include/README: convert to markdown

Closes #6028

diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index e33aecc001ac5b97a1569510138e93421546cbcc..611ebdfaa5ec284a0e9a6798338008d1b815cc60 100644 (file)
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 ###########################################################################
 SUBDIRS = curl
 
-EXTRA_DIST = README
+EXTRA_DIST = README.md
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies

diff --git a/include/README b/include/README
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 091ef76..0000000
--- a/include/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-                                  _   _ ____  _
-                              ___| | | |  _ \| |
-                             / __| | | | |_) | |
-                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
-                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
-
-Include files for libcurl, external users.
-
-They're all placed in the curl subdirectory here for better fit in any kind
-of environment. You must include files from here using...
-
-        #include <curl/curl.h>
-
-... style and point the compiler's include path to the directory holding the
-curl subdirectory. It makes it more likely to survive future modifications.
-
-The public curl include files can be shared freely between different platforms
-and different architectures.

diff --git a/include/README.md b/include/README.md
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..bd28a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# include
+
+Public include files for libcurl, external users.
+
+They're all placed in the curl subdirectory here for better fit in any kind of
+environment. You must include files from here using...
+
+    #include <curl/curl.h>
+
+... style and point the compiler's include path to the directory holding the
+curl subdirectory. It makes it more likely to survive future modifications.
+
+The public curl include files can be shared freely between different platforms
+and different architectures.