documentation written; some weird constructors excluded from demo

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.html b/doc/gf3-release.html
index 4f81e8a55..75557c94a 100644
--- a/doc/gf3-release.html
+++ b/doc/gf3-release.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>GF 3.0</H1>
 <FONT SIZE="4">
 <I>Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta</I><BR>
+Beta release, 27 June 2008
 </FONT></CENTER>
 
 <P>
@@ -15,10 +16,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t
 compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone
 radical changes. 
 </P>
-<P>
-The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources
-are available all the time via Darcs.
-</P>
 <H2>New features</H2>
 <P>
 Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user:
@@ -38,22 +35,25 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user:
   the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs.
 <LI><B>Resource library version 1.4</B>: more coverage, more languages; some of
   the new GF language features are exploited.
+<LI><B>Uniform character encoding</B>: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in
+  source files
 </UL>
 
 <H2>Non-supported features</H2>
 <P>
-There are some features of GF 2.9 that will <I>not</I> work in the 2.7 June release.
+There are some features of GF 2.9 that will <I>not</I> work in the 3.0 beta release.
 </P>
 <UL>
 <LI>Java Editor GUI: we now see the JavaScript editor as the main form of 
   syntax editing.
 <LI>Pre-module multi-file grammar format: the grammar format of GF before version 2.0 
-  is still supported, but its include mechanism is not; this means that grammars 
-  consisting of multiple files have to be concatenated before use.
+  is still not yet supported.
+<LI>Context-free and EBNF input grammar formats.
 <LI>Probabilistic GF grammars.
 <LI>Some output formats: LBNF.
 <LI>Some GF shell commands: while the main ones will be supported with their familiar
-  syntax and options, some old commands have not been included.
+  syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. The GF shell
+  command <CODE>help -changes</CODE> gives the actual list.
 </UL>
 
 <P>
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ Inheritance of overload groups.
 </P>
 
 <!-- html code generated by txt2tags 2.4 (http://txt2tags.sf.net) -->
-<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -thtml gf3-release.txt -->
+<!-- cmdline: txt2tags -thtml doc/gf3-release.txt -->
 </BODY></HTML>
diff --git a/doc/gf3-release.txt b/doc/gf3-release.txt
index b065b4582..631752c90 100644
--- a/doc/gf3-release.txt
+++ b/doc/gf3-release.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GF 3.0
 Krasimir Angelov, Björn Bringert, and Aarne Ranta
-
+Beta release, 27 June 2008
 
 
 GF Version 3.0 is a major revision of GF. The source language is a superset of the
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ language in 2.9, which means backward compatibility. But the target languages, t
 compiler implementation, and the functionalities (e.g. the shell) have undergone
 radical changes. 
 
-The release of GF 3.0 is projected for 27 June. As usual, the developing sources
-are available all the time via Darcs.
-
 
 ==New features==
 
@@ -29,20 +26,23 @@ Here is a summary of the main novelties visible to the user:
   the shell, and the compiler are accessible via high-level APIs.
 - **Resource library version 1.4**: more coverage, more languages; some of
   the new GF language features are exploited.
+- **Uniform character encoding**: UTF8 in generated files, user-definable in
+  source files
 
 
 ==Non-supported features==
 
-There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 2.7 June release.
+There are some features of GF 2.9 that will //not// work in the 3.0 beta release.
 - Java Editor GUI: we now see the JavaScript editor as the main form of 
   syntax editing.
 - Pre-module multi-file grammar format: the grammar format of GF before version 2.0 
-  is still supported, but its include mechanism is not; this means that grammars 
-  consisting of multiple files have to be concatenated before use.
+  is still not yet supported.
+- Context-free and EBNF input grammar formats.
 - Probabilistic GF grammars.
 - Some output formats: LBNF.
 - Some GF shell commands: while the main ones will be supported with their familiar
-  syntax and options, some old commands have not been included.
+  syntax and options, some old commands have not been included. The GF shell
+  command ``help -changes`` gives the actual list.
 
 
 Users who want to have these features are welcome to contact us,