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- Current history:
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- 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.
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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
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Daniel Weaver
- <danw@znyx.com>
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