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From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM (Conrad Geiger)
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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Firstsoft Announces Availability of ScriptWriter for NEXTSTEP
Date: 3 Aug 1993 16:03:29 -0400
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Alexandra Shattuck
Firstsoft, Inc.
P.O. Box 1252
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Phone: (505)662-7176
FAX: (505)662-9944
e-mail: info@firstsoft.com (NeXT Mail)
Firstsoft, Inc. Announces Availability of ScriptWriter
LOS ALAMOS, NM, July 27, 1993 - Firstsoft, Inc., announced today
availability of ScriptWriter, the revolutionary graphical UNIX
manipulation and execution utility.
ScriptWriter is the first graphical UNIX application for NEXTSTEP
designed specifically for building and executing UNIX scripts in a
totally graphical environment. ScriptWriter version .98b began
shipping today. It is the first version of the product for sale,
and is available in both Motorola and Intel versions.
"ScriptWriter was designed to be a totally graphical method of
building and executing C shell scripts", says Firstsoft Inc.'s
president William J Edney. "We see two types of people using
ScriptWriter: those who dislike having to invoke utilities from the
command line in Terminal and those who are beginner C shell script
programmers. We developed ScriptWriter because we believed that the
difference between Workspace Manager and Terminal was too great. We
wanted something in between."
ScriptWriter has two main features: the ability to execute C shell
scripts without having to launch the Terminal application and a
complete graphical editing environment for C shell script
generation. The C shell script execution capability allows users to
run a script by clicking a button, by dropping files or folders on
a button, or by using the Services menu.
The C shell editing environment has the following features:
- Completely graphical, drag and drop environment
- A complete set of 470 UNIX commands, preparsed and assigned
icons, available for use in scripts
- Support for piping, input/output redirection and all C shell
control structures
- The ability to parse in custom UNIX commands and assign them
icons for use in scripts
- The ability to write out a ScriptWriter script in standard text
format for use on non-NEXTSTEP machines running C shell
Firstsoft Inc. also announces ScriptPaks to be available early in
Q4, 1993. ScriptPaks are prepackaged ScriptWriter scripts that
perform common tasks that, until now, had to be invoked from the
command line in Terminal. ScriptPaks under development include the
following: printing multiple files without having to open each one,
backing up files to removable media, installing font files by
dropping them on a script button, polling UUCP connections and
exporting directories to the network without having to use NFS
Manager.
A demonstration version of ScriptWriter (consisting of
ScriptWriter.98b.README, ScriptWriter.pkg and SWGroups.pkg), along
with a demonstration key making the product fully functional
through August 31, 1993, is available from the FTP archive site at
Oregon State (cs.orst.edu) or from Firstsoft Inc. directly.
Firstsoft Inc., of Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a developer of
NEXTSTEP shrinkwrap and custom software. ScriptWriter and
ScriptPaks are trademarks of Firstsoft, Inc. NeXT, and NEXTSTEP
are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other product
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
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