Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of WikiStart Tweet

Timestamp:

05/21/2008 11:41:38 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Sam Hocevar

Comment:

first attempt at a Trac homepage

WikiStart

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-== Development ==
+[[Image(source:/www/logo-caca.png, align=right, border=2, alt="libcaca logo")]]
 
-Development is very open and we welcome bug reports, suggestions and patches. You can [/newticket create a new ticket] to report a bug or make a suggestion, or [/report/1 browse all active tickets]. See the [/timeline timeline] for what happened recently, have a look at the [/manual/libcaca-todo.html TODO list] or let us know about your own projects.
+== Introduction ==
 
-Despite ''libcaca''’s limited audience, we target high code quality. Patches will be mercilessly butchered until they comply with our [/manual/libcaca-style.html coding style] guidelines.
+libcaca is a graphics library that outputs text instead of pixels, so that it can work on older video cards or text terminals. It is not unlike the famous [http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/ AAlib] library, with the following improvements:
 
-You can help our research projects by running our [/wiki/CPUShare distributed computations].
+    * Unicode support
+    * 2048 available colours (some devices can only handle 16)
+    * dithering of colour images
+    * advanced text canvas operations (blitting, rotations)
 
-== IRC ==
+Libcaca works in a text terminal (and should thus work on all Unix systems including Mac OS X) using the S-Lang or ncurses libraries. It also works natively on DOS and Windows.
 
-Discussions are happening on the Freenode network’s '''`#libcaca`''' channel. The developers can be reached there most of the time.
+Libcaca was written by Sam Hocevar and Jean-Yves Lamoureux. It is free software, and can be used, modified and distributed under the terms of the [http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License].
 
-== Subversion ==
+{{{
+#!html
+<p style="text-align: center;">
+  <a href="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/9011?ref=WidgetProjectThinBadge"><img src="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/9011/widgets/project_thin_badge.gif" width="100" height="16" alt="libcaca Ohloh metrics" /></a>
+  <a href="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/9018?ref=WidgetProjectThinBadge"><img src="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/9018/widgets/project_thin_badge.gif" width="100" height="16" alt="toilet Ohloh metrics" /></a>
+  <a href="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/zzuf?ref=WidgetProjectThinBadge"><img src="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/zzuf/widgets/project_thin_badge.gif" width="100" height="16" alt="zzuf Ohloh metrics" /></a>
+</p>
+}}}
 
-''libcaca'' development is managed using ''Subversion''. Currently available repositories are:
+== News ==
 
- * ''libcaca'' and ''libcucul'' -- `svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/libcaca`
- * ''TOIlet'' -- `svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/toilet`
- * ''cacatris'' -- `svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/cacatris`
- * ''ttyvaders'' -- `svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/ttyvaders`
- * ''neercs'' -- `svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/neercs`
+    * '''18 May 2008''': [wiki:zzuf zzuf] 0.11
+    * '''1 Apr 2008''': libcaca to be [http://blog.thebehrens.net/2008/04/01/new-highly-portable-canvas-backend/ OpenOffice.org’s official multiplatform rendering backend]
+    * '''24 Feb 2008''': we are now using Trac!
+    * '''24 Jan 2008''': [/labs/img2oric.html img2oric], the first Caca Labs piece of research software
+    * '''28 Nov 2007''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta13
+    * '''24 Oct 2007''': Report on [/cacacon07/ CacaCon’07], the first international libcaca conference.
+{{{
+#!comment
+    * '''30 Sep 2007''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta12
+    * '''16 Nov 2006''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta11
+    * '''16 Nov 2006''': [wiki:toilet TOIlet] 0.1
+    * '''12 Nov 2006''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta10
+    * '''6 Nov 2006''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta9
+    * '''22 Oct 2006''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta8
+    * '''4 Oct 2006''': [wiki:libcaca libcaca] 0.99.beta7
+}}}
 
-For instance, to retrieve the main libcaca trunk, use this command:
+[[Image(source:/www/img/sample.png, align=right, border=2)]]
 
- `svn co svn://svn.zoy.org/libcaca/libcaca/trunk libcaca-trunk`
+== Screenshots ==
 
-The repositories can be browsed using the web-based [/browser SVN browser].
+Here are a few libcaca screenshots.
 
-== Mailing-lists ==
+[[Image(source:/www/img/tn-stitch-80x45.jpeg, link=/img/stitch-80x45.png)]]
 
-There are three mailing-list for the project:
- * [mailto:libcaca@lists.zoy.org libcaca@lists.zoy.org] is a single mailing-list for general discussion, bug reporting, development coordination and side projects. You are encouraged to subscribe in order to post.
- * [mailto:libcaca-svn@lists.zoy.org libcaca-svn@lists.zoy.org] only hosts the SVN commit messages.
- * [mailto:libcaca-trac@lists.zoy.org libcaca-trac@lists.zoy.org] only hosts the Trac ticket messages.
+See also the various export formats, generated from an old ANSI file: PNG (through TGA), HTML, SVG, PostScript.
 
-The mailing-lists are managed by ''Ecartis''. To subscribe, send an email to [mailto:ecartis@lists.zoy.org ecartis@lists.zoy.org] containing the words “`subscribe libcaca`”, “`subscribe libcaca-svn`” or “`subscribe libcaca-trac`”. To unsubscribe, use “`unsubscribe libcaca`” etc.
+== Why? ==
 
-The mailing-list archives are available on the web:
+{{{
+#!html
+<blockquote><p>
+Que dites-vous ?... C’est inutile ?... Je le sais !
+<br />Mais on ne se bat pas dans l’espoir du succès !
+<br />Non ! non, c’est bien plus beau lorsque c’est inutile !
+<br /><small> -- Edmond Rostand, <i>Cyrano de Bergerac</i> </small>
+</p></blockquote>
+}}}
 
- * [/list/ libcaca archives]
- * [/list-svn/ libcaca-svn archives]
- * [/list-trac/ libcaca-trac archives]
+I am perfectly aware that libcaca is the waste of time it looks to be. No need to tell me about that. I urge you to read Théophile Gautier’s preface to ''Mademoiselle de Maupin'', which also gives an excellent explanation for the name “libcaca”:
+
+{{{
+#!html
+<blockquote><p>
+Il n’y a rien de vraiment beau que ce qui ne peut servir à rien ; tout ce
+qui est utile est laid ; car c’est l’expression de quelque besoin ; et ceux
+de l’homme sont ignobles et dégoûtants, comme sa pauvre et infirme nature. -
+L’endroit le plus utile d’une maison, ce sont les latrines.
+</p></blockquote>
+}}}
+
+As for the name “libcucul”, please refer to the pioneer of modernist Polish fiction:
+
+{{{
+#!html
+<blockquote><p>
+Mais contre le cucul, il n’y a pas de refuge. Courez après moi
+si vous voulez, je m’enfuis la gueule entre les mains. Et voilà,
+tralala, Zut à celui qui le lira !
+<br /><small> -- Witold Gombrowicz, <i>Ferdydurke</i> </small>
+</p></blockquote>
+}}}