📝 Simplify README for better clarity

- Remove links to deleted files (SELF_TESTS.md, RELEASE_LEDGER.json)
- Simplify structure and reduce complexity
- Add prominent link to web version
- Remove redundant sections (Statistics, Logging details)
- Streamline examples and focus on core functionality
- Make it easier to understand what the tool does at a glance

Author: kiku-jw

README.md

@@ -4,25 +4,19 @@
 
 [![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.9%2B-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](LICENSE.txt)
-[![Code Style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/)
 
-**DocStripper** is a lightweight CLI utility that automatically cleans text documents by removing:
-- 📄 Page numbers and headers/footers
-- 🔁 Duplicate consecutive lines
-- 📝 Empty lines and whitespace
-- 🏷️ Common markers (Confidential, DRAFT, etc.)
+**DocStripper** automatically cleans text documents by removing page numbers, headers/footers, duplicate lines, and empty lines.
 
-All processing happens **offline** using only Python standard library — no external dependencies required!
+**🌐 [Try it online →](https://kiku-jw.github.io/DocStripper2/)** — No installation needed!
 
 ---
 
 ## ✨ Features
 
 - 🚀 **Fast & Lightweight** — Uses only Python stdlib, no external packages
-- 🔒 **Privacy-First** — All processing happens offline, no data sent anywhere
-- 📊 **Dry-Run Mode** — Preview changes before applying them
-- 🔄 **Undo Support** — Easily restore files from backups
-- 📈 **Detailed Statistics** — See exactly what was removed
+- 🔒 **Privacy-First** — All processing happens offline
+- 📊 **Dry-Run Mode** — Preview changes before applying
+- 🔄 **Undo Support** — Restore files from backups
 - 🌍 **Cross-Platform** — Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
 - 📚 **Multiple Formats** — Supports `.txt`, `.docx`, and `.pdf` files
 
@@ -33,15 +27,11 @@ All processing happens **offline** using only Python standard library — no ext
 ### Installation
 
 ```bash
-# Clone the repository
 git clone https://github.com/kiku-jw/DocStripper2.git
 cd DocStripper2
-
-# Make executable (optional)
-chmod +x tool.py
 ```
 
-### Basic Usage
+### Usage
 
 ```bash
 # Clean a single file
@@ -50,25 +40,22 @@ python tool.py document.txt
 # Clean multiple files
 python tool.py file1.txt file2.txt file3.docx
 
-# Preview changes without modifying files
+# Preview changes (dry-run)
 python tool.py --dry-run document.txt
 
-# Clean all text files in current directory
-python tool.py *.txt
+# Undo last operation
+python tool.py --undo
 ```
 
 ---
 
-## 📖 Examples
-
-### Example 1: Clean a messy document
+## 📖 Example
 
 **Before:**
 ```
 Page 1 of 10
 Confidential
 
-Important content here.
 Important content here.
 Important content here.
 
@@ -77,234 +64,76 @@ Important content here.
 3
 
 Page 2 of 10
-...
 ```
 
 **After:**
 ```
 Important content here.
-...
-```
-
-**Command:**
-```bash
-python tool.py messy_document.txt
-```
-
-### Example 2: Preview changes
-
-```bash
-python tool.py --dry-run important_report.pdf
 ```
 
-**Output:**
-```
-Processing: important_report.pdf
-  - Lines removed: 45
-  - Duplicates collapsed: 12
-  - Empty lines removed: 18
-  - Headers/footers removed: 15
-  [DRY RUN] Would clean important_report.pdf
-```
-
-### Example 3: Batch processing
-
-```bash
-python tool.py *.txt *.docx
-```
+---
 
-Processes all matching files and creates backups automatically.
+## 🎨 What Gets Removed?
 
