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[](https://travis-ci.org/ascii-boxes/boxes)
+# boxes
-```
- _.
- | | ____ ____
- | |__ ____ ___ ___ ____ ______ ___ __ /_ | /_ |
- | __ \ / _ \ \ \/ / _/ __ \ / ___/ \ \/ / | | | |
- | \_\ \ ( <_> ) > < \ ___/ \___ \ \ / | | | |
- |___ / \____/ /__/\_ \ \___ > /____ > \_/ |___| /\ |___|
- \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
+**Command line ASCII boxes unlimited!**
- draws all kinds of boxes around your text (in ASCII art)
+[Boxes](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/) is a command line
+[filter program](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/filters.html) that draws ASCII art boxes
+around your input text ([examples](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/examples.html)).
- [stable release 1.1.2]
-```
+For more information, please visit [the website](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/).
+## Status
-###GETTING IT
+*Boxes* is **stable**.
-http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/
+It has been around since 1999, and has since been included in several
+Linux distributions and, lately, even
+[Windows 10](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/2016/08/boxes-part-of-windows10), via its Ubuntu subsystem.
+Its source code is quite portable, and so, *boxes* has been made to run on a wide range of
+platforms, from Windows PCs to Netgear routers.
-Boxes is free software under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL),
-version 2. See LICENSE file or
-http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
+*Boxes* has matured, and is thusly no longer being actively developed. But contributors can be sure
+that their pull requests are promptly reviewed and merged into the main code base.
+## License
-###COMPILING IT
+Boxes is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2
+([GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)).
-Skip this section if you got yourself a binary distribution. Note,
-however, that the location of the system-wide config file can only be
-changed using the source distribution, because its path is compiled in.
+## Development
-1. Unpack the archive.
-2. Edit the top level *Makefile* and change the value of `GLOBALCONF` to
- whereever you want the system-wide config file to reside. Note that
- each user may have his/her own config file in *$HOME/.boxes*.
- Also note that the value of `GLOBALCONF` is a full file name. It does
- **not** specify a directory into which to copy the config file.
+The website has information on [building from source](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/build.html),
+[testing](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/testing.html), and
+[contributing](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html) to the source code.
+*Boxes* has received support from many [contributors](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/contributing.html#contributors)
+over the years, and continues to benefit greatly from contributions. Many thanks for that!
-3. If you are on DEC/OSF, edit *src/regexp/Makefile*, and add
- `-D_ANSI_C_SOURCE` to the `CFLAGS` definition.
-
-4. Type `make` in the top level directory.
- This should leave you with the binary in the *src* directory.
-
-The boxes development platform is intel/linux (SLES). If you are on a
-different platform and somehow manage to materialize a binary, please
-send it to the author (boxes at thomasjensen.com), so it can be posted on
-the boxes home page. Boxes is generally very easy to port, because it
-uses only a small set of instructions and is comformant to the ANSI C
-standard.
-
-For a small collection of frequently asked questions, visit the
-[compilation FAQ](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/faq.html#q5)
-on the boxes website.
-
-
-###INSTALLING IT
-
-1. Basic installation
- - If you are installing a BINARY distribution:
- - Copy *boxes.1* to an appropriate manual page directory.
- - Copy *boxes-config* to */usr/share/boxes*.
- Note that */usr/share/boxes* is the name of the file,
- and **not** the name of a directory into which to copy the file.
- So, the name of the config file is changed from *boxes-config*
- to just *boxes*.
- - Copy the executable to a location which is in your path.
- *Example* (as root):cp boxes.1 /usr/share/man/man1
- cp boxes-config /usr/share/boxes
- cp boxes /usr/bin
- - If you are installing a SOURCE distribution:
- - Copy *doc/boxes.1* to an appropriate manual page directory.
- - Copy *boxes-config* to the location specified in the Makefile
- as being the name of the system-wide boxes config file.
- Note that the value of `GLOBALCONF` is the name of the file,
- and **not** the name of a directory into which to copy the file.
- So, the name of the config file is changed from *boxes-config*
- to just *boxes*.
- - Copy *src/boxes* (the binary) to a location which is in your path.
- *Example* (as root):cp doc/boxes.1 /usr/share/man/man1
- cp boxes-config /usr/share/boxes
- cp src/boxes /usr/bin
-2. If you want to make your own changes to the config file, copy the
- system-wide config file into your home as *$HOME/.boxes*, then modify
- it. Boxes will use *$HOME/.boxes* if it exists.
-
-3. Integration into your text editor: Please see the
- [editor integration page](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/install.html)
- on the website.
- It currently describes integration with vim, emacs, and jed, but
- this list may grow as time goes by and people send how-tos.
-
-
-###RUNNING IT
+## Running it
Try if boxes works by typing `echo foo | boxes` on the command line.
It should give you something like that:
@@ -102,42 +45,24 @@ It should give you something like that:
/* foo */
/*******/
-Detailed usage information is in the manual page and a lot more can be
-found on the website (see above). It is especially interesting to tie
-boxes to your editor, so that it can be invoked by a simple keypress.
+Type `boxes -l` to get a long list of box designs to use. Detailed usage information is in the
+manual page and on the website. Consider tying
+*boxes* to your editor, so that it can be invoked by a simple keypress.
+## Custom box designs
-###DEFINING YOUR OWN BOXES
+You can define [your own box designs](http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/)!
-Any user may define his or her own box designs by creating a file called
-*.boxes* in his or her home directory. The syntax of the config file is
-explained on the boxes home page, along with several examples:
-
-http://boxes.thomasjensen.com/docs/
-
-
-###CONTACT
-
-- For questions which the online documentation could not answer,
- praise and general comments please feel free to email the author at
- boxes at thomasjensen.com. Bug reports are especially appreciated,
- but those should, like feature requests, be opened on Github.
-
-- For questions particular to the binary you downloaded contact the
- supplier of the binary listed on the download page.
-
-- I appreciate the creative new box designs that you craft for boxes.
- Please feel free to submit them in the form of pull requests on
- *boxes-config*, and they may make it into the next release!
+We appreciate the creative new box designs that you craft for *boxes*.
+Please feel free to submit them in the form of pull requests on
+[boxes-config](https://github.com/ascii-boxes/boxes/blob/master/boxes-config),
+and they may make it into the next release!
```
_________________________
/\ \
- \_| Thank you for |
- | using Boxes. Enjoy! |
+ \_| Thank you for |
+ | using Boxes! |
| _____________________|_
\_/______________________/
```
-10/19/2012
-
-EOF