Merge branch 'develop'

Updates for v2.8.1:
* Several small bug fixes
* Two new Makefiles
* Foppe Hemminga's new .md documentation of the interface

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+Release Notes DDS 2.8.1
+-----------------------
+Added Makefile for shared library (.d) under Linux.  Contributed
+by Foppe Hemminga and Paul Hide.
+
+Added Makefile for Visual C++ using Windows command-line tools,
+so the Windows make and no "mv" etc.  Contributed by Philippe Capron.
+
+Fixed bug in scheduler that caused some hands to be considered
+identical when they aren't.  Alexis Maugat found the bug and
+contributed a simple test case.
+
+Fixed bug in initialization that affected some cases when initial
+moves are given.  Alexis Maugat found the bug and contributed a
+simple test case.
+
+Added in Foppe Hemminga's version of the documentation, written
+entirely in .md markup format (looks great on Github) and capable 
+of being converted into html and pdf.
+
+
 Release Notes DDS 2.8.0
 ----------------------- 
 2.8.0 is about 15% faster than 2.7.0.

INSTALL

@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ local install to ../lib, not a system-wide one).
 System-specific data
 ====================
 
-Microsoft Visual C++
+Microsoft Visual C++ (Unix-like, so Cygwin and mingw)
 --------------------
 Makefile: Makefile_Visual
 Compiler: cl
 
 
+Microsoft Visual C++ (Windows-like, so no "mV", different "make")
+--------------------
+Makefile: Makefile_Visual_Windows
+Compiler: cl
+
 Mingw
 -----
 Makefile: Makefile_mingw
@@ -85,12 +90,18 @@ Makefile: Makefile_cygwin
 Compiler: g++
 
 
-Linux
+Linux (static library .a)
 =====
 Makefile: Makefile_linux
 Compiler: g++
 
 
+Linux (dynamic library .ld)
+=====
+Makefile: Makefile_linux_shared
+Compiler: g++
+
+
 Apple
 =====
 Makefile: Makefile_Mac_clang (for clang compiler, single-threaded)

README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Alex Martelli cleaned up and ported code to Linux and to Mac OS X in 2006.  The
 
 Brian Dickens found bugs in v2.7 and encouraged us to look at GitHub.  He also set up the entire historical archive and supervised our first baby steps on GitHub.
 
-Foppe Hemminga maintains DDS on ArchLinux.
+Foppe Hemminga maintains DDS on ArchLinux.  He also contributed a version of the documentation file completely in .md mark-up language.
 
 Soren Hein made a number of contributions before becoming a co-author starting in v2.8 in 2014.
 
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ DDS tries to figure out the available number of cores and the available memory.
 
 DDS on Windows calls SetMaxThreads itself when it is attached to a process, so you don't have to.  On Unix-like systems we use an equivalent mechanism, but we have had a report that this does not always happen in the right order of things, so you may want to call SetMaxThreads explicitly.
 
+Docs
+====
+The DDS library interface is very well documented. You find the docs, including a Markdown version which you can read online, in the /doc folder.
 
 Bugs
 ====