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