convert AUTHORS file to a shorter version (without the tasks done)

for the about dialog

svn path=/trunk/; revision=10944

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/make-authors-short.pl b/make-authors-short.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b4a47c3f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make-authors-short.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Remove tasks from individual author entries from AUTHORS file
+# for use in the about dialog.
+
+use strict;
+
+my $subinfo=0;
+
+while (<>) {
+	if (/(.*){/) {
+		$subinfo = 1;
+		print "$1\n";
+	} elsif (/}/) {
+		$subinfo = 0;
+	} elsif ($subinfo == 1) {
+		next;
+	} else {
+		print;
+	}
+}