This is a simple application that illustrates using the MiscFindPanel in a project. It alleges to do a timing comparison between the Text class's (in NEXTSTEP 3.x) built-in findText:... method and the Misc_TBMK/regexpr routines included with this package. This is version 1.1 (22 October 1993). This product requires NeXTSTEP 3.x or higher. Note that the Text class is at a slight disadvantage when it comes to regular expression searching--it doesn't do them. Also, the timing is not meant to be very precise, though some steps are taken in the Timer class to eliminate obvious potential skews to the results. The real important stuff in this example (with regards to incorporating the MiscFindPanel.bundle into a project) are in the SearchBench.nib file (connections from the Find menu to the first responder), the addition of the links to the project directory and files to the project file, and the modification to Makefile.postamble to only partially strip the executable upon installation. Some people believe that bundles are a good idea for development, but all code should be statically linked for a shipping product. I'm not convinced of this, at least in this case (this find panel). The benefits that statically linking the bundle code and whatnot into an application are merely that (1) you can strip the main executable completely, and (2) when the user first asks for find panel functionality, it would happen somewhat faster. But the second point is a one-time cost, and the first point is really of concern only to people running NEXTSTEP on a 200MB disk or less, or running the developer package in under 400MB. It is a matter of only 100K or so. But, I leave the decision to you, the developer. The executable was compiled under 3.1. It may run under 3.0, I don't know. The code is but sparsely commented, but there isn't much example- specific code anyway. Written and maintained by Christopher J. Kane (kane@gac.edu). Please feel free to contact the author with any questions, comments, bug reports, or suggestions about this package. Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher J. Kane. All rights reserved. This software is subject to the terms of the MiscKit license agreement. Refer to the license document included with the MiscKit distribution for these terms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- README - This file SBApp.h \ Subclass of Application to take SBApp.m / care of a couple things Timer.h \ Implements SearchableText protocol to wrap Timer.m / the MiscSearchText methods and time them Info.nib - Info panel SearchBench.nib - Main nib file with main window Makefile \ Makefile.postamble \ PB.gdbinit | Project-related files PB.project | SearchBench.iconheader / SearchBench_main.m / ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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