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- VENDOR.DOC File
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- PROGRAM: ALLY - A Lisp Analyzer VERSION: Version 2.11
-
- PRICE: $75.00 US single user license
- $50.00 US per additional site-license
- plus $4.00 US Shipping and Handling each
-
- AUTHOR: Steve Waskow PHONE/FAX: (713) 392-1359
- Wasco Technical Software
- 1211 Grand Junction Drive
- Katy, Texas 77450
-
- SHAREWARE DISTRIBUTION POLICY
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- Steve Waskow is a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals. ALLY shareware may be copied and passed around, but
- only in its complete, original, and unaltered form with all disk-
- based documentation intact. Feel free to share ALLY shareware with
- your friends and associates, and encourage them to register their
- copy if they find that they can use it. You may not bundle ALLY
- shareware as part of a system, service or sale without permission
- from Wasco Technical Software. Serialized retail versions of ALLY
- may not be distributed. If you would like a copy of the shareware
- version to share with others, please call or write.
-
- Anyone other than ASP vendor members who wish to distribute ALLY
- shareware for any kind of remuneration must first contact Wasco
- Technical Software for authorization. Vendor members of the
- Association of Shareware Professionals may begin distributing ALLY
- shareware immediately, but should advise us if they wish to be kept
- up-to-date with the latest version.
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- INCLUDED FILES
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- ALLY .DOC Documentation, the ALLY 2.0 User's Manual.
- ALLY211 .DOC Documentation, the ALLY 2.11 Supplement.
- ALLYAN .EXE The ALLY Analyzer - must be run from ALLYWB.
- ALLYCK .EXE The ALLY Checker - must be run from ALLYWB.
- ALLYIN .EXE ALLY installation/configuration program.
- ALLYSU .EXE The ALLY Setup program, runs from DOS or ALLYWB.
- ALLYWB .EXE The ALLY Workbench program.
- ALLYWB .PIF Windows 3.1 PIF file for ALLY.
- EXTERNAL.SYM Global external symbol file for ALLY.
- REGISTER.DOC Documentation, ALLY registration and order form.
- README .DOC Documentation, this file.
- SHARWARE.DOC Documentation, shareware description & support.
- VENDOR .DOC Documentation, shareware distribution policy.
- WHATSNEW.DOC Documentation, ALLY's revision history.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- ALLY's requirements are basically the same as DOS versions of
- AutoCAD. ALLY requires an IBM XT, AT, PS/2 or true compatible with
- 640K RAM, hard disk, monochrome or color display, and MS/DOS 3.1 or
- higher. ALLY can be run from DOS as a stand-alone product, or run
- from within AutoCAD. The ALLY AutoCAD interface requires AutoCAD
- Release 9 or later, and a shell space of 240000 or more bytes -
- depending on usage.
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- SHORT PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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- ALLY is a programmer's workbench and analyzer for AutoLISP. The
- ALLY analyzer aids in debugging and documenting AutoLISP code by
- error checking, scoping and cross-referencing Lisp symbols -
- variables, constants, functions and subrs. The ALLY workbench
- features point-and-shoot file selection, DOS shell, and integrates
- your editor, browser and other tools, creating a personalized
- programming environment. Run from DOS or from within AutoCAD.
- "Highly recommended" - CADalyst March 1991. ASP shareware.
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- LONG PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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- ALLY is a programmer's workbench, code checker and analyzer for
- AutoLISP, the AutoCAD LISP programming language. The ALLY Checker
- and Analyzer assist you in debugging and documenting AutoLISP source
- code. The ALLY Workbench integrates your text editor and other
- programs to create a personalized programming environment,
- accessible from and interactive with AutoCAD.
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- The ALLY Analyzer generates a comprehensive cross-reference of
- variables, constants, functions and subroutines, and a full function
- call hierarchy. Each symbol is identified by line number and scope,
- and categorized as a call, declaration, definition, reference, or
- setting. ALLY's analysis is useful in identifying symbol scopes,
- interactions and dependencies, declared but unused symbols,
- duplicate definitions and function side effects, and provides
- extensive error checking. You can analyze several LISP files
- together to check program compatibility.
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- The ALLY Checker uses color coding to provide a convenient visual
- check of mismatched parentheses, misplaced or missing string quotes,
- and missing comment semicolons.
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- The size of files which ALLY can handle is limited only by available
- memory. ALLY reads individual lines up to 64 kilobytes in length,
- and safely prints any embedded control characters.
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- The Workbench's text editor is your own - ALLY links your favorite
- text editor to the Workbench, making it available at the press of a
- key. ALLY also links your text file browser and up to eight more of
- your favorite tools and utilities, assigning each an execution key.
- ALLY shrinks itself to less than 4K when shelling to DOS and
- executing external programs.
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- The ALLY Workbench integrates these tools in a tidy package with
- mouse support, point-and-shoot file selection, and shell for
- executing DOS commands and external programs. ALLY can be used from
- DOS or run from within AutoCAD. When run from AutoCAD, ALLY can
- load your programs into AutoLISP with a single keystroke.
-
- Rated "Highly Recommended" by CADalyst magazine, March 1991.
- Shareware by ASP member Steve Waskow.