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diff --git a/src/mkhelp.pl b/src/mkhelp.pl
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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+# Yeah, I know, probably 1000 other persons already wrote a script like
+# this, but I'll tell ya:
+
+# THEY DON'T FIT ME :-)
+
+# Get readme file as parameter:
+$README = $ARGV[0];
+
+if($README eq "") {
+    print "usage: mkreadme.pl <README>\n";
+    exit;
+}
+
+
+push @out, "                                  _   _ ____  _     \n";
+push @out, "  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \\| |    \n";
+push @out, "                             / __| | | | |_) | |    \n";
+push @out, "                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___ \n";
+push @out, "                             \\___|\\___/|_| \\_\\_____|\n";
+
+$head=0;
+loop:
+while (<STDIN>) {
+    $line = $_;
+
+    # this kind should be removed first:
+    $line =~ s/_//g;
+
+    # then this:
+    $line =~ s/.//g;
+
+    if($line =~ /^curl/i) {
+	# cut off the page headers
+        $head=1;
+	next loop;
+    } 
+
+    if($line =~ /^[ \t]*\n/) {
+	$wline++;
+	# we only make one empty line max
+	next loop;
+    }
+    if($wline) {
+	$wline = 0;
+        if(!$head) {
+            push @out, "\n";
+        }
+        $head =0;
+    }
+    push @out, $line;
+}
+push @out, "\n"; # just an extra newline
+
+open(READ, "<$README") ||
+    die "couldn't read the README infile";
+
+while(<READ>) {
+    push @out, $_;
+}
+close(READ);
+
+
+print "/* NEVER EVER edit this manually, fix the mkhelp script instead! */\n"
+;
+print "#include <stdio.h>\n";
+print "void hugehelp(void)\n";
+print "{\n";
+print "puts (\n";
+
+for(@out) {
+    chop;
+
+    $new = $_;
+
+    $new =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+    $new =~ s/\"/\\\"/g;
+
+    printf("\"%s\\n\"\n", $new);
+
+}
+
+print " ) ;\n}\n"
+