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From: yackd@alaska.et.byu.edu (Don Yacktman)
Subject: MiscKit Version 1.1.0 released
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Don Yacktman
(801)221-0344
Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.1.0
Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available
PROVO, UT, January 31, 1994 -- A new maintenance release
of the MiscKit has just been publically released. It
countains many new objects and fixes many of the problems
reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be
obtained via ftp to any of the following sites:
cs.orst.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz
sonata.cc.purdue.edu:/pub/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz
ftp.byu.edu:/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz
ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de:
/pub/comp/platforms/next/submissions/MiscKit1.1.0.tar.gz
On all the sites except for byu, the MiscKit will eventually
migrate to wherever the site administrator feels it belongs.
The byu site always has the most recent official MiscKit
distribution available in /pub/next/misckit and older versions
are archived in /pub/next/misckit/old.
The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C
objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful
programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been
donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other
NEXTSTEP programmers.
Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue,
priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel,
several button subclasses, clock view, progress pie/bar), and
other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch,
serial port, colors) and even some useful example applications.
These are the essential objects that NeXT forgot to provide
for developers and now they are yours free!
To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the
MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how
the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also
encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which
are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its
own license, which allows developers to reuse the code freely,
even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done
to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts.
Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or
other programming resources and would like to donate them to the
MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don_Yacktman@byu.edu
for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By
making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the
hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources
and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful
resources.
Also available are two MiscKit-based mailing lists. The first
list is for those who are interested in participating in the
development of the MiscKit. Anyone who is interested in following
the discussion should send mail to misckit-request@byu.edu to be
placed on the list. Send mail to misckit@byu.edu to post messages
to this list. The second MiscKit mailing list is for distributing
announcements of new MiscKit releases. Anyone who would like to
receive e-mail notification of new MiscKit releases should send
mail to the MiscKit administrator, Don_Yacktman@byu.edu, and
request to be placed on the MiscKit release list. Anyone on the
development list already receives notification of new releases
and should therefore not ask to be added to the release list.
The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects
released over the past few years by Don Yacktman. If you have
been using any of Don's freely available objects or the DAYMiscKit,
you are encouraged to upgrade to the MiscKit. The MiscKit sports
many new features as well as better documentation and several
very important bug fixes.
Don Yacktman
Don Yacktman is a student at Brigham Young University, working
towards a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between
class and various NEXTSTEP consulting projects.
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