This is the README file for the GAP4  share package FORMAT 
by Bettina Eick and Charles R.B. Wright. 

The package contains programs for computing with formations 
of finite solvable groups and with various formation-theoretic 
subgroups.

Running the share package:
  No special preparation is required. Simply move the format 
  directory to the GAP pkg directory, start GAP and use the 
  command RequirePackage("format") to load the programs into
  GAP.

Documentation:
  To compile the documentation go into the main directory
  of the package and call make_doc. This will produce the
  the files doc/manual.dvi and doc/manual.ps which contain
  a printable version of the manual. Moreover, this yields
  the html-version of the documentation with main file
  htm/chapters.htm. Note that the share package must be
  in its default position pkg/format/ to compile the 
  documentation.

Examples:
  The subdirectory `grp' contains various examples 
  of pc groups. They can be used as examples for applications
  of the share package. Moreover, in the subdirectory `tst' 
  we included the input and output file that has been used
  to obtain the example section of our manual. 
