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Current history:
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2000-07-03 09:24:12 +00:00
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2000/03/04 Fix a few spelling errors
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1999/09/04 Minor fix to build/link on BeOS
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1999-08-24 01:06:48 +00:00
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1999/05/16 Minor fix to build/link on CLIX
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1999/05/09 Update to build/link on NeXT
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1999/04/17 Update to work with ncurses 5.0 beta1 (TERMTYPE struct)
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1999/02/07 Build with ncurses 4.2 981219 (renamed function)
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1998/01/09 1.00 First release under GPL
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1997/12/24 0.02 First version that requires ncurses
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1997/10/29 0.01 Second beta release to the ncurses mailing list.
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1997/10/06 0.00 First beta release to the ncurses mailing list.
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Ancient history: TACK -- the terminfo action checker
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The purpose of this program is to verify the correctness of
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terminfos and to calculate the pads needed for each capability.
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This program is not designed to test curses and therefore uses
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as little of curses as possible.
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This program was originally called TED. In 1991 it was
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released to USENET in comp.sources. TED was originally written to
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test both terminfos and termcaps. The original intent was to
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create a terminfo editor. This code fell quite short of its goal.
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2000-07-03 09:24:12 +00:00
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Tests were controlled by command line switches and editing was done
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with pen and paper.
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In 1995 Eric S. Raymond got interested in the program and added
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a first cut at making the program menu driven. He also converted
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the code from K&R C to an ANSI/POSIX-conforming C. He re-christened
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the program TAC (Terminfo Action Checker). Eric also wrote a man
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page for TAC.
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In 1997 I decided to dust off the code and make it easier to
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use by the novice. I totally rewrote the menu system and added
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the editing features I originally planned for TED. I also did
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a total rewrite of the code that does the timings. In the process
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of rewriting the code I changed it to be more tightly coupled
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with ncurses. By this time someone had taken the name TAC so
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I re-christened the program TACK.
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Daniel Weaver
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<danw@znyx.com>
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