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| author | Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de> | 2013-07-22 12:17:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de> | 2013-07-22 12:18:13 +0200 |
| commit | e55a09b8d94d28a3ad3b036a7d4653da3c7e0891 (patch) | |
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manual.txt: Update "Creation History" section
Remove some non-relevant information. Add information on myself to the
creation history.
Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <calcurse@cryptocrack.de>
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diff --git a/doc/manual.txt b/doc/manual.txt index 02aff4f..2258c15 100644 --- a/doc/manual.txt +++ b/doc/manual.txt @@ -58,23 +58,17 @@ Overview Creation history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -I started thinking about this project when I was finishing my Ph.D. in -Astrophysics... It started to be a little hard to organize myself, and I really -needed a good tool to help me in that difficult task ;) - -I like programs which use Text User Interfaces, because they are simple, fast, -portable and efficient, so I thought about working on coding a simple calendar -using such an interface. Moreover, I wanted to go on learning the `C` -language, which I only used for a while during my undergraduate studies. So I -thought that would be the good project to start in order to get organized and -to learn about a few `C` things ! - -Unfortunately, I finished my Ph.D. before finishing `calcurse`, but anyway, I -still wanted to work on it, hoping it would be helpful to other people. So -here it is... - -But why _calcurse_ anyway ? Well, it is simply the concatenation of _CALendar_ -and _nCURSEs_, the name of the library used to build the user interface. +Frederic started thinking about this project when he was finishing his Ph.D. in +Astrophysics as it started to be a little hard to organize himself and he +really needed a good tool for managing his appointments and todo list. +Unfortunately, he finished his Ph.D. before finishing `calcurse` but he +continued working on it, hoping it would be helpful to other people. + +In mid-2010, Lukas took over development of `calcurse` and is now the main +contributor and reviewer of patches. + +But why `calcurse` anyway? Well, it is simply the concatenation of *cal*endar +and *curse*s, the name of the library used to build the user interface. Important features ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |