Using this Library
------------------
-To use this library you need to include the cgi.h include file with the
-following command into your C programs:
+
+To use this library you need to include the cgi.h include file with
+the following expression into your C programs:
#include <cgi.h>
Additionally you'll have to add the library libcgi.a to the linker,
-either by modifying LDFLAGS in your makefiles or by adding `-lcgi' to
+either by modifying LDFLAGS in your Makefile or by adding `-lcgi' to
the appropriate commandline.
+
Test Suite
----------
-This library comes with a program called cgitest.c. You can use it as
-reference implementation for this CGI library. Therefore it should be
-included as source in your distribution.
+This library comes with a test suite both to demonstrate its features
+and to help you understand how it works. The respective program is
+called cgitest.c. You can use it as reference implementation for this
+CGI library. It can also be used to debug the library by increasing
+its debug level. Therefore it should be included as source in your
+distribution.
If you want to test your forms you can use the following action.
- <form action=/cgi-bin/cgitest/listall method=post>
+ <form action="/cgi-bin/cgitest/listall" method="post">
The /listall target will display all environment variables, all CGI
-variables and all HTTP Cookies that were transmitted. This way you
-can test your implementations quite easy.
+variables, all HTTP Cookies and refer to all files that were
+transmitted. This way you can test your own implementations quite
+easy.
+
Further Documentation
---------------------
+This section will refer to a number of URLs that document how this
+library and used protocols work
+
The CGI Library
- http://www.infodrom.north.de/cgilib/
+ http://www.infodrom.org/projects/cgilib/
HTTP Return Codes
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/Object_Headers.html
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+Development of this library takes place in a public CVS repository.
+This offers a way to do versioning and provide a history for all files
+and changes. At any time it is possible to restore an older version,
+partially or in total. Additionally, lean patches can be applied and
+reverted.
+
+Log in:
+
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.infodrom.org:/var/cvs/infodrom login
+
+[Hit return]
+
+Check out CVS HEAD:
+
+cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.infodrom.org:/var/cvs/infodrom co cgilib
+
+
+Mailing Lists
+-------------
+
+A mailing list dedicated to discussions about this library has been
+created. It is meant as a forum for users and developers of the
+lightweight CGI library and applications that make use of it.
+
+The lists address is <infodrom-cgilib@lists.infodrom.org>.
+
+To subscribe to this list,
+
+ . send a mail to infodrom-cgilib-request@@lists.infodrom.org with the
+ word "subscribe" as subject, or
+
+ . send a mail to majordomo@@lists.infodrom.org with the body of
+ "subscribe infodrom-cgilib".
+
+The list is publicly archived at
+<http://lists.infodrom.org/infodrom-cgilib/>.
+
+A second mailing list exists as infodrom-cgilib-cvs on the same host.
+Only CVS messages and differences are distributed there. Whenever new
+code is added to the CGI library, »cvs« generates a mail from these
+changes which will be sent to this particular list. Discussions
+continue to take place on the first list.
+
+
Feedback
--------
If you have additions, questions or improvements please don't hesitate
-to contact me.
+to contact either the mailing list or me personally.
Infodrom Oldenburg
Martin Schulze
-joey@infodrom.north.de
+joey@infodrom.org
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