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pub/Smalltalk/MANCHESTER/misc/st80_pre4/Actalk-Env=2.5/CATALOG-CARD
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''	NAME		Actalk-Env=2.5
	AUTHOR		Loic Lescaudron <loic@litp.ibp.fr> and Jean-Pierre Briot <briot@litp.ibp.fr>
	CONTRIBUTOR	briot@litp.ibp.fr and loic@litp.ibp.fr
	FUNCTION	Environment for experimenting with various actor languages
	ST-VERSIONS	pre R4.0
	PREREQUISITES	none
	CONFLICTS	none (as far as we know)
	DISTRIBUTION	world
	VERSION		1.2
	DATE		22/04/91
	SUMMARY
The Actalk platform provides an environment for experimenting
with actor languages in Smalltalk-80. It includes a small kernel
(indexed as Actalk in the archive library) and several extensions
to simulate concepts and constructs from various actor languages.
The platform includes the kernel, extensions (simulating constructs
from Gul Agha's actor model and ABCL/1), and various examples.
It also includes programming environment tools such as an
interface generator for actors, a generic scheduler, and a tool for
statistics on actors lifetime and scheduling, called the chronogram.
The environment also includes some quick on-line tutorial
(currently in french!!). For a first info about the project, look at
ECOOP'89 proceedings. References to other publications are provided
in the README file.

There are currently two versions depending on the Smalltalk-80
supporting version: version 2.5, and on-coming version 4.0
(expected in early October 92). Both versions include a set of
source files, a fileIn, and a README file.

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UPDATE: NEW VERSION OF ACTALK IN SMALLTALK-80 4.1
Date of the update: 4 October 1994
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Actalk is a testbed for modeling, classifying and experimenting
with various object-oriented concurrent programming (OOCP) languages
and constructs (including synchronization strategies).

Since May 1994, there is a new version (version 3) of Actalk
implemented in Smalltalk-80 4.1.

Compared with this version of Actalk in Smalltalk-80 2.5,
Actalk version 3 offers:

	implementation in Objectworks\Smalltalk release 4.1,
	slight cleanup and further decomposition/parameterization
		of the architecture,
	many more extensions and examples
		(e.g., various strategies for synchronization
		of message acceptance,
		implicit reply for a better integration within
		standard Smalltalk-80 methods,
		and more...),
	fully commented classes plus some documentation.

Meanwhile, version 3 does not include (yet) the programming
environment tools developed in version 2.5 by Loic Lescaudron.

Actalk version 3 system and related documentation/publications
are available through WWW (world wide web)/Mosaic as well as simple
(and anonymous) ftp:

http://web.yl.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/members/briot/actalk/actalk.html

ftp camille.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp; cd pub/members/briot/actalk
	and its mirror image:
ftp ftp.ibp.fr; cd /ibp/softs/litp/actalk

There is a README file as a starter info.

This is a prototype platform not a product!! Have fun!!
''!


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pub/Smalltalk/MANCHESTER/misc/st80_pre4/ParagraphEditor-gnukeys.st
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''	NAME		ParagraphEditor-gnukeys
	AUTHOR		alan@cs.man.ac.uk
	FUNCTION arrow keys etc work; text search; maths font 
	ST-VERSIONS	pre R4.0
	PREREQUISITES	 
	CONFLICTS	
	DISTRIBUTION  	global
	VERSION		1.2
	DATE	7 March 1989
	MODIFICATIONS  for BrouHaHa 19/3/92	bp@cs.hull.ac.uk 
SUMMARY	ParagraphEditor-gnukeys
	assigns functions to the Sun arrow keys	and other function keys.
	Subgoodies that come with it include
		greek/maths font
		shift/LF ->	rotate through paste buffer
		key L7  -> next key is greek/maths
		key L10 -> tells you what the other keys do
		key R3  -> text search
		red&yellow mouse buttons together = do-it
	source: alan@ux.cs.man.ac.uk 2/2/88--22/1/90. (ST version 2.3, 2.5 on Sun)
''!

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pub/Smalltalk/MANCHESTER/misc/st80_pre4/Graphics-Rope.st
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''	NAME		Graphics-Rope
	AUTHOR		tek
	FUNCTION Adds a stringy rope graphic that you can try to knot
	ST-VERSIONS	pre R4.0
	PREREQUISITES	 
	CONFLICTS	
	DISTRIBUTION  	world
	VERSION		1.1
	DATE	22 Jan 1989
''!