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Information on the files found in /freebies: .emacs : the GNU Emacs setup I use to edit C code Read.me : this file abacus abacus.6 : a very user friendly calculator checkers checkers.6 : a checkers game dis dis.1 : Mach object file disassembler epsview epsview.1 : very fast Encapsulated PostScript viewer eyes eyes.6 : well-known hack iconclock iconclock.1 : alterable clock in the icon magnify magnify.1 : magnify screen images maze : run this on a VT100 emulator melt.ps : type "psh melt.ps", hit mouse to quit nilist nilist.1 : incomplete text-based netinfo utility pasteboard pasteboard.1 : utility to get/set pasteboard from shell psencode psencode.1 : compress PostScript into DPS Binary Encoding psh psh.1 : talk to PostScript server puzzle puzzle.6 : tile puzzle qix : draws qix on screen, move mouse for exit qubic qubic.6 : 4x4x4 tic tac toe see : type file in ^X notation sinkdock.ps : type "psh sinkdock.ps", see comments. source/ : source code for selected programs strings : replacement for Unix "strings" program tifftomac tifftomac.1 : convert a .tiff bitmap to a MacPaint file. tiffview tiffview.1 : display .tiff file very fast ====================================================================== *.1, *.2, etc are "man" pages. These describe the programs and are designed to be placed in /usr/man/man*. You can also peruse them directly by typing: nroff -man dis.1 | more And you can print them out quite easily with: ptroff -man dis.1 ====================================================================== All of these programs REQUIRE THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON TO BE ENABLED. To enable the right mouse button, run "Preferences", click on the picture of the mouse, then click on the "Enabled Disabled" button until the word "Enabled" is black and "Disabled" is gray. If you are actually confused by there being more than one button on the mouse, you have my sympathy. These programs use "pop-up menus" exclusively. To pick an item off a pop-up menu, point the mouse at a program's window, press the right button on the mouse, drag to the item you wish to pick, then let go. You can do this to any of these programs irregardless of what is the "active application". Pop-up menus are in my opinion a vastly superior UI. They do not take any screen space, and require much less mouse movement, they allow menus to depend on where you click, allow items to be dynamically added/removed from menus without tedious redrawing, remove the need to check which program/window is "active", delay creation of the menus until the user wishes to use them, etcetera. My hope is that forcing you to use them for these simple little programs will get you to appreciate their benefits. ====================================================================== Permission is granted to distribute the software or source code, or modified versions thereof, provided: 1: The original Copyright messages are not disturbed. 2: No fee is charged for such copying and distribution. If you like these programs, a donation of $40 would be appreciated. If you include several formatted 3.5 inch disks or a formatted Optical Disk I will send them back to you with all the latest versions of everything I have written. If you have made enhancements to this code, or have suggestions for it, I would like to hear from you. Please send a message! Bill Spitzak 6227 Orange Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 Spitzak @ mcimail.com ALL SOURCE CODE, EXECUTABLES, AND IMAGES COPYRIGHT 1991 BY BILL SPITZAK. THIS SOFTWARE IS FREE. NO PORTION MAY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN EXCHANGE FOR ANY COMPENSATION. NO MODIFIED VERSIONS, SOFTWARE DERIVED FROM THIS SOURCE CODE, OR OTHER USES MAY BE SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED FOR ANY COMPENSATION. THIS SOFTWARE MAY, HOWEVER, BE FREELY REDISTRIBUTED (IN FACT THIS IS ENCOURAGED) PROVIDED ALL SUPPLIED SOURCE CODE IS INCLUDED AND THIS MESSAGE IS NOT DISTURBED. ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, BILL SPITZAK AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THESE PROGRAMS "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAMS PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL BILL SPITZAK AND/OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND REDISTRIBUTE THESE PROGRAMS AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH OTHER SOFTWARE) THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT SUPPORTED IN ANY WAY BY ACTIVE INGREDIENTS INC. OR ANY AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
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