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.
* Michael Bradley Jr. one day showed up and *bought a Mac Mini*, and set it up
for my remote use, and didn't even accept my offer to pay, and how fucking
awesome is that? ❤
* 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!