-Windows PE and not from regular Windows. This version does not have these
-unusual limitations, although it won't actually run on Windows anyway.
-
-There are bugs in Microsoft's WIM library and I obviously have not included
-these bugs in my version; however it's to be expected that despite that fact, my
-version has more bugs because it's been less widely tested and used.
-
-Obviously, this version of imagex is free software but Microsoft's version is
-not.
-
+Windows PE and not from regular Windows. \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR does not have
+these unusual limitations.
+.IP \[bu]
+There are bugs in Microsoft's WIM library and I obviously have not included the
+same bugs in wimlib, although in some cases I have had to work around bugs for
+compatibility purposes.
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR offers the extra command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ optimize\fR,
+which lets you easily remove wasted space in a WIM (which can arise after
+a WIM image is appended or mounted read-write).
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR also offers the command \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ join\fR, which lets you
+easily join the parts of a split WIM.
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR offers the extra commands \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@
+extract\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ update\fR, which let you quickly extract
+files from or make changes to a WIM image without mounting it.
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ apply\fR supports keeping files hard-linked or symlinked
+across WIM images when extracted from a WIM. So you can, for example, extract
+different versions of Windows from an install.wim without using much extra
+space. (Note: this functionality is only available in UNIX builds of wimlib.)
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports combining multiple separate directories
+and files together in a configurable way to create a WIM image.
+.IP \[bu]
+wimlib's XPRESS compressor is better than Microsoft's.
+.IP \[bu]
+wimlib's LZX compressor is worse than Microsoft's.
+.IP \[bu]
+wimlib supports multithreaded compression, which can make it much faster to
+create compressed WIM files.
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR supports a special mode where UNIX file modes,
+owners, and groups are stored. (Note: this functionality is only available in
+UNIX builds.)
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR are much faster than
+Microsoft's versions for some reason. I don't know what they have their program
+do that takes so long to simply set up a mountpoint. (Note: this functionality
+is only available in UNIX builds.)
+.IP \[bu]
+\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR supports mounting an image from a split WIM, but
+Microsoft's software does not. (Note: this functionality is only available in
+UNIX builds.)
+.SH LOCALES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS
+On Windows, wimlib works in UTF-16LE, and there should be no problems with
+character encodings.
+.PP
+On UNIX, wimlib works primarily in the locale-dependent multibyte encoding,
+which you are strongly recommended to set to UTF-8 to avoid any problems.
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