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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44759cf..2a62f1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ This project is licensed under the MIT License.  See the file LICENSE
 for the full license text.
 
 
+Maven
+-----
+
+Jexer is available on Maven Central:
+
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>com.gitlab.klamonte</groupId>
+  <artifactId>jexer</artifactId>
+  <version>0.3.0</version>
+</dependency>
+```
+
+
 
 Acknowledgements
 ----------------
@@ -79,13 +93,9 @@ class MyApplication extends TApplication {
         new MyWindow(this);
     }
 
-    public static void main(String [] args) {
-        try {
-            MyApplication app = new MyApplication();
-            (new Thread(app)).start();
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            t.printStackTrace();
-        }
+    public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
+        MyApplication app = new MyApplication();
+        (new Thread(app)).start();
     }
 }
 ```
@@ -154,9 +164,9 @@ follows:
   * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo5' .  This demonstrates two
     demo applications using different fonts in the same Swing frame.
 
-  * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo6' .  This demonstrates one
-    application performing I/O to two screens: an xterm screen and a
-    Swing screen.
+  * 'java -cp jexer.jar jexer.demos.Demo6' .  This demonstrates two
+    applications performing I/O across three screens: an xterm screen
+    and Swing screen, monitored from a third Swing screen.
 
 
 
@@ -305,3 +315,57 @@ integrated development environment for the Java language that was
 built using a very lightly modified GPL version of Jexer.  TJ provided
 a real-world use case to shake out numerous bugs and limitations of
 Jexer.
+
+
+
+Maintainers Wanted
+------------------
+
+Both Jexer and TJIDE are seeking additional maintainers.  I am not in
+a position in life to take on significant off-hours programming work,
+and am willing to hand these projects over to one or more persons with
+time and interest.
+
+My personal code design philosophy for TJIDE/Jexer is outlined at
+https://gitlab.com/klamonte/tjide/blob/master/java/docs/code_design.txt
+.  I realize that some of the features listed below may require
+deviations from this philosophy, but this is what I have built so far.
+
+Some of the areas that will likely require significant efforts are:
+
+  * Editor improvements.  The editor is currently very minimalistic,
+    much closer to MS-DOS edit.com than a real programmer's editor.
+    Users will probably desire many more features: drag-and-drop, real
+    syntax or at least regexp highlighting (not just keywords), paren
+    matching, paragraph/comment reflow, and dozens more.  The
+    underlying Document/Line/Word model is not going to be sufficient
+    to meet these features.
+
+  * Better Windows and OSX support.  It would be nice to ship a
+    jlink'ed JVM on these platforms with the JRE, JDK, and JPDA
+    modules all together.  For Windows, it might be preferable to
+    consider doing any of the following: ship a third-party terminal,
+    use PowerShell, or use the newer ConPTY for TTerminalWindow.
+
+  * Bug fixes.  The Jexer codebase is quite large despite my best
+    efforts.  Bugs are typically very small to fix, but can take some
+    time to find: a simple NPE or AssertionError can sometimes take
+    4-8 hours to squash.  Fortunately, fixing issues in one place has
+    not often led to breakages elsewhere.
+
+  * New Jexer applications.  So far as I know, Jexer is the only
+    mouse-supporting full TUI windowing framework with sixel image
+    support in existence.  I cannot predict what kinds of applications
+    could be built out of it, and how those needs will push back to
+    the framework.
+
+These are what I can clearly see right now.  Obviously users are
+capable of finding many more.
+
+I intend to continue poking on Jexer and TJIDE, and will maintain a
+branch to be "the fastest and simplest Java language IDE available",
+which will deliberately remain small.
+
+I hope that other languages choose to transliterate Jexer to provide
+TUIs to their own platforms.  I will be happy to help them understand
+the code to support those efforts.