The source release of LispView(TM) Version 1.1 is now available for ftp from
export.lcs.mit.edu and xview.ucdavis.edu.
What Is LispView:
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LispView is a generic Application Programmer's Interface (API) that provides
Lisp programmers with a powerful set of tools to build sophisticated
Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications; these tools include both GUI
components and basic window system services. In addition to the available
GUI components, LispView supports output functions for windows (familiar to X
Window System programmers) as well as a sophisticated input model for
handling events. LispView provides sets of generic functions for reading
and writing the state of an object. These include: label, choices, value,
mapped, state, layout, parent, and bounding-region. For example, to create a
window, you make an instance of the class window. Similarly, to create a
text field, you make an instance of text-field. To find the dimensions of
the window, apply the generic function bounding-region to it. Use the same
function if you want the bounding region of the text field.
LispView can also translate an interface developed with the OpenWindows(TM)
Developers' Guide (Devguide) Interface Builder.
What's Included:
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src - LispView source code implemented in the Common Lisp Object System
xview - Generic source interface to the XView(TM) 2.0 libraries,
and the XView 2.0 libraries themselves
doc - Programming Manual in both PostScript(R) and Frame Maker(TM) format
lispview.sbin - A LispView module built with the files in this
source release
demos - A few demo examples
guide - Translators from Devguide to LispView, and LispView to Devguide
test - Tests for LispView
util - Various utility programs
Utilities included in util:
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grapher - a graphing package and documentation
3D-graphics - an interface to Sun's XGL(TM) 2.0 graphics library
list-viewer - a generic scrollable list package
presentations - a mini-presentation type
with-fast-output - support for fast output
textedit - a simple interface to the XView text editor
contrib - a repository for user donated code
...and more
Getting and Unpacking the Release:
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LispView 1.1 source release:
LispView-announce This message
Checksums BSD style checksums of the tar.Z files
And compressed tar files:
doc-frame.tar.Z Manual in Frame Maker format
doc-ps.tar.Z Manual (PostScript) and other doc
guide-etc.tar.Z guide, demos, test
lispview-user.tar.Z lispview.sbin, README files
source.tar.Z src and xview subdirs (except for libraries)
util.tar.Z Utilities
xview-libs.tar.Z XView 2.0 libraries (with a patched libolgx)
FTP sites for the LispView source:
Location Machine Name ftp login ftp directory
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west coast xview.ucdavis.edu ftp pub/XView/LispView1.1
east coast export.lcs.mit.edu ftp contrib/lispview1.1
You will need about 5.3 Mb of disk space to hold the the compressed tar
files, which when unpacked, will require 13.3 Mb of additional disk space.
When transferring the compressed tar files via ftp, be sure to set binary
mode first. Use the ftp "binary" and "mget" commands. If you are doing an
"mget" and you want the entire release, you may want to use ftp with the
"-i" option to prevent it from asking you about every file.
To unpack a file <foo>.tar.Z in this release:
zcat <foo>.tar.Z | (cd <sourcedir>; tar xvfp -)
The release will be unpacked into <sourcedir>/lispview1.1 and will look
something like this:
% ls lispview1.1
LEGAL_NOTICE build.lisp guide/ src/ xview/
README demos/ ········@ test/
README.build doc/ lispview.sbin util/
Using this release:
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This Release is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty of any kind.
LispView is known to work without modification on Sun Common Lisp(TM) 4.0.2
and Lucid Common Lisp(TM), with CLOS, on a SPARCsystem(TM) (or Sun-4(TM))
computer.
More Information:
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For more information refer to the README file found in the release.
Comments and questions about LispView should be posted to comp.lang.lisp
(or comp.windows.open-look). Questions about this source provision should be
directed to ········@Eng.Sun.Com.
Thank you for your support,
The LispView Development Team
SunPro
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and OpenWindows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
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The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interfaces were developed by Sun
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pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept
of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry. Sun
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Interface, which license also covers Sun's licensees who implement
OPEN LOOK GUI's and otherwise comply with Sun's written license
agreements.
The X Window System is a product of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.