Almost ready to release 2.0.1

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 3c0bbce..387b874 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ Author: <A href="http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~diego">Diego Nehab</a>
 
 <p>
 LuaSocket version 2.0.1 is now  available for download! It  is
-compatible with  Lua&nbsp;5.0   and   has    been   tested   on
-Windows&nbsp;XP, Linux, and Mac OS X. 
+compatible with  Lua&nbsp;5.0 and Lua&nbsp;5.1, and has    
+been tested on Windows&nbsp;XP, Linux, and Mac OS X. Chances
+are it works well on most UNIX systems.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -103,13 +104,13 @@ contains several examples, this user's manual and basic test procedures.
 <p>
 Danilo Tuler is maintaining Win32 binaries for LuaSocket, which are also
 available from LuaForge.  These are compatible with the 
-<a href=http://luaforge.net/projects/luabinaries>LuaBinaries</a> 
-available from LuaForge. 
+<a href=http://luaforge.net/projects/luabinaries>LuaBinaries</a>,
+also available from LuaForge. 
 </p>
 
 <p>
-For those that  want to give LuaSocket a quick try, download the
-stand-alone archive and unpack everything into
+If you are using Lua 5.0, and want to give LuaSocket a quick
+try, download the stand-alone archive and unpack everything into
 a directory, say <tt>c:\luasocket</tt>. Then set <tt>LUA_INIT</tt> to load
 the <tt>compat-5.1.lua</tt> and set <tt>LUA_PATH</tt> and
 <tt>LUA_CPATH</tt> to look for files in the current directory: 
@@ -135,6 +136,23 @@ Lua 5.0.2  Copyright (C) 1994-2004 Tecgraf, PUC-Rio
 --&gt; the source to this web page gets dumped to terminal
 </pre>
 
+<p>
+If you are using Lua 5.1, you shouldn't use
+<tt>compat-5.1.lua</tt>. Just unpack the standalone
+directory, set <tt>LUA_CPATH</tt> and <tt>LUA_PATH</tt>, and
+you should be ready to run:
+<p>
+
+<pre class=example>
+c:\luasocket\&gt; set LUA_CPATH=?.dll
+c:\luasocket\&gt; set LUA_PATH=?.lua
+c:\luasocket\&gt; lua5.1
+Lua 5.1  Copyright (C) 1994-2006 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
+&gt; http = require"socket.http"
+&gt; print(http.request"http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~diego/professional/luasocket/"
+--&gt; the source to this web page gets dumped to terminal
+</pre>
+
 <p> When you are done playing, take a look at the 
 <a href=installation.html>installation</a> section of the manual to find out
 how to properly install the library.  </p>
diff --git a/doc/installation.html b/doc/installation.html
index 725db42..dadfe72 100644
--- a/doc/installation.html
+++ b/doc/installation.html
@@ -39,27 +39,24 @@ Installation">
 
 <h2>Installation</h2>
 
-<p> LuaSocket 2.0.1 uses the new package proposal for Lua 5.1.  
+<p> LuaSocket 2.0.1 uses the new package system for Lua 5.1.  
 All Lua library developers are encouraged to update their libraries so that
 all libraries can coexist peacefully and users can benefit from the
 standardization and flexibility of the standard.
 </p>
 
 <p> 
-The proposal was considered important enough by some of us to justify 
-early adoption, even before release of Lua 5.1.
-Thus, a compatibility module 
+Those stuck with Lua 5.0 will need the 
 <a href=http://www.keplerproject.org/compat/>compat-5.1</a> 
-has been released in conjunction with Roberto Ierusalimschy and <a
-href=http://www.keplerproject.org/>The Kepler Project</a> team. 
-It implements the Lua 5.1 package proposal on top of Lua 5.0. </p>
-
-<p> As far as LuaSocket is concerned, this means that whoever is 
-deploying a non-standard distribution of LuaSocket will probably
-have no problems customizing it. Here we will only describe the standard distribution. If the standard doesn't meet your
-needs, we refer you to the Lua discussion list, where any question about
-the package scheme will likely already have been answered. 
-</p>
+module. It is maintained by 
+<a href=http://www.keplerproject.org/>The Kepler
+Project</a>'s team, and implements the Lua 5.1 package proposal 
+on top of Lua 5.0. </p>
+
+<p> Here we will only describe the standard distribution.
+If the standard doesn't meet your needs, we refer you to the
+Lua discussion list, where any question about the package
+scheme will likely already have been answered.  </p>
 
 <h3>Directory structure</h3>
 
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ distribution directory structure:</p>
 </pre>
 
 <p> Naturally, on Unix systems, <tt>core.dll</tt>
-would be replaced by <tt>core.so</tt>. 
+would be replaced by <tt>core.so</tt>.  
 </p>
 
 <p> In order for the interpreter to find all LuaSocket components, three
@@ -100,6 +97,11 @@ LUA_INIT=@&lt;LDIR&gt;/compat-5.1.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
+This is only need for Lua&nbsp;5.0! Lua&nbsp;5.1 comes with
+the package system bult in, of course. 
+</p>
+
+<p>
 The other two environment variables instruct the compatibility module to
 look for dynamic libraries and extension modules in the appropriate
 directories and with the appropriate filename extensions.