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Randall Beer | 3 Apr 2004 01:28
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FPC-PPC Version 0.2

I've just released a minor update to FPC-PPC, which compiles Lisp 
double-float functions and expressions directly into PPC assembly 
language for faster execution and considerably less consing.

Changes
   - FPC-PPC has been updated to work with OpenMCL 0.14 and above
   - Fixed a VSP adjustment bug that occasionally corrupted the value 
stack
     (Thanks to James Anderson for finding this)
   - :FPC-PPC is now added to *FEATURES*

Thanks to Gary King for testing this update. Of course, any bugs that 
still exist are my fault, not his!

The software and documentation can be found at: 
http://vorlon.cwru.edu/~beer/index.html#Software

Randy
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Kim Young Hoo | 6 Apr 2004 10:45
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ftp.digitool.com is OK?


Hello,

I want to download some User Contributed Code from
	

	http://www.hotdispatch.com/mcl or

	ftp.digitool.com

but I can't now.

I need account for downloading ?
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Kim Young Hoo | 6 Apr 2004 10:55
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No, There isn't problem.


I see there isn't some file in ftp now. (HotDispatch link is too old.)

Sorry.

Young Hoo.
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Terje Norderhaug | 7 Apr 2004 05:35

Contrib: Aqua appearance for MCL

Appearance-MCL 1.4 updates MCL 5 to a sleek Aqua look & feel. When used
under MacOS8/9 or with MCL 4.3.1/4.3.5, it provides a smooth Carbon
appearance. After loading this contribution, MCL will no longer look like
it has one foot in MacOS 7. Download from:

   http://www.in-progress.com/src/appearance-mcl.lisp

The new version is upgraded for MCL 5.0 (and the new beta, which may or may
not exist, depending on whether you have signed the form promising not to
discuss its existence ;-). Appearance-MCL no longer requires any of the
Appearance Manager modules, and has improved functionality under MCL 4.3.1
and 4.3.5.

New in this version is modern looking Inspectors, Fred- and Listener
Commands windows, Backtrace and Processes dialogs. The Fred editor matches
better with Aqua. 3D buttons and Table Dialog Items are finally theme
compliant. The Multi-pane-view and Tab-Bar-View of the Appearance Manager
also appear like they should in Aqua.

One useful addition is the support for theme font keywords in font specs,
which makes it easier to use theme compliant fonts in your user interfaces.
You can for example use the keyword :system-font to get the default font,
or :small-system-font to get the standard smaller default font. There are
similar keywords for theme brushes and theme cursors.

I recommend that you load the contribution into MCL and see for yourself
what it does for your applications and development environment.

-- Terje <terje@...> | Media Design in*Progress
   Software for Mac Web Professionals at <http://www.in-progress.com>
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Brian Mastenbrook | 7 Apr 2004 14:54
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Re: Contrib: Aqua appearance for MCL

On Apr 6, 2004, at 10:35 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:

> Appearance-MCL 1.4 updates MCL 5 to a sleek Aqua look & feel. When used
> under MacOS8/9 or with MCL 4.3.1/4.3.5, it provides a smooth Carbon
> appearance. After loading this contribution, MCL will no longer look 
> like
> it has one foot in MacOS 7. Download from:
>
>    http://www.in-progress.com/src/appearance-mcl.lisp
>
> The new version is upgraded for MCL 5.0 (and the new beta, which may 
> or may
> not exist, depending on whether you have signed the form promising not 
> to
> discuss its existence ;-). Appearance-MCL no longer requires any of the
> Appearance Manager modules, and has improved functionality under MCL 
> 4.3.1
> and 4.3.5.
>
> New in this version is modern looking Inspectors, Fred- and Listener
> Commands windows, Backtrace and Processes dialogs. The Fred editor 
> matches
> better with Aqua. 3D buttons and Table Dialog Items are finally theme
> compliant. The Multi-pane-view and Tab-Bar-View of the Appearance 
> Manager
> also appear like they should in Aqua.

Hi Terje,

When I load appearance-mcl into my MCL 4.3.5, the inspector windows
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Terje Norderhaug | 8 Apr 2004 18:55

Re: Contrib: Aqua appearance for MCL

At 8:39 AM 4/7/04, Alexander Repenning wrote:
>On Apr 6, 2004, at 9:35 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:
>> Appearance-MCL 1.4 updates MCL 5 to a sleek Aqua look & feel. When used
>> under MacOS8/9 or with MCL 4.3.1/4.3.5, it provides a smooth Carbon
>> appearance. After loading this contribution, MCL will no longer look
>> like it has one foot in MacOS 7. Download from:
>>
>>    http://www.in-progress.com/src/appearance-mcl.lisp
>
> I hope Digitool does include this but not at patch or example but as
> the main/default code. Theme compliance should not be an example.

It is my intention and hope that Digitool integrates the functionality of
appearance-mcl into the core code of the next release of MCL.

