SC 6.21 Release Notes

Sc is a spread sheet program that works on normal terminals using the curses screen handling package. Sc is a much modified version of the public domain program posted several years ago by Mark Weiser as vc, and originally by James Gosling.

This document contains the following major sections:

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Release Identificationn Information

Following is the release identification information for SC:

Software Product: Freeware SC
Release: 6.21
System Software Requirements: IRIX 5.3 or later

Online Release Notes

After you install the online release notes for a product (the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on your screen. Using your favorite Web Browser (e.g. netscape) select the index file file for viewing.

Author

The current maintainer of this product is: Jeff Buhrt <nstar!sawmill!prslnk!buhrt>

Installation Information

SC Subsystems

SC includes these subsystems:
fw_sc.sw.sc (default) Execution environment for sc.
fw_sc.man.sc (default) sc 6.21's online manual pages (preformatted).
fw_sc.man.relnotes (default) sc 6.21's online release notes.
fw_sc.src The complete sc 6.21 software distribution from which this product was built.

SC Subsystem Disk Space Requirements

This section lists the SC subsystems and their sizes.

If you are installing this product for the first time, the subsystems marked ``default'' are the ones that are installed if you use the ``go'' menu item. To install a different set of subsystems, use the ``install,'' ``remove,'' ``keep,'' and ``step'' commands in inst to customize the list of subsystems to be installed, then select the ``go'' menu item.

Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for information on finding exact sizes.

    Subsystem Size
    fw_sc.man.relnotes 11 Kb
    fw_sc.man.sc 32 Kb
    fw_sc.src.sc 419 Kb
    fw_sc.sw.sc 264 Kb

Installation Method

All of the subsystems for SC can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.

Prerequisites

Your workstation must be running IRIX 5.3 or later in order to use this product.

Documentation Information

A preformatted manual page is installed by default; consult sc(1) for an introduction.