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Rulers by Stephan Wacker Copyright 1993±1995, Stephan Wacker. All rights reserved. This program is Freeware. You can use it, copy and distribute it as many times as you like, but you are not allowed to sell this program or parts of it. See the Info Panel for details. My work is in no way related to RightBrain's Rulers application which is now distributed by Trilithon. This application provides a set of horizontal and vertical rulers floating on your screen. You can measure distances in any of several units: inches, centimeters, points and picas. There are also modes for ªtrueº units, i.e. the rulers can be scaled to real-world dimensions. What's new in version 1.2? Added missing code for saving `Points' units preference. The right mouse button is no longer abused. Use Command-LeftButton instead. Much faster drawing when the ruler is scrolled. 3-D look. French interface and help files localized by AndrÝ LALONDE <al@lala.cam.org>. True units are no longer restricted to black hardware. You enter the actual screen resolution in a text field. What was new in version 1.1? Select your own color. New mode for 1/10 inch units. More keyboard shortcuts, so you don't have to open the Preferences panel. NeXTSTEP Help. Continuous feedback while the ruler origin is dragged. MAB for Motorola, Intel and HP/RISC platforms. Special thanks to Brian Harrison <brie@brie.andrew.cmu.edu> for compiling the app triple-fat. Installation If you have trouble unpacking the source archive, use gnutar instead of tar. Opener: Replace all instances of `tar' in Opener.app's archive table with `gnutar'. Shell: gunzip < Rulers_by_SW.1.2.s.tar.gz | gnutar xfp - Compiling the sources Rulers_by_SW uses a few classes from the MiscKit, the Objective-C kit developed by the NeXTSTEP community under the direction of Don Yacktman. Look for the latest version on your favorite FTP server. Current versions are usually available at ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/sources/classes/ ftp://ftp.et.byu.edu/next/misckit/ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/ Note: I don't link the whole MiscKit library into the application, but only a small subset which I named ªMiscInfoº. You may have to replace this with ªMiscKitº in the Library section. Enjoy Stephan 16-Dec-1995 ___________________________________________________ Stephan Wacker Simrockstraûe 16 80997 Mönchen Germany e-mail: stephan@rodion.muc.de ___________________________________________________ Bug reports, suggestions and fan mail are welcome :-)
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