rewrite README to reflect changes in layout of directories

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+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-This is release 2.5 of flex.  See "version.h" for the exact patch-level.
-
-See the file "NEWS" to find out what is new in this Flex release.
+This is flex, the fast lexical analyzer.
 
 Read the file "INSTALL" for general installation directives.  Peek near
 the beginning of the file "Makefile.in" for special DEFS values.  On most
@@ -12,49 +10,25 @@ If you're feeling adventurous, you can also issue "make bigcheck" (be
 prepared to wait a while).
 
 Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that of
-BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL), except for
-the "configure" script, which is covered by the GPL.
-
-Many thanks to the 2.5 beta-testers for finding bugs and helping test and
-increase portability: Stan Adermann, Scott David Daniels, Charles Elliott,
-Joe Gayda, Chris Meier, James Nordby, Terrence O'Kane, Karsten Pahnke,
-Francois Pinard, Pat Rankin, Andreas Scherer, Marc Wiese, Nathan Zelle.
-
-Please send bug reports and feedback to: Vern Paxson (vern@ee.lbl.gov).
-
-
-The flex distribution consists of the following files:
-
-	README		This message
-
-	NEWS		Differences between the various releases
-
-	INSTALL		General installation information
+BSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
 
-	COPYING		flex's copyright
+Please send bug reports and feedback to help-flex@gnu.org.
 
-	conf.in, configure.in, configure, Makefile.in, install.sh,
-		mkinstalldirs
-			elements of the "autoconf" auto-configuration process
+The flex distribution contains the following files of interest:
 
-	flexdef.h, parse.y, scan.l, ccl.c, dfa.c, ecs.c, gen.c, main.c,
-	misc.c, nfa.c, sym.c, tblcmp.c, yylex.c	 
-			source files
+README - This file
 
-	version.h	version of this flex release
+NEWS - Differences between the various releases
 
-	flex.skl	flex scanner skeleton
-	mkskel.sh	script for converting flex.skl to C source file skel.c
-	skel.c		pre-converted C version of flex.skl
+INSTALL - basic installation information
 
-	libmain.c	flex library (-lfl) sources
-	libyywrap.c
+COPYING - flex's copyright and license
 
-	initscan.c	pre-flex'd version of scan.l
+flex.1, flex.texi - user documentation
 
-	FlexLexer.h	header file for C++ lexer class
+examples/ - containing examples of some possible flex scanners and a
+few other things. See the file examples/README for more details.
 
-	flex.1		user documentation
+TODO, to.do/ - outstanding bug reports, desired features, etc.
 
-	MISC/		a directory containing miscellaneous contributions.
-			See MISC/README for details.
+faqs/ - frequently asked questions