--- a/README.txt	Thu May 29 13:14:06 2008 -0400
+++ b/README.txt	Thu May 29 14:20:55 2008 -0400
@@ -30,6 +30,71 @@
 Read the help.  Experiment with UNIX-style and postgresql-style
 commands.
 
+Special output (inspired by YASQL)
+----------------------------------
+
+An integer following a command terminator limits output to that number of rows, like SQL's LIMIT keyword::
+
+  hr@xe> SELECT * FROM jobs;2
+  
+If `;` is replaced by one of these special characters, the output will be formatted as such::
+
+----------  ----------------------
+terminator  format
+----------  ----------------------
+;           standard Oracle format
+\c          CSV (with headings)
+\C          CSV (no headings)
+\g          list
+\G          aligned list
+\h          HTML table
+\i          INSERT statements
+\s          CSV (with headings)
+\S          CSV (no headings)
+\t          transposed
+\x          XML
+----------  ----------------------
+
+Special terminators can also be combined with row limits::
+
+  hr@xe> SELECT * FROM jobs\h5  
+
+Redirecting output
+------------------
+
+`>` and `>>` write or append the output of a command.  If a 
+filename is given, that will be the destination of the output.
+
+If no filename is given, the output will go into the paste buffer and
+can immediately pasted to any program.  This requires `xclip` (*nix) or
+`pywin32` (Windows) to be installed on the operating system.
+  
+Connecting
+----------
+
+sqlpython supports every version of connecting that SQL*Plus does, including EZCONNECT::
+
+  $ > sqlpython
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@xe  
+  $ > sqlpython hr      (uses ORACLE_SID, prompts for password)
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@hostmachine.somewhere.com/xe
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@hostmachine.somewhere.com:1521/xe
+  $ > sqlpython sys@xe as sysdba
+  
+You may also supply commands that will be run immediately after connection::
+
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@xe @myscript.sql @another_script.sql quit
+
+Multi-word commands must be enclosed in double-quotes::
+
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@xe "cat jobs" "select * from employees;" 
+  
+Combining special output terminators with redirectors and command-line arguments
+can produce powerful one-line programs.  For instance, this generates an HTML
+report and exits::
+
+  $ > sqlpython hr/hr@xe "select * from jobs\h > jobs.html" quit
+
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