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+ClickerConvert
+==============
+
+Copyright (C) 2016 by ETH Zürich
+Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
+
+This file is Free Software under the GNU GPL (v>=2)
+and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
+See LICENSE.txt for details.
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+Clicker convert converts the text output of a classromm response system
+("clicker") to other doucment formats. Currently only xlsx is supported.
+
+The orignal target platforms are Windows NT > 6.1 (Seven and later) and
+GNU/Linux and MacOS.
+
+Input File Format
+-----------------
+The input file is a text document with the following expected properties:
+
+Questions:
+ - A Question is defined by last unquoted string before a line starting
+   with "Answer"
+ - A multiple choice Answer are all strings that match the pattern
+  "\"(.*)\",(\\d+),(\\d+\\.\\d+)" in all lines following a line
+  "Answer,Votes,Percent" before the next Question.
+ - A free text answer is a Quoted string following a Question and
+ the single line "Answer".
+ All text before the next question is interpreted as free text responses.
+ If a Quoted string is inside an Answer it is combined with that Answer.
+
+ See constants.h for definition.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+See clickerconvert --help
+
+Installation
+------------
+See the file INSTALL for build instructions.
+
+Binaries may be available on the project homepage.
+
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+The documentation is written as part of Doxygen comments.
+
+Contact
+-------
+For additional information or custom modifications please contact:
+
+  Intevation GmbH <intevation@intevation.de>
+  Neuer Graben 17
+  49074 Osnabrück, Germany
+
+The public development platform can be found at:
+https://wald.intevation.org/projects/clickerconvert/