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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.
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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 ]
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.