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@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@ +`mkid' README + `mkid' is a simple, fast, high-capacity, language-independent identifier database tool. Actually, the term `identifier' is too limiting--`mkid' stores tokens, be they program identifiers of any -form, literal numbers, or words of human-readable text. +form, literal numbers, or words of human-readable text. Database +queries can be issued from the command-line, or from within emacs, +serving as an augmented tags facility. `mkid' was originally written by Greg McGary <gkm@magilla.cichlid.com> and posted to comp.sources.unix in September 1987. It was then maintained and enhanced by a loose knit group of programmers on the Internet led by Tom Horsley <Tom.Horsley@mail.hcsc.com>. Tom released -`mkid2' on comp.sources.unix in March, 1991. Since then, Greg -McGary has resumed maintenance and is working on a greatly enhanced -version 3 under GPL. +`mkid2' on comp.sources.unix in March, 1991. Since then, Greg McGary +has resumed maintenance and is releasing an improved version 3 under GPL. + +Version 3 is an interim release. Version 4 will follow in the coming +months and include a cscope clone plus other improvements. See file `COPYING' for copying conditions. See file `INSTALL' for compilation and installation instructions. |