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- QUAD FAT SOFTWARE
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- Yes, it was a simple recompile. Nothing's tested though :-).
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- The latest Jargon.app is ready for public consumption. Jargon is a
- cool shareware digital dictionary in the style of Webster on steriods.
- It's targeted around the Internet Jargon File (aka Hacker's Dictionary).
- There's also an API for building your own dictionaries, and I've put
- up the InternetCookbook somewhere... I've never gotten around to
- publishing the API though. Anyway, if you really want it, send me
- email. It's kinda gross.
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- NEW IN VERSION 3.2
- ==================
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- The main changes in this version are:
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- (1) Compiled 4xfat (not tested on HP or SPARC)
- (2) New info panel by me (big deal).
- (3) Fixed a race condition problem in the data loading thread which
- could crash the program if someone clicked "define" twice extremely
- quickly. That's what you get for parallel programming ;-).
- (4) A reworked entry browser, which is cleaner and more usable.
- (5) Minor bug fixes
- (6) Smoothed out the hypertext transitions from the browser and the
- hypertext buttons.
- (7) New app icon and associated animation.
- (8) New define icon (yes, I was getting tired of the bland tiffs).
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- You can get it from:
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- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edn/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz
- ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz
- ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Jargon-3.2.mihs.tar.gz
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- That's it. Try em out. Buy 'em if you like 'em. They're a total of $25
- and you'll not find a better deal under NEXTSTEP. Well, except for the
- GNU compiler and debugger. And Carl Edman + friends' port of Emacs.
- Still, this is a good deal :-).
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- NEW IN VERSION 3.1
- ==================
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- Jargon-3.1 is the popular Webster-style interface to the fabulous internet
- jargon file. Previous versions of Jargon have been reviewed by NeXTWORLD
- Magazine, and NEXT IN LINE both of which recommended it, and gave it a 4 out
- of 5 rating.
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- The newest version of Jargon is triple-fat, so you can finally get those
- ever-so-useful definitions on your HP machines. Numerous bugs have been fixed
- in 3.1 version, and 3.1 is also shareware.
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- Yes, it's shareware, so you'll have to send us a cheque for $15 if you want
- to keep it. We think it's only fair since we've been working on Jargon for
- well over a year, giving lots of free support, and producing newer and better
- versions every few months. It's time we got a little bit of thanks for all
- our hard work! ;-). Anyway, download the software, check it out, and if
- you're a past user or a new user of Jargon, follow your conscience, and
- support a NEXTSTEP developer who's trying to bring you cool software for
- almost-free.
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- It can be found at:
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- ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz
- ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/submissions/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz
- ftp://hasc.ca/pub/next/Jargon-3.1.tar.gz
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- Note: hasc has a slow link. Avoid it if you can.
-
- - darcy
-
- Darcy Brockbank
- samurai@hasc.ca
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