Copyright (c) 1993 Don Yacktman.  All Rights Reserved.  Version 0.8.

Important release note:

This is the MiscKit version 0.8.  The Temp folder contains works in progress which are not yet fully integrated into the kit, but may be useful to you nonetheless.  The palettes and examples still need to be cleaned up to use the new ªMiscº prefix.

Here's the misckit.
Please excuse the ugliness of this file; as you can see I know nothing about real typesetting!  ;^)

First, here's how to install the goods:

Install the lib files into /usr/local/lib.  In misckit-1/3.0 you will file 3.0-compatible libraries for Motorola CPU's.  In misckit-1/3.1 are 3.1-compatible fat libraries.  If you need a debugging library, then copy the libmisckit_g.a file as well as the libmisckit.a file.  After copying the appropriate library, be sure run ranlib on the file(s) in /usr/local/lib.
Copy the contents of the directory Headers to /LocalDeveloper/Headers.

If you wish to rebuild the libraries and install them, first edit the Makefile to taste (note comments on compiling fat/thin, etc.) and then type ªbuilditº in the misckit-1 directory to run my clean build+install script.  Both the regular and debugging libraries will be built and the libraries and headers will be installed for you.  (Installation of libraries is in /usr/local/lib and headers are placed in /LocalDeveloper/Headers.)  The script attempts to play a sound when it completes; you will most likely not have that sound on your system, so ignore the error that is generated by its absence.  You cannot build without the package "Makefiles.compressed" from ftp.byu.edu in /pub/next!  You have been warned!  (In the future, these may be included in the MiscKit as an auxiliary resource.)

NOTICE:  To  suggest improvements in the kit, direct your comments to the original author of the object(s) in question, as listed in AUTHORS.rtf.  Be sure to state the version number of the MiscKit and the object.  To suggest ideas for new objects or general comments for the entire development team, or to get on the team yourself, send mail to the MiscKit mailing list at misckit@byu.edu (for list traffic) or, if you're not yet on the list, send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu (to either get on or off; this address will actually forward to Don_Yacktman@byu.edu).

What's here will be useful to some, and very lacking for others.  The best thing to do is to bug the various authors about features that you need fixed or implemented.  Let us know if you have an idea for a nifty object, too.  The areas most frequently requested will, of course, receive more attention.  If there's something you'd like added, let us know.  If you find a bug, let us know.  If you think anything at all about this, let us know.

In spirit, license/use is utterly free.  Commercial, shareware, and freeware apps can all use this stuff as much as they want as long as they follow the (very few) whims as detailed in the file LICENSE.rtf.  That also means there's no warranty, no support, and you are on your own.  (Of course, there are many helpful folk on the MiscKit mailing list, so support does exist, although it is not promised.)  Basically, if you use this stuff, you should acknowledge that fact in your app somewhere.

Despite the lack of official support, your feedback is very important.  It would be appreciated if you would send any changes you make to the original author of the modified object so that others may benefit, too.

Again, bug us about any questions and/or problems you have!

Share and enjoy!1

±Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
MiscKit administrator

(misckit list:  misckit@byu.edu, misckit-request@byu.edu)

1Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.  :-)