However, Digitool seems to often be shy in making major changes to central
code, supposedly to minimize the risk of breaking existing user code. The
MCL developer community can help to overcome this hurdle and facilitate
faster progress by verifying the compatabilty of appearance-mcl.

I thus encourage MCL developers to thouroughly check out appearance-mcl
with MCL 5 (and the new beta) and let me know if you encounter ANY
conflicts with your own code, MCL examples or other contributions. That way
we can quickly get an overview of problems so they can be eliminated or
documented. This will allow Digitool to confidently make immediate use of
the appearance-mcl code to upgrade MCL.

-- Terje <terje@...> | Media Design in*Progress
   Software for Mac Web Professionals at <http://www.in-progress.com>
   Take Advantage of Server Side XML and XSL with Interaction 4.0!
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Glen Foy | 8 Apr 2004 19:51

Re: Contrib: Aqua appearance for MCL

Terje,

Thanks very much for this.  An outstanding job!!

***********************************************************
* Glen Foy
* www.clairvaux.org
* "I asked my sister the Cherry Tree what she knew of God,
*  and the Cherry bloomed."           -- Francis of Assisi
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On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 11:35 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:

> Appearance-MCL 1.4 updates MCL 5 to a sleek Aqua look & feel. When used
> under MacOS8/9 or with MCL 4.3.1/4.3.5, it provides a smooth Carbon
> appearance. After loading this contribution, MCL will no longer look 
> like
> it has one foot in MacOS 7. Download from:
>
>    http://www.in-progress.com/src/appearance-mcl.lisp
>
> The new version is upgraded for MCL 5.0 (and the new beta, which may 
> or may
> not exist, depending on whether you have signed the form promising not 
> to
> discuss its existence ;-). Appearance-MCL no longer requires any of the
> Appearance Manager modules, and has improved functionality under MCL 
> 4.3.1
> and 4.3.5.
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Terje Norderhaug | 8 Apr 2004 20:26

Re: Contrib: Aqua appearance for MCL

At 9:55 AM 4/8/04, Terje Norderhaug wrote:
>At 8:39 AM 4/7/04, Alexander Repenning wrote:
>>On Apr 6, 2004, at 9:35 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:
>>> Appearance-MCL 1.4 updates MCL 5 to a sleek Aqua look & feel. When used
>>> under MacOS8/9 or with MCL 4.3.1/4.3.5, it provides a smooth Carbon
>>> appearance. After loading this contribution, MCL will no longer look
>>> like it has one foot in MacOS 7. Download from:
>>>
>>>    http://www.in-progress.com/src/appearance-mcl.lisp
>>
>> I hope Digitool does include this but not at patch or example but as
>> the main/default code. Theme compliance should not be an example.
>
>It is my intention and hope that Digitool integrates the functionality of
>appearance-mcl into the core code of the next release of MCL.
>
>However, Digitool seems to often be shy in making major changes to central
>code, supposedly to minimize the risk of breaking existing user code. The
>MCL developer community can help to overcome this hurdle and facilitate
>faster progress by verifying the compatabilty of appearance-mcl.
>
>I thus encourage MCL developers to thouroughly check out appearance-mcl
>with MCL 5 (and the new beta) and let me know if you encounter ANY
>conflicts with your own code, MCL examples or other contributions.
>That way we can quickly get an overview of problems so they can be
>eliminated or documented.

I'd also like to hear from MCL developers that have applied Appearance-MCL
without encountering problems or conflicts with your own code, MCL examples
or other contributions. Please include information about the environment
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Brian Mastenbrook | 9 Apr 2004 01:08
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Problem running MCL 4.3.5 under Classic

Howdy,

I've been experiencing an intermittent problem launching MCL 4.3.5 
under Classic. Occasionally when I launch it, it'll pop up with:

 > Error in process Initial: value #<A Dead Mac Pointer> is not of the 
expected type MACPTR.
 > While executing: #<CCL::STANDARD-KERNEL-METHOD 
SET-MENU-ITEM-CHECK-MARK (MENU-ITEM T)>

And very occasionally there's nothing I can do to make it launch except 
to log out and log in again (not even restarting Classic works).

Has anybody seen this before? For what it's worth, I'm running it under 
OS X 10.3.

Brian
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Brian Mastenbrook
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Terje Norderhaug | 9 Apr 2004 01:56

MCL 4.3.1 Post Release Patches

I am reinstalling MCL 4.3.1 on a computer with a legacy version of the
MacOS. However, the MCL 4.3.1 distribution in the Previous MCL Releases
folder of the MCL 5 CD does not include the post release patches [which
would have been a good idea - perhaps Digitool could do that in the
future...].

Unfortunately, the post release patches are not available anymore from
<http://www.digitool.com/patches-431.html> nor were I able to find them on
the FTP server.

Does anybody know where to find the post release patches for MCL 4.3.1, or
could perhaps Digitool restore their folder on the FTP server? Thanks.

-- Terje <terje@...> | Media Design in*Progress
   Software for Mac Web Professionals at <http://www.in-progress.com>
   Take Advantage of Server Side XML and XSL with Interaction 4.0!
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