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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A></H2>
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<P>Kaptain is a universal graphical front-end based on context-free grammars.
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The program <CODE>kaptain</CODE> reads a file containing grammatical rules for generating text.
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It builds a dialog from the grammar and
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generates the text according to the user's settings.
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Changes</A>
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<H3>Changes 0.51 -> 0.6</H3>
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<LI> Regular expression support was rewritten with GNU regex-0.12.</LI>
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<LI> Powerful text manipulation capabilities were implemented.</LI>
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<LI> multicolumn listview objects (<CODE>@multicol</CODE>)</LI>
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<LI> <CODE>@list</CODE> was improved, now it can display something while evaluating different text.</LI>
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<LI> :reverse works with :tabbed</LI>
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<LI> string initial value for list- and comboboxes</LI>
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<H3>Changes 0.5 -> 0.51</H3>
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<LI>bug in Makefiles corrected</LI>
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<LI>directroy structure fixed: now <CODE>/usr/bin</CODE> is default, grammars go to <CODE>/usr/share/grammars</CODE></LI>
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<H3>Changes 0.4 -> 0.5</H3>
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<LI>some new special symbols</LI>
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<LI>new modifier <CODE>:tree</CODE> to create Control Center like front-ends - very interesting</LI>
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<LI>Kaptain has moved to sourceforge.net</LI>
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<H3>Changes 0.3 -> 0.4</H3>
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<LI>compiles if only Qt2 is present</LI>
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<LI>many extensions</LI>
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<LI>grammatical constraints</LI>
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<P>See file <CODE>NEWS</CODE> for detailed description
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<H3>Changes 0.2 -> 0.3</H3>
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<LI>based on Qt 2.1 and KDE 2</LI>
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<LI>flexible grammar rules</LI>
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<LI>the ability of fetching other programs' output for quoed text (like backquotes in the shell)</LI>
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<LI>better layout management, multitab dialogs and subdialogs</LI>
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<LI>tooltip and whatsthis support</LI>
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<LI>utf-8 encoding for unicode support</LI>
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<LI>small changes in grammar syntax</LI>
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<LI>the ability to execute different commands from the same dialogs</LI>
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<H3>Changes 0.1 -> 0.2</H3>
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<LI>grammar interpreter completely rewritten with Lex & Yacc</LI>
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<LI>QLayout usage for widget arrangement</LI>
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<P>This was the first version:
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<LI>grammar interpreter with Lex</LI>
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<LI>heuristic widget arrangement</LI>
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<H3>Updating old grammars for 0.2 -> 0.3 changes</H3>
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<P>The syntax of grammars changed a bit, sorry for that. It's very
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easy to update your old grammars.
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<LI>Change <CODE>{</CODE> and <CODE>}</CODE> braces to double quotes everywhere.</LI>
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<LI>Replace <CODE>..</CODE> to <CODE>,</CODE></LI>
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<LI>Extend the start rule to create the Ok and Cancel buttons:
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start "Title" -> command buttonbar ;
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buttonbar :horizontal -> @action(command)="Ok" @close="Cancel;
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command -> <the old start rule> ;
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