# History

* 2021-02-06: [Lightning talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq963c6Fl5E) at [FOSDEM 2021](https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/notcurses/).
* 2021-01-28: Notcurses 2.1.7 introduces the extracted `notcurses-core` library, to allow packaging/linking without multimedia dependencies.
* 2021-01-11: Notcurses is [accepted into DragonFly BSD](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/1121).
* 2020-12-13: Notcurses [2.1.0 "rubberband man"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v2.1.0).
* 2020-11-23: [Invited presentation](https://mdco2.mini.debconf.org/talks/6-notcurses-making-terminals-do-things-that-were-never-intended/) at [DebMiniConf #2](https://mdco2.mini.debconf.org/).
* 2020-10-12: Notcurses [2.0.0 "stankonia"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v2.0.0).
  * A stable API! This API will be supported going forward. [Hype video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYhZ7myXyyg)!
* 2020-08-30: Notcurses [1.7.0 "don't pull the bang out"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.7.0).
* 2020-07-04: Notcurses [1.6.0 "aquemini"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.6.0).
* 2020-07-03: Notcurses is [accepted into Alpine Edge](https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/merge_requests/9924).
* 2020-06-08: Notcurses [1.5.0 "ghetto bird"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.5.0).
* 2020-05-13: Notcurses is [accepted into Fedora Core](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822971).
* 2020-05-10: Notcurses [1.4.0 "the saga continues"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.4.0).
* 2020-05-09: Notcurses is [accepted into FreeBSD](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/issues/575).
* 2020-04-19: Notcurses is [accepted into Debian](https://bugs.debian.org/950492).
* 2020-04-12: Notcurses [1.3.0 "hypnotize"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.3.0).
* 2020-04-08: The Notcurses book [is published](https://amazon.com/dp/B086PNVNC9).
* 2020-03-23: Notcurses is featured on [Linux World News](https://lwn.net/Articles/815811/).
* 2020-02-17: Notcurses [1.2.0 "check the résumé, my record's impeccable"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.2.0).
* 2019-01-19: Notcurses [1.1.0 "all the hustlas they love it just to see one of us make it"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.1.0).
    Much better video support, pulsing planes, palette256.
  * The new [hype video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1WkopWJNMk) gets a lot of attention.
* 2019-01-04: Notcurses [1.0.0 "track team, crack fiend, dying to geek"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
    is released, six days ahead of schedule. 147 issues closed. 702 commits.
* 2019-12-18: Notcurses [0.9.0 "You dig in! You dig out! You get out!"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v0.9.0),
    and also the first contributor besides myself (@grendello). Last major pre-GA release.
* 2019-12-05: Notcurses [0.4.0 "TRAP MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG"](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/releases/tag/v0.4.0),
    the first generally usable Notcurses.
  * I prepare a [demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEv2YRyiEVM), and release it on YouTube.
* November 2019: I begin work on [Outcurses](https://github.com/dankamongmen/ncreels).
    Outcurses is a collection of routines atop NCURSES, including ncreels.
    I study the history of NCURSES, primarily using Thomas E. Dickey's FAQ and
    the mailing list archives.
    * 2019-11-14: I file [Outcurses issue #56](https://github.com/dankamongmen/ncreels/issues/56)
      regarding use of TrueColor in outcurses. This is partially inspired by
      Lexi Summer Hale's essay [everything you ever wanted to know about terminals](http://xn--rpa.cc/irl/term.html).
      I get into contact with Thomas E. Dickey and confirm that what I'm hoping
      to do doesn't really fit in with the codified Curses API.
    * 2019-11-16: I make the [first commit](https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses/commit/635d7039d79e4f94ba645e8cb601e3a6d82a6b30)
      to Notcurses.
* September 2019: I extracted fade routines from Growlight and Omphalos, and
    offered them to NCURSES as extensions. They are not accepted, which is
    understandable. I mention that I intend to extract ncreels, and offer to
    include them in the CDK (Curses Development Kit). [Growlight issue #43](https://github.com/dankamongmen/growlight/issues/43)
    is created regarding this extraction. A few minor patches go into NCURSES.
* 2011, 2013: I develop [Growlight](https://github.com/dankamongmen/growlight)
    and [Omphalos](https://github.com/dankamongmen/omphalos), complicated TUIs
    making extensive use of NCURSES.

# Thanks

* Notcurses could never be what it is without decades of tireless, likely
    thankless work by Thomas E. Dickey on NCURSES. His FAQ is a model of
    engineering history. He exemplifies documentation excellence and
    conservative, thoughtful stewardship. The free software community owes
    Mr. Dickey a great debt.
* Robert Edmonds provided tremendous assistance Debianizing the package,
    and David Cantrell did likewise for Fedora. Both are hella engineers.
* Justine Tunney, one of my first friends at Google NYC, was always present
    with support, and pointed out the useful memstream functionality of
    POSIX, eliminating the need for me to cons up something similar.
* I one night read the entirety of Lexi Summer Hale's [essays](http://xn--rpa.cc/irl/index.html),
    and began implementing her vision the next morning.
* NES art was lifted from [The Spriters Resource](https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/)
    and [NES Sprite](http://nes-sprite.resampled.ru/), the kind of sites that
    make the Internet great. It probably violates any number of copyrights. C'est la vie.
* Mark Ferrari, master of the pixel, for no good reason allowed me to reproduce
    his incredible and groundbreaking color-cycling artwork. Thanks Mark!
* The world map image was made by [Vecteezy](https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/world-map),
    and is used according to the terms of their License.
* Finally, the [demoscene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene) and general
    l33t scene of the 90s and early twenty-first century endlessly inspired a
    young hax0r. There is great joy in computing; no one will drive us from
    this paradise Turing has created!

