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diff --git a/ncurses-5.3/tack/HISTORY b/ncurses-5.3/tack/HISTORY new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fe2cab --- /dev/null +++ b/ncurses-5.3/tack/HISTORY @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + +Current history: + +2000/03/04 Fix a few spelling errors +1999/09/04 Minor fix to build/link on BeOS +1999/05/16 Minor fix to build/link on CLIX +1999/05/09 Update to build/link on NeXT +1999/04/17 Update to work with ncurses 5.0 beta1 (TERMTYPE struct) +1999/02/07 Build with ncurses 4.2 981219 (renamed function) +1998/01/09 1.00 First release under GPL +1997/12/24 0.02 First version that requires ncurses +1997/10/29 0.01 Second beta release to the ncurses mailing list. +1997/10/06 0.00 First beta release to the ncurses mailing list. + +Ancient history: TACK -- the terminfo action checker + + The purpose of this program is to verify the correctness of +terminfos and to calculate the pads needed for each capability. +This program is not designed to test curses and therefore uses +as little of curses as possible. + + This program was originally called TED. In 1991 it was +released to USENET in comp.sources. TED was originally written to +test both terminfos and termcaps. The original intent was to +create a terminfo editor. This code fell quite short of its goal. +Tests were controlled by command line switches and editing was done +with pen and paper. + + In 1995 Eric S. Raymond got interested in the program and added +a first cut at making the program menu driven. He also converted +the code from K&R C to an ANSI/POSIX-conforming C. He re-christened +the program TAC (Terminfo Action Checker). Eric also wrote a man +page for TAC. + + In 1997 I decided to dust off the code and make it easier to +use by the novice. I totally rewrote the menu system and added +the editing features I originally planned for TED. I also did +a total rewrite of the code that does the timings. In the process +of rewriting the code I changed it to be more tightly coupled +with ncurses. By this time someone had taken the name TAC so +I re-christened the program TACK. + +Daniel Weaver +<danw@znyx.com> |