From 848de8ebc0cea6e7a4106f59974798b6d45a43f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Mateusz=20Czapli=C5=84ski?= Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:57:22 +0200 Subject: readme: add info about prior art (pipecut) Thanks @TronDD. --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c11ec61..d6c0100 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ then: you reach this limit, a `+` character should get displayed in the top-left corner of the screen. (This is intended to be changed to a dynamically/manually growable buffer in a future version of *up*.) +- **Prior art:** I was surprised no one seemed to write a similar tool before, + that I could find. It should have been possible to write this since the dawn + of Unix already, or earlier! And indeed, after I announced *up*, I got enough + publicity that my attention was directed to one such earlier project already: + **[Pipecut](http://pipecut.org/index.html)**. Looks interesting! You may like + to check it too! (Thanks [@TronDD](https://lobste.rs/s/acpz00/up_tool_for_writing_linux_pipes_with#c_qxrgoa).) ## Future Ideas -- cgit v1.2.3