-### Example 4: Undo changes
-
-```bash
-# Restore files from last operation
-python tool.py --undo
-```
+- **Page numbers** — Lines with only digits (1, 2, 3...)
+- **Headers/Footers** — Common patterns like "Page X of Y", "Confidential", "DRAFT"
+- **Duplicate lines** — Consecutive identical lines
+- **Empty lines** — Whitespace-only lines
 
 ---
 
 ## 🛠️ Supported Formats
 
-| Format | Support | Requirements |
-|--------|---------|--------------|
+| Format | Status | Notes |
+|--------|--------|-------|
 | `.txt` | ✅ Full | UTF-8, Latin-1 |
 | `.docx` | ✅ Basic | Text extraction only |
 | `.pdf` | ✅ Basic | Requires `pdftotext` (poppler-utils) |
 
-### Installing PDF Support
-
-**macOS:**
-```bash
-brew install poppler
-```
+**PDF Support Installation:**
 
-**Ubuntu/Debian:**
-```bash
-sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
-```
-
-**Windows:**
-Download Poppler from [official releases](https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases/)
+- **macOS:** `brew install poppler`
+- **Ubuntu/Debian:** `sudo apt-get install poppler-utils`
+- **Windows:** Download from [poppler-windows releases](https://github.com/oschwartz10612/poppler-windows/releases/)
 
 ---
 
-## 🎨 What Gets Removed?
-
-### 1. Page Numbers
-Lines containing only numbers are treated as page markers:
-```
-1
-2
-3
-```
-→ Removed
-
-### 2. Headers & Footers
-Common patterns are automatically detected:
-- `Page X of Y`
-- `Page X`
-- `Confidential`
-- `DRAFT`
-- `CONFIDENTIAL`
-
-### 3. Duplicate Lines
-Consecutive identical lines are collapsed:
-```
-Important line
-Important line
-Important line
-```
-→ Becomes:
-```
-Important line
-```
-
-### 4. Empty Lines
-Whitespace-only lines are removed:
-```
-Line 1
-
-
-Line 2
-```
-→ Becomes:
-```
-Line 1
-Line 2
-```
-
----
-
-## 📊 Statistics
-
-After processing, DocStripper shows detailed statistics:
-
-```
-==================================================
-STATISTICS
-==================================================
-Files processed: 3
-Lines removed: 127
-Duplicates collapsed: 23
-Empty lines removed: 45
-Headers/footers removed: 59
-==================================================
-```
-
----
-
-## 🔄 Logging & Undo
-
-All operations are logged to `.strip-log` (JSON format) with:
-- List of processed files
-- Backup file paths
-- Detailed statistics
-- Timestamps
-
-**Restore from last operation:**
-```bash
-python tool.py --undo
-```
-
-**Backup files** are created with `.bak` extension automatically.
-
----
-
-## ⚙️ Command Line Options
+## 📊 Command Line Options
 
 ```bash
 python tool.py [OPTIONS] [FILES...]
 
 Options:
-  -h, --help     Show help message and exit
+  -h, --help     Show help message
   --dry-run      Preview changes without modifying files
   --undo         Restore files from last operation
-
-Examples:
-  tool.py document.txt
-  tool.py *.txt *.docx
-  tool.py --dry-run report.pdf
-  tool.py --undo
 ```
 
 ---
 
-## 🚦 Exit Codes
-
-- `0` — Success
-- `1` — Error (file not found, read error, etc.)
-
----
-
 ## 🔧 Requirements
 
-- **Python 3.9+** (tested with Python 3.9–3.13)
+- **Python 3.9+**
 - **PDF support** (optional): `pdftotext` from poppler-utils
 
 ---
 
-## 📝 Limitations
-
-- **DOCX files**: Processed as plain text (formatting may be lost)
-- **PDF files**: Requires `pdftotext` to be installed
-- **Complex formatting**: May be lost during text extraction
-
----
-
-## 🤝 Contributing
-
-Contributions are welcome! Feel free to:
-- Report bugs
-- Suggest features
-- Submit pull requests
-
----
-
-## 📄 License
+## 📝 License
 
 This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt) file for details.
 
 ---
 
-## 🙏 Acknowledgments
-
-DocStripper is designed to help you clean up messy documents quickly and efficiently.
-
----
-
-## 📚 Additional Resources
+## 🤝 Contributing
 
-- [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) — Version history
-- [Self Tests](SELF_TESTS.md) — Test cases and examples
-- [Release Ledger](RELEASE_LEDGER.json) — Release tracking
+Contributions are welcome! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
 
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