diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..534e5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Fri Feb 11 15:57:51 PST 2000
+(Mandrake)
+
+Whee.  first real working version.  Give Comments.  thanks.
diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ It's mostly done, even though I never hooked up the menus to do anything
 useful, which maybe I'll go back and do for an 0.2 release, but this 0.1 is
 pretty much everything you'll need.
 
+to build the application, use "make".
+once you've done that, copy the binary (e16keyedit) to any binary directory
+wherever you want to put it.  "make install" doesn't work, so it doesn't
+really matter, does it?  *grin*
+
 -- Mandrake
 
 Mon Feb 21 11:09:48 PST 2000