	 lfmainindex - perl script to generate a page for the
           coordination of LinuxFocus article translation.

   Every language section maintains an index of all articles. This page
   is continuously updated as new articles get translated. The index
   shows all articles published so far indicating which ones are
   translated and which are not. That way people interested on
   translating can know what is done and what is not done.

   lfmainindex is a little perl script to make the generation and
   updating of the main index page easier.

   The maintainer of a language section just needs to update a little
   list and add names of the people who would like to translate an
   article.

   The perl script reduces maintenance efforts and keeps all index pages
   consistent.

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   How to use it? Look at the faq.txt file.
   Basically you need to update a definition file like the
   lf_deutsch_def.txt file and then just generate the web-page.
    Example:
   lfmainindex -p -l de lf_deutsch_def.txt > Deutsch/transindex.html

   lfmainindex can also generate plain text files for sending out in
   the mailing list.
    Example:
   lfmainindex -pt lf_deutsch_def.txt > indexpage.txt


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   change log of lfmainindex program starting with version 1.8

   1.8: indicate also in the text mode output which articles are ready
   (available as html) and which not.

   1.9: January 1998 was not recogized as an edition that has still the
   old file structure.

   2.0: Handle also the workspace directory

   2.1: Reduce the file size of the html output by not adding too much
   html comment

   2.2: u can be used instead of x to indicte that the article is in the
   translation process and already available on this page

   2.3: Floris is the only Dutch editor.

   2.4: Can now handle proofreader without translator.
  
   2.5:  %whereiswhat table added to allow for more flexibility.
         option -a is no longer available (we have the %whereiswhat)

   2.8: add word count to non translated articles and select .shtml
        or .html dependent on what file is available.
  
   2.9: works with new article numbers
   3.0: ---
   3.1: The issue index can be index.html or index.shtml. Just
        point to the directory.
   3.2: do not use mailto: to protect against spam
  
