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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Contact:
- Don Yacktman
- (801)221-0344
- don@misckit.com
-
-
- ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.10.0
-
- Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available
-
- PROVO, UT, July 28, 1997 -- A new release of the MiscKit has been
- made publically available. It contains many new objects and fixes
- all problems reported since the previous release. This is the
- NEXTSTEP version of the kit! A new release of the OPENSTEP version
- is expected soon. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to one of
- the following locations:
-
- ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sourcelibrary/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz
- ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz
- ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/resources/classes/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.s.gnutar.gz
-
- There is a quad fat binary release accompanying this release:
-
- ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.10.0.b.NIHS.gnutar.gz
-
- The thoughtport.com site always has the most recent official MiscKit
- distribution available in /pub/next/misckit with all previous versions
- archived in /pub/next/misckit/old.
-
- The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C
- objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful
- programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been
- donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other
- NEXTSTEP programmers.
-
- Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue,
- priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel,
- textfield, button and slider subclasses, clock and calendar views,
- icon wells, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock
- file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess,
- remote subprocess, file), frameworks for building complex
- interfaces (MiscMergeKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even
- some useful example applications...plus much more!
-
- To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the
- MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how
- the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also
- encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which
- are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its
- own license which allows developers to reuse the code freely,
- even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done
- to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts.
-
- Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or
- other programming resources and would like to donate them to the
- MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don Yacktman at
- don@misckit.com for information on how to prepare a MiscKit
- submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer
- can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of
- their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized
- pool of useful resources.
-
- The misckit mailing lists are temporarily out of order and we
- hope to have them up and working at a new site soon. Until
- then, inquiries and subscription requests should be made to
- don@misckit.com. If you request a subscription, be sure to
- specify whether you wish to be part of the development discussion
- or only receive MiscKit-based press releases. When the mailing
- lists are once again up and running, a press release will be
- sent out to and let everyone know about the changes in addresses
- and any other important details.
-
- Please note that the creation of the "misckit.com" domain does
- NOT mean that the MiscKit is "going commercial" in any way--it
- will always be free and open as it has been in the past. Nothing
- has changed and NO special significance should be read into the
- use of ".com" instead of ".org".
-
- The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects
- released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET
- personalities.
-
-
- Don Yacktman
-
- Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a
- Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between
- various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects.
-
- # # # #
-
- All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
-
- The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University.
-
-
-
-
- Changes since version 1.9.0:
-
- V1.10.0 7/28/97 Maintenance and update release:
-
- Enhancements and bug fixes to MiscString, HTMLText,
- MiscTableScroll, LazyScrollDir, ScrollDir, MiscMatrix,
- MiscSplitView, MiscProgressView, MiscTextExtensions,
- MiscTreeBrowser, MiscParseTable, and the makefiles.
-
- Bug fixes to MiscTime.
-
- Moved MiscFormField and MiscTilingButton into kit from Temp area.
-
- Addition of MiscHeadedMatrix, MiscDragScrollWindow classes and
- MiscDragScrollWindow example.
-
- Addition of ThreadedApp, TCPLib, ClassBuilder (fix n' go),
- ColorMerge palette, MiscImageDissolver palette, and Julia
- example to Temp area.
-
-
- [ Additional details about the bug fixes and additions can be found
- in the MiscKit's History.rtf file or at the kit's web site,
- http://www.misckit.com/index.html ]
-