From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 91 22:33:25 EDT From: creps@Stars.Reston.Unisys.COM Subject: RLF 2.2 now available Message-ID: <9109210233.AA15375@aviary.Stars.Reston.Unisys.COM> List-Id: Version 2.2 of the Unisys STARS Reusability Library Framework (RLF) is now available in both source code and binary forms via anonymous FTP from host "stars.rosslyn.unisys.com" in directory "pub". The source code release is in file RLF_2.2.tar.Z and the binary release is in file RLF_binary_2.2.tar.Z. Both these files are compressed Unix tar files. The RLF is a knowledge-based software system designed and implemented by Unisys Defense Systems under the auspices of the DoD Software Technology for Adaptable Reliable Systems (STARS) program, primarily to enable the development of domain-specific reuse libraries. The RLF, implemented in Ada, is extensible and is integrable with other Ada systems. The RLF includes a semantic network subsystem (AdaKNET) and a rule-driven inferencing subsystem (AdaTAU) which are used to record domain knowledge and heuristics in a form suitable for use within Ada applications, such as reuse library browsing and management tools. It runs on Sun 3 and Sun 4 workstations with SunOS 4.0.3, 4.1 or 4.1.1, and is compilable with the Verdix 6.0.3 Ada compiler. The RLF comes with a Graphical Browser tool for inspecting AdaKNET networks graphically via an X Window System interface. This interface is built on the Unisys STARS Reusable Graphical Browser (RGB), version 0.4.1, and the Unisys STARS Ada/Xt implementation, version 3.2, and these products must be obtained in order to build the RLF graphical browser from source code. They can be obtained via anonymous FTP from the same host and directory in which the RLF resides. Appended to this message are the Ada/Xt and RGB entries from the README.catalog file included in the FTP directory. RLF 2.2 features substantial enhancements to the RLF Graphical Browser application, providing a richer set of capabilities for navigating within library views, a basic inferencer invocation capability, a pattern matching search capability, a set of view management enhancements, and a variety of performance enhancements and bug fixes. Both the RLF source code and binary releases include the RLF AdaKNET, AdaTAU, Librarian, and Graphical Browser User Manuals, as well as a Version Description Document that describes this version of the RLF and provides installation instructions. The documents are provided in both plain ASCII (suffix ".tty") and Postscript (suffix ".ps0" [in some cases] and ".ps") forms, in the files listed below: VDDrlf docs/UserManual/AdaKNET_User_Manual docs/UserManual/AdaTAU_User_Manual docs/UserManual/Librarian_User_Manual docs/UserManual/RLF_Graphical_Browser_User_Manual If you do not have FTP capability, you may obtain the RLF and its supporting software on tape from the Unisys STARS Center. If you have questions about this or other RLF issues, please contact me for further information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Dick Creps Unisys Defense Systems -- -- creps@stars.reston.unisys.com STARS Center -- -- (703) 620-7100 12010 Sunrise Valley Drive -- -- (703) 620-7916 (FAX) Reston VA 22091 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ada/Xt and RGB catalog entries: =============================================================================== Filename: AdaXt_3.2.tar.Z Filetype: compressed tar Item: Ada/Xt Toolkit, Version 3.2, SunOS Implementation Description: This is the Unisys Ada implementation of the Xt toolkit (Ada/Xt), version 3.2. Included in this package are Unisys revisions to Version 1.0 of the STARS Ada/Xlib Bindings produced by Unisys, Boeing, and SAIC, an Ada implementation of the Xt intrinsics that is compatible with the joint STARS Xt interface specification, and an Ada implementation of a sample widget set. The Xlib bindings are compatible with X11R3 and X11R4. Also included in this release are the Ada/Xt Style Guide and the Ada/Xt Version Description Document, which describes this version of Ada/Xt and provides installation instructions. These documents are provided in both plain ASCII (suffix ".tty") and Postscript (suffix ".ps") forms, in the files listed below: adaxt/VDDxt adaxt/Style_Guide/styleguide Update Information: Open Windows compatibility enhanced. Memory leaks patched. Text widget improved. =============================================================================== Filename: RGB_0.4.1.tar.Z Filetype: compressed tar Item: Reusable Graphical Browser (RGB), Version 0.4.1, SunOS Implementation Description: This reusable software component implements a graphical user interface for viewing the contents of an object management system. Its purpose is to facilitate the construction of various browsing tools, serving as the user interface component of those tools. The generic application interface and tailorable user interface promote portability of graphical browsing tools by isolating them from the underlying graphics system. Tool builders need not be familiar with the intricacies of graphics packages or windowing systems to use this product. RGB is implemented in Ada, with the exception of one small routine, coded in C. The implementation is compatible with Version 11, Releases 3 and 4 of the MIT X Window System and is dependent upon the Unisys STARS Ada/Xt Toolkit. The release includes the RGB User Manual, and the RGB Version Description Document, which describes this version of RGB and provides installation instructions. The documents are provided in both plain ASCII (suffix ".tty") and Postscript (suffix ".ps") forms, in the files listed below: browser/VDDrgb browser/docs/UserManual Update Information: Improved scrolling, error detection, faster view changes. Added refresh for suppressed displays.