Markdownify READMEs and AUTHORS files

Author: carstene1ns

AUTHORS

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+liblcf authors
+==============
+
+* Alejandro Marzini (vgvgf)
+* Gabriel Kind (Ghabry)
+* Glynn Clements (glynnc)
+* Paulo "Zhek" Vizcaino (paulo_v)

AUTHORS.md

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 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = --install -I builds/autoconf/m4
-EXTRA_DIST = builds generator
+EXTRA_DIST = AUTHORS.md README.md builds generator
 pkgconfigdir = ${libdir}/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = builds/liblcf.pc
 

Makefile.am

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+# liblcf
+
+liblcf is a library to handle RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 game data.
+It can read and write LCF and XML files.
+
+liblcf is part of the EasyRPG Project. More information is available
+at the project website: https://easyrpg.org/
+
+
+## Documentation
+
+Documentation is available at the documentation wiki: https://wiki.easyrpg.org
+
+
+## Requirements
+
+Expat for XML reading support.
+ICU for character encoding detection and conversion.
+
+
+## Source code
+
+liblcf development is hosted by GitHub, project files are available
+in this git repository:
+
+https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf
+
+Released versions are also available at our Download Archive:
+
+https://easyrpg.org/downloads/
+
+
+## Building
+
+### Autotools Makefile method:
+
+Building requirements:
+
+- pkg-config
+- GNU make
+
+Step-by-step instructions:
+
+    tar xf liblcf-0.5.0.tar.xz # unpack the tarball
+    cd liblcf-0.5.0            # enter in the package directory
+    ./configure --prefix /usr  # find libraries, set options
+    make                       # compile the library
+    sudo make install          # install system-wide
+
+Additional building requirements when using the source tree (git):
+
+- autoconf >= 2.69
+- automake >= 1.11.4
+- libtool
+
+To generate the "configure" script, run before following the above section:
+
+    autoreconf -i
+
+Read more detailed instructions at:
+
+* https://wiki.easyrpg.org/development/compiling/liblcf/autotools
+* https://wiki.easyrpg.org/development/compiling/liblcf/cmake
+
+
+## Bug reporting
+
+Available options:
+
+* File an issue at https://github.com/EasyRPG/liblcf/issues
+* Open a thread at https://community.easyrpg.org/
+* Chat with us via IRC: #easyrpg at irc.freenode.net
+
+
+## License
+
+liblcf is Free/Libre Open Source Software, released under the MIT License.
+See the file COPYING for copying conditions.
+
+### 3rd party software
+
+liblcf code includes a copy of Boost Preprocessor Cat and Stringize
+(Boost Software License 1.0) and a copy of inih (New BSD license).
+See the source code comment headers for license details.

README

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+# liblcf source code generator
+
+Files in the `generated` subdirectory of `src` directory are regenerated
+automatically when running the `generate.py` script.
+
+These source code files are generated with the `templates` subfolder
+structure based on the `csv` subfolder data files.
+
+
+## Requirements
+
+* Python interpreter version 2 or 3.
+* CSV files can be modified with any text editor or (at your option) any
+  spreadsheet editor.
+
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Open one of the .csv files in the `csv` subdirectory to edit or add new
+   data then save file changes.
+2. Run the script file `generate.py` from the `generator` folder.
+3. Add any newly created .cpp and .h files to project files if needed.
+4. Recompile liblcf.