berman@volvo.UUCP ( A. Michael Berman ) (02/27/88)
To: xpert@athena.mit.edu Subject: RTLMenus Release 3 --text follows this line-- The third (final?) release of RTLMenus has been ftp'd to zap.mit.edu. With luck, it will make the X11.R2 tape (I don't know what the deadline is/was). Here's the README file for this release: RTLMenus Version 1.2 Release 3.1 This is the second public release of the RTLMenus package. It is intended to be distributed with Release 2 of Version 11, X Window System. Since this code was written under Release 1, there could be incompatibilities; if this happens, patches will be distributed. Major changes from Version 1.0: * Several major bugs and many minor bugs fixed. * Should work correctly with multiple bitplanes. * A new option (forgetlast) added so that the feature of automatically recalling the last menu selection can be disabled. * Include files rationalized (this will require you to change your includes slightly if you have Version 1.0.) * A new type, "generic", is defined for associating data with menu items. * The rtlmenu and menu "packages" have been merged into one --- this is an internal change. I would be very interested in receiving reports from anyone using this package --- send a note to berman@siemens.com. I'd also appreciate receiving any modifications/improvements/ fixes that you might make. --Mike Berman, 2/25/88 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% README from Version 1.0: This menu package was written at Siemens Research and Technologies Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, in the second half of 1987. The original basis for the source file menu.c was the menu package for version X10/6.6 of xterm (misc.c). We thank the programmers who gave us this basis from which to expand. We wrote this package to meet the needs of the RTL Tiled Windows window manager which is under development here. We have simulated much of the functionality of the SunWindows Toolkit menus. The package has been tested only on Suns. We welcome enhancements and changes, and we would appreciate hearing about them. We'll be glad to accept bug reports, but we can't support this package beyond our own needs. We are making it available because you 1) may be able to use it, and 2) may learn some tricks from it. We found the DBUG C Program Debugging Package by Fred Fish to be useful in debugging track_menu.c. The DBUG macros remain, so you can use them to trace the code if you have DBUG available. The Makefile assumes you do NOT have DBUG, and turns it off. Adam J. Richter of UC Berkeley wrote an initial version of the menus while he was here last summer. Joe Camaratta and Mike Berman designed and built the present version. This work was performed with the guidance of Ellis Cohen and the assistance of Mark Biggers. We thank those who beta-tested the menus; in particular, thanks to George Sherouse and Mark Baushke for their useful suggestions. --Mike Berman berman@siemens.com (609)734-6500 x2293