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- Information on the files found in /freebies:
-
- .emacs : the GNU Emacs setup I use to edit C code
- Read.me : this file
- abacus abacus.6 : a very user friendly calculator
- checkers checkers.6 : a checkers game
- dis dis.1 : Mach object file disassembler
- epsview epsview.1 : very fast Encapsulated PostScript viewer
- eyes eyes.6 : well-known hack
- iconclock iconclock.1 : alterable clock in the icon
- magnify magnify.1 : magnify screen images
- maze : run this on a VT100 emulator
- melt.ps : type "psh melt.ps", hit mouse to quit
- nilist nilist.1 : incomplete text-based netinfo utility
- pasteboard pasteboard.1 : utility to get/set pasteboard from shell
- psencode psencode.1 : compress PostScript into DPS Binary Encoding
- psh psh.1 : talk to PostScript server
- puzzle puzzle.6 : tile puzzle
- qix : draws qix on screen, move mouse for exit
- qubic qubic.6 : 4x4x4 tic tac toe
- see : type file in ^X notation
- sinkdock.ps : type "psh sinkdock.ps", see comments.
- source/ : source code for selected programs
- strings : replacement for Unix "strings" program
- tifftomac tifftomac.1 : convert a .tiff bitmap to a MacPaint file.
- tiffview tiffview.1 : display .tiff file very fast
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-
- *.1, *.2, etc are "man" pages. These describe the programs and are
- designed to be placed in /usr/man/man*. You can also peruse them
- directly by typing:
-
- nroff -man dis.1 | more
-
- And you can print them out quite easily with:
-
- ptroff -man dis.1
-
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-
- All of these programs REQUIRE THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO BE ENABLED.
- To enable the right mouse button, run "Preferences", click on the
- picture of the mouse, then click on the "Enabled Disabled" button
- until the word "Enabled" is black and "Disabled" is gray. If you are
- actually confused by there being more than one button on the mouse,
- you have my sympathy.
-
- These programs use "pop-up menus" exclusively. To pick an item off a
- pop-up menu, point the mouse at a program's window, press the right
- button on the mouse, drag to the item you wish to pick, then let go.
- You can do this to any of these programs irregardless of what is the
- "active application".
-
- Pop-up menus are in my opinion a vastly superior UI. They do not take
- any screen space, and require much less mouse movement, they allow
- menus to depend on where you click, allow items to be dynamically
- added/removed from menus without tedious redrawing, remove the need to
- check which program/window is "active", delay creation of the menus
- until the user wishes to use them, etcetera. My hope is that forcing you
- to use them for these simple little programs will get you to
- appreciate their benefits.
-
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-
- Permission is granted to distribute the software or source code,
- or modified versions thereof, provided:
-
- 1: The original Copyright messages are not disturbed.
- 2: No fee is charged for such copying and distribution.
-
- If you like these programs, a donation of $40 would be appreciated.
- If you include several formatted 3.5 inch disks or a formatted Optical
- Disk I will send them back to you with all the latest versions of
- everything I have written.
-
- If you have made enhancements to this code, or have suggestions
- for it, I would like to hear from you. Please send a message!
-
- Bill Spitzak
- 6227 Orange Street
- Los Angeles, CA 90048
-
- Spitzak @ mcimail.com
-
- ALL SOURCE CODE, EXECUTABLES, AND IMAGES COPYRIGHT 1991 BY BILL SPITZAK.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS FREE. NO PORTION MAY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
- DISTRIBUTED IN EXCHANGE FOR ANY COMPENSATION. NO MODIFIED VERSIONS,
- SOFTWARE DERIVED FROM THIS SOURCE CODE, OR OTHER USES MAY BE SOLD OR
- DISTRIBUTED FOR ANY COMPENSATION. THIS SOFTWARE MAY, HOWEVER, BE
- FREELY REDISTRIBUTED (IN FACT THIS IS ENCOURAGED) PROVIDED ALL
- SUPPLIED SOURCE CODE IS INCLUDED AND THIS MESSAGE IS NOT DISTURBED.
-
- ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE
- LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, BILL SPITZAK AND/OR
- OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
- KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
- IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
- PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAMS PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME
- THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
-
- IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL BILL SPITZAK AND/OR
- ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND REDISTRIBUTE THESE PROGRAMS AS
- PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST
- PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
- DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES
- SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH
- OTHER SOFTWARE) THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
-
- THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY BY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS INC.
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