visual C++ 6,    2008 Express (2)
+ide/vc2005	|   Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2010 Express (3)
+ide/Xcode3 	|   Apple XCode 3.x
 
 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.
+(2) When first using the project file (ide/VisualC6/fltk.dsw) with
+    VC++ 2003 or VC++ 2008 Express, you will be asked to convert
+    the project to the newer format.
+(3) When first using the project file (ide/vc2005/fltk.sln) with
+    VC++ 2008 Express or later, you will be asked to convert
+    the project to the newer format.
+
+
+Further notes about Microsoft IDE project files (July 2010):
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Starting with Visual C++ 2008 Express, Microsoft offer a free IDE and
+compiler that can be used to build FLTK. The newest version is
+Visual C++ 2010 Express.  Both versions can be used, but see below for
+instructions.
+
+The preferred and best maintained project files are those in the
+directory ide/VisualC6.  Although the FLTK team currently doesn't
+have these old MS IDE versions available, this project (generated by
+FLTK's fluid software) ought to be up-to-date.  This is not always
+true, however, if there are changes that affect the project, but we
+try to keep it always up-to-date.
+
+The ide/VisualC6 project files can be used with Visual C++ 2008 Express
+by opening the fltk.dsw file and confirming to convert the project to
+the new format.
+
+Unfortunately the ide/VisualC6 project files can't be converted with
+Visual C++ 2010 Express (at least not as easily - maybe there's a tool).
+We will update this if we find a way...
+
+The ide/vc2005 project files can be used with Visual C++ 2010 Express
+by opening the fltk.sln file and confirming to convert the project to
+the new format.  This project is currently maintained manually and may
+be less up-to-date and fail to build.
+It is known to work with subversion release 7667 (July 04, 2010).
+
+Please note that FLTK 1.3 is work in progress.  The subversion and
+snapshot files are not always guaranteed to work flawlessly.
+
+You may also have success by generating your own project files with
+CMake (see files README.CMake* in the top level directory), but
+that's currently not actively maintained.