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diff --git a/system/bicon/HISTORY b/system/bicon/HISTORY deleted file mode 100644 index 7b540ea3ef..0000000000 --- a/system/bicon/HISTORY +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -======== -History -======== - -This program, BiCon, has a very entangled history. -That being said, here is a try on explaining it. - -Prologue --------- - -The program is the last in a series on programs to make the -console support bidirectionality. This has been needed in the -Arabic, Persian and Hebrew languages among others. - -Acon ----- -Written by Ahmed Abdel-Hamid Mohamed, this was the first program -that enjoyed relatively wide support, as it was distributed in -Mandrake. - -Akka ----- -The second effort has gone into improving the original acon code -and giving it vast additional abilities, this was the Akka -project, in Arabeyes. The Akka project is still there, if -somebody wants to look at it. Key contributors are Chahine -Hamila, Mohamed Elzubeir and Samy Al Bahra. It reached the -version 1.0 beta, but the code is becoming too complicated for -further enhancements. Additional information is found in the -project site, at Arabeyes. - -Farsi ------ -Taking place more or less parallel to the Akka development, -Behdad Esfahbod - widely known for his work on FriBidi - wrote -"farsi", as a tool doing the same job as Akka, more Persian -oriented. He adopted the basic joining code from Roozbeh -Pournader, and borrowed some from script(1), mixed and matched -with FriBidi and Voila! The code from script(1) proved to be the -major stopper for its distribution. More of the story can be -found in HISTORY.farsi, in this package. - -At last: BiCon --------------- -The next step in Arabeyes was to base the code on the old farsi -code. After cleaning up the problematic-licensed code and -enhancing Arabic support besides Persian, _BiCon_ was there. - -Here is the old ChangeLog: - - -2004-January Behdad Esfahbod <bicon@behdad.org> - * *: Well, code is handed to Arabeyes people. Decided to - change the name to "BiCon". I'm not going to be the - maintainer anymore (hopefully). Already imported to - Arabeyes CVS. These nice people have removed the code - borrowed from "script" and replaced with code from Python - sources. We are still to make changes to fit the new - system. Thanks guys. - -========================================================================== - -2002-06-13 Behdad Esfahbod <farsi@behdad.org> - * */*.[ch]: Major changes. Support many options now, among them is - the option to output logical text, not visual. - -2002-06-12 Behdad Esfahbod <farsi@behdad.org> - * keymap/isiri2901.kmap.gz: Proposed key positions for bidi marks - added. - -2001-12-14 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@bamdad.org> - * farsi: Makes the shells current directory to be the same as when - user runs the script. - -2001-12-05 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@bamdad.org> - * fcon/fcon.c: Now accepts parameters to run instead of default /bin/sh. - * bin/farsi: Pass parameteres to fcon. - * bin/farsidict: A small script for dictionary lookup, using farsi. - -2001-10-13 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@bamdad.org> - * */Makefile: Small changes. - -2001-10-04 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@bamdad.org> - * fconsole/Makefile: Set target clean to remove fconsole-config too. - -2001-9-22 Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@bamdad.org> - * First released under farsidev mailing list. |