diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index d58f83b..21c6c2a 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
 CONFIG_HEADER = config.h
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = 
-DIST_COMMON =  README ./stamp-h.in AUTHORS COPYING INSTALL Makefile.am \
-Makefile.in NEWS aclocal.m4 config.guess config.h.in config.sub \
-configure configure.in install-sh missing mkinstalldirs
+DIST_COMMON =  README ./stamp-h.in AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL \
+Makefile.am Makefile.in NEWS aclocal.m4 config.guess config.h.in \
+config.sub configure configure.in install-sh missing mkinstalldirs
 
 
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ GZIP_ENV = --best
 all: all-redirect
 .SUFFIXES:
 $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu Makefile
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu --include-deps Makefile
 
-Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
 	  && CONFIG_FILES=$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
@@ -261,11 +261,6 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	-rm -rf $(distdir)
 	mkdir $(distdir)
 	-chmod 777 $(distdir)
-	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
-	top_distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
-	distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
-	cd $(top_srcdir) \
-	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu Makefile
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
diff --git a/cole/Makefile.in b/cole/Makefile.in
index 26bc318..e926126 100644
--- a/cole/Makefile.in
+++ b/cole/Makefile.in
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 
 TAR = tar
 GZIP_ENV = --best
-DEP_FILES =  .deps/cole.P .deps/internal.P .deps/olecod.P \
-.deps/oledecod.P .deps/support.P .deps/version.P
 SOURCES = $(libcole_a_SOURCES)
 OBJECTS = $(libcole_a_OBJECTS)
 
@@ -114,9 +112,9 @@ all: all-redirect
 .SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .S .c .o .s
 $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu cole/Makefile
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu --include-deps cole/Makefile
 
-Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
 	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
@@ -134,6 +132,9 @@ distclean-noinstLIBRARIES:
 
 maintainer-clean-noinstLIBRARIES:
 
+.c.o:
+	$(COMPILE) -c $<
+
 .s.o:
 	$(COMPILE) -c $<
 
@@ -189,11 +190,6 @@ distdir = $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/$(subdir)
 subdir = cole
 
 distdir: $(DISTFILES)
-	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
-	top_distdir=`cd $(top_distdir) && pwd`; \
-	distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
-	cd $(top_srcdir) \
-	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu cole/Makefile
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(distdir)/doc $(distdir)/examples $(distdir)/utils
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
@@ -205,38 +201,6 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	    || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file || :; \
 	  fi; \
 	done
-
-DEPS_MAGIC := $(shell mkdir .deps > /dev/null 2>&1 || :)
-
--include $(DEP_FILES)
-
-mostlyclean-depend:
-
-clean-depend:
-
-distclean-depend:
-	-rm -rf .deps
-
-maintainer-clean-depend:
-
-%.o: %.c
-	@echo '$(COMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(COMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-cp .deps/$(*F).pp .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm .deps/$(*F).pp
-
-%.lo: %.c
-	@echo '$(LTCOMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(LTCOMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-sed -e 's/^\([^:]*\)\.o[ 	]*:/\1.lo \1.o :/' \
-	  < .deps/$(*F).pp > .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm -f .deps/$(*F).pp
 info-am:
 info: info-am
 dvi-am:
@@ -273,25 +237,23 @@ distclean-generic:
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
 mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-noinstLIBRARIES mostlyclean-compile \
-		mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-depend mostlyclean-generic
+		mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-generic
 
 mostlyclean: mostlyclean-am
 
-clean-am:  clean-noinstLIBRARIES clean-compile clean-tags clean-depend \
-		clean-generic mostlyclean-am
+clean-am:  clean-noinstLIBRARIES clean-compile clean-tags clean-generic \
+		mostlyclean-am
 
 clean: clean-am
 
 distclean-am:  distclean-noinstLIBRARIES distclean-compile \
-		distclean-tags distclean-depend distclean-generic \
-		clean-am
+		distclean-tags distclean-generic clean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
 
 maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-noinstLIBRARIES \
 		maintainer-clean-compile maintainer-clean-tags \
-		maintainer-clean-depend maintainer-clean-generic \
-		distclean-am
+		maintainer-clean-generic distclean-am
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 
@@ -301,13 +263,12 @@ maintainer-clean: maintainer-clean-am
 clean-noinstLIBRARIES maintainer-clean-noinstLIBRARIES \
 mostlyclean-compile distclean-compile clean-compile \
 maintainer-clean-compile tags mostlyclean-tags distclean-tags \
-clean-tags maintainer-clean-tags distdir mostlyclean-depend \
-distclean-depend clean-depend maintainer-clean-depend info-am info \
-dvi-am dvi check check-am installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am \
-install-exec install-data-am install-data install-am install \
-uninstall-am uninstall all-redirect all-am all installdirs \
-mostlyclean-generic distclean-generic clean-generic \
-maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
+clean-tags maintainer-clean-tags distdir info-am info dvi-am dvi check \
+check-am installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am install-exec \
+install-data-am install-data install-am install uninstall-am uninstall \
+all-redirect all-am all installdirs mostlyclean-generic \
+distclean-generic clean-generic maintainer-clean-generic clean \
+mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
diff --git a/ppthtml/Makefile.in b/ppthtml/Makefile.in
index 4c20375..ca78a94 100644
--- a/ppthtml/Makefile.in
+++ b/ppthtml/Makefile.in
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 
 TAR = tar
 GZIP_ENV = --best
-DEP_FILES =  .deps/pptdump.P .deps/ppthtml.P
 SOURCES = $(ppthtml_SOURCES) pptdump.c
 OBJECTS = $(ppthtml_OBJECTS) pptdump.o
 
@@ -129,9 +128,9 @@ all: all-redirect
 .SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .S .c .o .s
 $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu ppthtml/Makefile
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu --include-deps ppthtml/Makefile
 
-Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
 	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
@@ -170,6 +169,9 @@ distclean-noinstPROGRAMS:
 
 maintainer-clean-noinstPROGRAMS:
 
+.c.o:
+	$(COMPILE) -c $<
+
 .s.o:
 	$(COMPILE) -c $<
 
@@ -286,11 +288,6 @@ distdir = $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/$(subdir)
 subdir = ppthtml
 
 distdir: $(DISTFILES)
-	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
-	top_distdir=`cd $(top_distdir) && pwd`; \
-	distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
-	cd $(top_srcdir) \
-	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu ppthtml/Makefile
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
@@ -301,38 +298,6 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	    || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file || :; \
 	  fi; \
 	done
-
-DEPS_MAGIC := $(shell mkdir .deps > /dev/null 2>&1 || :)
-
--include $(DEP_FILES)
-
-mostlyclean-depend:
-
-clean-depend:
-
-distclean-depend:
-	-rm -rf .deps
-
-maintainer-clean-depend:
-
-%.o: %.c
-	@echo '$(COMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(COMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-cp .deps/$(*F).pp .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm .deps/$(*F).pp
-
-%.lo: %.c
-	@echo '$(LTCOMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(LTCOMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-sed -e 's/^\([^:]*\)\.o[ 	]*:/\1.lo \1.o :/' \
-	  < .deps/$(*F).pp > .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm -f .deps/$(*F).pp
 info-am:
 info: info-am
 dvi-am:
@@ -371,27 +336,26 @@ distclean-generic:
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
 mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-binPROGRAMS mostlyclean-noinstPROGRAMS \
-		mostlyclean-compile mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-depend \
+		mostlyclean-compile mostlyclean-tags \
 		mostlyclean-generic
 
 mostlyclean: mostlyclean-am
 
 clean-am:  clean-binPROGRAMS clean-noinstPROGRAMS clean-compile \
-		clean-tags clean-depend clean-generic mostlyclean-am
+		clean-tags clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 clean: clean-am
 
 distclean-am:  distclean-binPROGRAMS distclean-noinstPROGRAMS \
-		distclean-compile distclean-tags distclean-depend \
-		distclean-generic clean-am
+		distclean-compile distclean-tags distclean-generic \
+		clean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
 
 maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-binPROGRAMS \
 		maintainer-clean-noinstPROGRAMS \
 		maintainer-clean-compile maintainer-clean-tags \
-		maintainer-clean-depend maintainer-clean-generic \
-		distclean-am
+		maintainer-clean-generic distclean-am
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 
@@ -405,13 +369,11 @@ mostlyclean-compile distclean-compile clean-compile \
 maintainer-clean-compile uninstall-binSCRIPTS install-binSCRIPTS \
 install-man1 uninstall-man1 install-man uninstall-man tags \
 mostlyclean-tags distclean-tags clean-tags maintainer-clean-tags \
-distdir mostlyclean-depend distclean-depend clean-depend \
-maintainer-clean-depend info-am info dvi-am dvi check check-am \
-installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am install-exec \
-install-data-am install-data install-am install uninstall-am uninstall \
-all-redirect all-am all installdirs mostlyclean-generic \
-distclean-generic clean-generic maintainer-clean-generic clean \
-mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
+distdir info-am info dvi-am dvi check check-am installcheck-am \
+installcheck install-exec-am install-exec install-data-am install-data \
+install-am install uninstall-am uninstall all-redirect all-am all \
+installdirs mostlyclean-generic distclean-generic clean-generic \
+maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
diff --git a/xlhtml/Makefile.am b/xlhtml/Makefile.am
index 724a1c6..7959c9f 100644
--- a/xlhtml/Makefile.am
+++ b/xlhtml/Makefile.am
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ noinst_SCRIPTS = xls-handler gpdemo
 man_MANS = xlhtml.1
 bin_SCRIPTS = nsopen nsxlview
 bin_PROGRAMS = xlhtml
-LDADD = ../cole/libcole.a
+LDADD = ../cole/libcole.a -lm
 xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c 
 xldump_SOURCES = xldump.c 
 xlcdump_SOURCES = xlcdump.c 
-AM_CFLAGS =   -Wall  -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith 
+AM_CFLAGS =   -Wall  -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith 
 support.o: version.h
 
 doc:
diff --git a/xlhtml/Makefile.in b/xlhtml/Makefile.in
index 768421d..3728f50 100644
--- a/xlhtml/Makefile.in
+++ b/xlhtml/Makefile.in
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ LDADD = ../cole/libcole.a
 xlhtml_SOURCES = support.c xlhtml.c html.c ascii.c xml.c 
 xldump_SOURCES = xldump.c 
 xlcdump_SOURCES = xlcdump.c 
-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall  -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith 
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall  -Wshadow -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith 
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
 CONFIG_HEADER = ../config.h
 CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = 
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 
 TAR = tar
 GZIP_ENV = --best
-DEP_FILES =  .deps/ascii.P .deps/html.P .deps/support.P .deps/xlcdump.P \
-.deps/xldump.P .deps/xlhtml.P .deps/xml.P
 SOURCES = $(xlhtml_SOURCES) $(xldump_SOURCES) $(xlcdump_SOURCES)
 OBJECTS = $(xlhtml_OBJECTS) $(xldump_OBJECTS) $(xlcdump_OBJECTS)
 
@@ -135,9 +133,9 @@ all: all-redirect
 .SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .S .c .o .s
 $(srcdir)/Makefile.in: Makefile.am $(top_srcdir)/configure.in $(ACLOCAL_M4) 
-	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu xlhtml/Makefile
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOMAKE) --gnu --include-deps xlhtml/Makefile
 
-Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
 	  && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
@@ -176,6 +174,9 @@ distclean-noinstPROGRAMS:
 
 maintainer-clean-noinstPROGRAMS:
 
+.c.o:
+	$(COMPILE) -c $<
+
 .s.o:
 	$(COMPILE) -c $<
 
@@ -296,11 +297,6 @@ distdir = $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)/$(subdir)
 subdir = xlhtml
 
 distdir: $(DISTFILES)
-	here=`cd $(top_builddir) && pwd`; \
-	top_distdir=`cd $(top_distdir) && pwd`; \
-	distdir=`cd $(distdir) && pwd`; \
-	cd $(top_srcdir) \
-	  && $(AUTOMAKE) --include-deps --build-dir=$$here --srcdir-name=$(top_srcdir) --output-dir=$$top_distdir --gnu xlhtml/Makefile
 	@for file in $(DISTFILES); do \
 	  d=$(srcdir); \
 	  if test -d $$d/$$file; then \
@@ -311,38 +307,6 @@ distdir: $(DISTFILES)
 	    || cp -p $$d/$$file $(distdir)/$$file || :; \
 	  fi; \
 	done
-
-DEPS_MAGIC := $(shell mkdir .deps > /dev/null 2>&1 || :)
-
--include $(DEP_FILES)
-
-mostlyclean-depend:
-
-clean-depend:
-
-distclean-depend:
-	-rm -rf .deps
-
-maintainer-clean-depend:
-
-%.o: %.c
-	@echo '$(COMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(COMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-cp .deps/$(*F).pp .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm .deps/$(*F).pp
-
-%.lo: %.c
-	@echo '$(LTCOMPILE) -c $<'; \
-	$(LTCOMPILE) -Wp,-MD,.deps/$(*F).pp -c $<
-	@-sed -e 's/^\([^:]*\)\.o[ 	]*:/\1.lo \1.o :/' \
-	  < .deps/$(*F).pp > .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	tr ' ' '\012' < .deps/$(*F).pp \
-	  | sed -e 's/^\\$$//' -e '/^$$/ d' -e '/:$$/ d' -e 's/$$/ :/' \
-	    >> .deps/$(*F).P; \
-	rm -f .deps/$(*F).pp
 info-am:
 info: info-am
 dvi-am:
@@ -381,27 +345,26 @@ distclean-generic:
 
 maintainer-clean-generic:
 mostlyclean-am:  mostlyclean-binPROGRAMS mostlyclean-noinstPROGRAMS \
-		mostlyclean-compile mostlyclean-tags mostlyclean-depend \
+		mostlyclean-compile mostlyclean-tags \
 		mostlyclean-generic
 
 mostlyclean: mostlyclean-am
 
 clean-am:  clean-binPROGRAMS clean-noinstPROGRAMS clean-compile \
-		clean-tags clean-depend clean-generic mostlyclean-am
+		clean-tags clean-generic mostlyclean-am
 
 clean: clean-am
 
 distclean-am:  distclean-binPROGRAMS distclean-noinstPROGRAMS \
-		distclean-compile distclean-tags distclean-depend \
-		distclean-generic clean-am
+		distclean-compile distclean-tags distclean-generic \
+		clean-am
 
 distclean: distclean-am
 
 maintainer-clean-am:  maintainer-clean-binPROGRAMS \
 		maintainer-clean-noinstPROGRAMS \
 		maintainer-clean-compile maintainer-clean-tags \
-		maintainer-clean-depend maintainer-clean-generic \
-		distclean-am
+		maintainer-clean-generic distclean-am
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
 	@echo "it deletes files that may require special tools to rebuild."
 
@@ -415,13 +378,11 @@ mostlyclean-compile distclean-compile clean-compile \
 maintainer-clean-compile uninstall-binSCRIPTS install-binSCRIPTS \
 install-man1 uninstall-man1 install-man uninstall-man tags \
 mostlyclean-tags distclean-tags clean-tags maintainer-clean-tags \
-distdir mostlyclean-depend distclean-depend clean-depend \
-maintainer-clean-depend info-am info dvi-am dvi check check-am \
-installcheck-am installcheck install-exec-am install-exec \
-install-data-am install-data install-am install uninstall-am uninstall \
-all-redirect all-am all installdirs mostlyclean-generic \
-distclean-generic clean-generic maintainer-clean-generic clean \
-mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
+distdir info-am info dvi-am dvi check check-am installcheck-am \
+installcheck install-exec-am install-exec install-data-am install-data \
+install-am install uninstall-am uninstall all-redirect all-am all \
+installdirs mostlyclean-generic distclean-generic clean-generic \
+maintainer-clean-generic clean mostlyclean distclean maintainer-clean
 
 support.o: version.h