From dfa96d8460393814f5e0a6c17975c53c7610da84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:03:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Ready for archival 1.9 release. --- Makefile | 8 +++++--- READ.ME | 7 ++++--- control | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ vh.lsm | 18 ------------------ 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) create mode 100644 control delete mode 100644 vh.lsm diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 9e37cbd..4fb0084 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ vh.lpr: vh.1 clean: rm -f vh vh.o browse.o screen.o vh.shar vh.lpr TAGS *~ -SOURCES = vh.h vh.c screen.h screen.c browse.c vh.lsm +SOURCES = vh.h vh.c screen.h screen.c browse.c ALL = READ.ME README.AMIGA COPYING vh.1 Makefile TurboMake $(SOURCES) vh.shar: $(ALL) vh.lpr @@ -87,13 +87,15 @@ TAGS: $(SOURCES) # Following stuff added after vh became a historical relic. +VERS=1.9 + vh-$(VERS).tar.gz: $(SOURCES) vh.1 @ls $(SOURCES) vh.1 | sed s:^:vh-$(VERS)/: >MANIFEST @(cd ..; ln -s vh vh-$(VERS)) - (cd ..; tar -czvf vh/vh-$(VERS).tar.gz `cat vh/MANIFEST`) + (cd ..; tar -czf vh/vh-$(VERS).tar.gz `cat vh/MANIFEST`) @(cd ..; rm vh-$(VERS)) dist: vh-$(VERS).tar.gz release: vh-$(VERS).tar.gz - shipper -u -m -x freshmeat; make clean; rm -f SHIPPER.* + shipper -u -m -t -x freshmeat; make clean; rm -f SHIPPER.* diff --git a/READ.ME b/READ.ME index 526e886..9ebe233 100644 --- a/READ.ME +++ b/READ.ME @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ - VH, version 1.8 + VH, version 1.9 NOTE FROM ESR: VH is still being maintained, but I suggest that you use HTML markup and lynx instead. For most purposes, VH is now obsolete; I -will probably cease actively maintaining it soon. See my freeware collection +will probably cease actively maintaining it soon. See my software page, accessible from - http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/home.html + http://www.catb.org/~esr/home.html for the latest update on its status. @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ Release 1.5 makes cursor positioning a bit more intuitive. Release 1.6 fixes some minor bugs and moves the main port to ncurses. Release 1.7 added the HTML obsolescence comment. Release 1.8 was updated for curses 1.9.1b, which uses curses.h, not ncurses.h. +Release 1.9 is an archival release, probably no one uses this any more. Have fun! Eric Raymond = eric@snark.thyrsus.com (UNIX) diff --git a/control b/control new file mode 100644 index 0000000..141c1d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/control @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +# This is not a real Debian control file +# It's project metadata for the shipper tool + +Package: vh + +Description: pre-Web hypertext browser for the Jargon File + Back when I was first working on the Jargon File, I distributed + it for a while in a flat-text form in which all the references to + entries were surrounded by curly brtaces, a la "{foo}". A guy + named Ray Gardner thought "Hey, why don't I..." and write what we'd + now call a browser for the File - it was screen-oriented, could + page up and down, and could chase links. The right and left arrow keys + hopped from link to link on the page; press enter on a link and go + to the entry. The idea for the browser was Ray's, but some of + the interface polish was mine. + . + What makes this interesting is that we weren't imitating the text-mode + lynx browser and the World Wide Web - we were anticipating it. + Shortly after vh's first release in 1991 I got email from a then-obscure + programmer named Tim Berners-Lee hinting that he was doing some + hypertext-related stuff and asking if I might be interested in + collaborating on some standards. I replied "yes", but never + heard back from him. + . + Of course Tim Berners-Lee didn't stay obscure for very long after + 1991. I've wondered ever since if Ray Gardner and I actually + influenced the design of HTML. If I ever meet Sir Tim, I'll ask him. + +Homepage: http://www.catb.org/~esr/vh + +XBS-Project-Tag-List: hypertext diff --git a/vh.lsm b/vh.lsm deleted file mode 100644 index 28aa7dc..0000000 --- a/vh.lsm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -Begin3 -Title: vh -Version: 1.8 -Entered-date: 08JAN97 -Description: Volks-hypertext browser, designed for use with the Jargon File - but useful for lexicons in general (lighter-weight than WWW, - fast search). -Keywords: hypertext, browser, jargon -Author: rgardner@crs.org (Ray Gardner) - esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) -Maintained-by: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) -Primary-site: locke.ccil.org /pub/esr - 52K vh-1.8 -Platforms: UNIX, DOS -Copying-policy: BSD-like -End - - -- 2.43.0