[comp.windows.x] ATK Patch 10 Available

gk5g+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gary Keim) (06/22/91)

Sorry for the duplicate. [GK]

Excerpts from netnews.comp.windows.x: 19-Jun-91 Latest Version of ATK
Emmett Hogan@csl.sri.com (614)

> Where can I find the latest (fully patched) version of the Andrew
> Toolkit (along with the font compiler "fc")?  And what version is the
> latest?

Patch 10 of the Andrew Toolkit (ATK) is now available.  

You can pick up a copy of the entire source tree from the file
andrew.010.tar.Z via anonymous ftp from emsworth.andrew.cmu.edu
(128.2.30.62) in the top level directory; the patch is split in the
./patches directory as patch.010aa, patch.010ab, patch.010ac and
patch.010ad. You should apply them individually, starting with aa
through ad.

Here's an overview of what's new in patch 10:

Contributed code:

        Contributed code from MIT, including transient window support
        and header & footer object
        Contributed (untested) code from SCO w/ port to SCO Unix
        Port to HP RISC machine (HP-UX 7.0), contributed by BellSouth and HP
    Improved SunOS4.x support, including contributed code to use
        SunOS4.x native dynamic loading
    Contributed code from Bell Labs including vi-style editing

New ITC work:

        Motif style menu emulation, with optional pop-up menus
        Motif style scroll bar option
        Motif style dialog box option
        Motif style buttons

Changes to existing components:

    Improved Animation object that doesn't block while animating
    Improved Adew application builder w/ ability to create true
        insets (some of the new Adew features are not yet documented;
        contact Tom Neuendorffer (tpn+@andrew.cmu.edu) for more
        information)
    Improved text scrolling code that allows partial scrolling of insets
    Improved typescript completion code
    Improved tabs support (from MIT with some modification)
    Better support for handling ~ in file names (esp. w/ AFS)
    Improved RS/6000 support, including working typescript
    Color text support, including support for setting color styles in lookz
    Improved style editor, including ability to bring up lookz in a
        separate window
    Interline/Interparagraph spacing in text (and lookz)
    Improved style model, including ability to control styles with keystrokes
    Improved hyperlink, including 2 new button styles
    Raw mode reading of files and templates
    ^U handling now in interaction manager
    AFS 3.1 support
    Support for running under Sun OpenWindows
    *Lots* of small improvements

For further information related to ATK please monitor the newsgroup
comp.soft-sys.andrew.

Gary Keim
ATK Group