>From f8e589c53254ec694fabb8caa657d8508f1b70f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:53:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/HISTORY: Add some more history, plus git tags. --- etc/HISTORY | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/HISTORY b/etc/HISTORY index 0426425..8107026 100644 --- a/etc/HISTORY +++ b/etc/HISTORY @@ -1,14 +1,35 @@ - GNU Emacs versions and their release dates + GNU Emacs history, versions, and release dates For more details about release contents, see the NEWS* files. +Most of the development history of GNU Emacs is available in its +source code repository . +However, in the early days GNU Emacs was developed without using +version control systems and was published via half-inch 9-track +1600-bpi magnetic tape reels. Although information about this early +development is sketchy, the following text summarizes what is known. + +EMACS started out as a set of macros atop the TECO text editor, and +was first operational in late 1976. It was inspired by earlier work +such as the E editor of Stanford, and was based on older TECO macro +sets. EMACS in turn inspired several similar editors. See: +Stallman RM. EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Self-Documenting +Display Editor. AI Memo 519a, MIT, 1981-03-26 +. + +In 1984, work began on GNU Emacs, a fresh implementation designed to +run on GNU and GNU-like systems, with a full-featured Lisp at its +core. GNU Emacs 1.0 through 1.12 were released in early 1985. The +next version after 1.12 was 13; this was the initial public release. + +Here is a list of known GNU Emacs stable releases starting with the +initial public release. Entries in the list are of the form "GNU +Emacs N (DATE) TAG", where N is the version number, DATE the release +date, and TAG (if present) the corresponding tag in the source code +repository. Any commentary about the version starts on the next line. Dates are approximate in the following list; some are when the version was made, some are when it was announced. - -GNU Emacs 1.0 through 1.12 were released in early 1985. -The next release after 1.12 was 13. - GNU Emacs 13 (1985-03-20) Initial release announced on Usenet. @@ -135,15 +156,15 @@ GNU Emacs 19.32 (1996-07-31) GNU Emacs 19.33 (1996-08-11) -GNU Emacs 19.34 (1996-08-21) +GNU Emacs 19.34 (1996-08-21) emacs-19.34 -GNU Emacs 20.1 (1997-09-15) +GNU Emacs 20.1 (1997-09-15) emacs-20.1 -GNU Emacs 20.2 (1997-09-19) +GNU Emacs 20.2 (1997-09-19) emacs-20.2 -GNU Emacs 20.3 (1998-08-19) +GNU Emacs 20.3 (1998-08-19) emacs-20.3 -GNU Emacs 20.4 (1999-07-12) +GNU Emacs 20.4 (1999-07-12) emacs-20.4 GNU Emacs 20.5 (1999-12-04) @@ -151,40 +172,40 @@ GNU Emacs 20.6 (2000-02-15) GNU Emacs 20.7 (2000-06-13) -GNU Emacs 21.1 (2001-10-20) +GNU Emacs 21.1 (2001-10-20) emacs-21.1 -GNU Emacs 21.2 (2002-03-16) +GNU Emacs 21.2 (2002-03-16) emacs-21.2 -GNU Emacs 21.3 (2003-03-19) +GNU Emacs 21.3 (2003-03-19) emacs-21.3 GNU Emacs 21.4 (2005-02-08) GNU Emacs 21.4a (2005-02-17) This is Emacs 21.4 with an updated notice in etc/PROBLEMS. -GNU Emacs 22.1 (2007-06-02) +GNU Emacs 22.1 (2007-06-02) emacs-22.1 -GNU Emacs 22.2 (2008-03-26) +GNU Emacs 22.2 (2008-03-26) emacs-22.2 -GNU Emacs 22.3 (2008-09-05) +GNU Emacs 22.3 (2008-09-05) emacs-22.3 -GNU Emacs 23.1 (2009-07-29) +GNU Emacs 23.1 (2009-07-29) emacs-23.1 -GNU Emacs 23.2 (2010-05-08) +GNU Emacs 23.2 (2010-05-08) emacs-23.2 -GNU Emacs 23.3 (2011-03-10) +GNU Emacs 23.3 (2011-03-10) emacs-23.3 -GNU Emacs 23.4 (2012-01-29) +GNU Emacs 23.4 (2012-01-29) emacs-23.4 -GNU Emacs 24.1 (2012-06-10) +GNU Emacs 24.1 (2012-06-10) emacs-24.1 -GNU Emacs 24.2 (2012-08-27) +GNU Emacs 24.2 (2012-08-27) emacs-24.2 -GNU Emacs 24.3 (2013-03-10) +GNU Emacs 24.3 (2013-03-10) emacs-24.3 -GNU Emacs 24.4 (2014-10-20) +GNU Emacs 24.4 (2014-10-20) emacs-24.4 -GNU Emacs 24.5 (2015-04-10) +GNU Emacs 24.5 (2015-04-10) emacs-24.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 2.5.0