**** System components ****
The following is a complete list of the system components included in this release. Details about the relationship of each component to the previous release and pointers to documentation and DF files appear in the "Summary of Release Components" section, below.
The field after the package name indicates what has changed. It can take the following values:
<Cedar> component is from Cedar 4.4; obtain it from [Indigo]<Cedar>
post component is a snapshot of the most recent PostCedar version
new component is new for this release
old component is unchanged from the ISL 4.4 version
minor component only has minor bugs fixed and/or simple recompilation
major component has significant changes
gone component is omitted from this release
** Cedar packages of general interest **
AMModel <Cedar> In boot file
AMProcess <Cedar> In boot file
AMTypes <Cedar> In boot file
Binder <Cedar>
BootTool <Cedar>
BravoToTioga <Cedar>
BugBane <Cedar> Partly in boot file (InterpreterPackage)
CedarReals <Cedar> In boot file
CedarRoot minor In boot file
CedarScanner <Cedar> In boot file
CedarSnapshot <Cedar> In boot file
Chat post
CIFS <Cedar> In boot file
ClientFileTool <Cedar>
Clock <Cedar>
CoFork <Cedar>
Commander <Cedar> In boot file
Compiler <Cedar>
Cypress <Cedar>
DateAndTime <Cedar> In boot file
DebugTool <Cedar>
DFFiles minor
FileTool <Cedar>
FileTransferCommands <Cedar>
FlushUnneededTempFiles <Cedar>
FootBall <Cedar>
Forms post
GrapevineUser <Cedar> In boot file
Graphics <Cedar> In boot file
IconRegistry <Cedar>
IncludeChecker <Cedar>
Init minor installation command files
InitHacks post
IntervalTimer <Cedar> In boot file
InterpreterTool <Cedar> In boot file
IO <Cedar> In boot file
ListsAndAtoms <Cedar> In boot file
Lupine <Cedar>
Maintain minor
Manual <Cedar>
MCross <Cedar>
Modeller <Cedar>
NewStuff <Cedar>
OnlineMergeSort <Cedar>
PerfStats <Cedar>
PlotPackage <Cedar>
Poplar <Cedar>
Print <Cedar>
Pup <Cedar> In boot file
Random <Cedar>
ReadEvalPrint <Cedar> In boot file
RedBlackTree <Cedar>
RedBlackTreeRef <Cedar>
Reminder <Cedar>
Resource <Cedar> In boot file
Rigging <Cedar> In boot file
SafeStorage <Cedar> In boot file
SampleTool <Cedar>
Scaled <Cedar>
Set <Cedar>
SirPress post
Spell <Cedar> In boot file
Spy <Cedar>
STP <Cedar>
Talker <Cedar>
Tank <Cedar>
Tioga <Cedar> In boot file
TIP minor In boot file
TSetter post
UECP <Cedar>
Unique <Cedar>
UserExec <Cedar>
UserProfile minor In boot file
Viewers minor In boot file
ViewRec <Cedar>
VTables <Cedar>
Walnut gone
Watch <Cedar>
Waterlily <Cedar>
** Cedar packages of special interest **
AlpineUser <Cedar>
AMEvents <Cedar> In boot file
BasicHeads <Cedar> In boot file
BCD <Cedar>
Booting <Cedar> In boot file
BTree <Cedar> Replaces BTrees.df
BTrees <Cedar> Obsolete. Use BTree.df for new stuff.
CIFSCommands <Cedar>
ColorPackage <Cedar> In boot file
Communication <Cedar> In boot file
CompatibilityPackage <Cedar> In boot file
D0Microcode <Cedar>
DLionMicrocode <Cedar>
DoradoMicrocode <Cedar>
Germ <Cedar>
IFSFile <Cedar>
Inscript <Cedar> In boot file
Lister <Cedar>
Loader <Cedar> In boot file
MakeBoot <Cedar>
Othello <Cedar> Separate boot file
Packager <Cedar>
PGS <Cedar>
PilotKernel <Cedar> In boot file
Pupwatch <Cedar>
RopeFile post
RPCRuntime <Cedar> In boot file
ScanZones <Cedar>
Sequin <Cedar>
SpaceWatch <Cedar>
SpecialTerminal <Cedar> In boot file
Squirrel <Cedar>
STPServer <Cedar>
TerminalMultiplex <Cedar> In boot file
TTYIO <Cedar> In boot file
UserCredentials <Cedar> In boot file
VersionMap <Cedar> In boot file
VersionMapBuilder minor
WorldVM <Cedar> In boot file
** ISL packages **
AIS minor
BandsClient old
Callig old
CGBands old
CKViewer minor
ColorCRTTool old
ColorDemo minor
ColorTool new
Dither minor
DitherAIS old
DunnSlides new
EncryptTool old
ExecHacks new
FastMouse new
Fit old
FontEdit new
GL old
GraphicsToPress old
IconEditor old
IPDefs old
IPOut old
JaMObjectEdit old
Map old
Math minor
MonitorTool minor
ParametricMap old
Peanut old
PressFontIO old
PressIP old
PressReader minor
Roots gone
ShowPress major
Sliders old
SolidModeler major
SolidViews major
SplinePkg old
StartHRM new
StyleTool old
TJaMGraphics old
Video gone
**** Summary of Release Components ****
Note: In the descriptions that follow the DF file or files for a component are located on [Indigo]<ISLCedar>Top> unless otherwise specified. If the documentation file name is not a path, it is assumed to be accessible using the DF file name and BringOver, i.e.,
BringOver /o DocFileName DFFileName
In general, documentation is stored on
[Indigo]<ISLCedar>Documentation>ComponentName.tioga
but there are occasional exceptions. For brevity, we do not list Component.Press if Component.Tioga exists, and we do not include [Indigo]<ISLCedar>Documentation> in the file name if that is the prefix. If not specified, the host is assumed to be [Indigo].
Components are listed below only if there has been a change for this release. Unless otherwise indicated, questions about changes in individual components should be addressed to their implementors.
AIS
DF file: AIS.df
Documentation: See interface and [Indigo]<AltoDocs>AISManual.press
Implementor: Stone
Bug fixes.
CedarRoot
DF file: CedarRoot.df
Documentation: none
Implementor: last changed by Wyatt
Automatic installation gets files from <ISLCedar>.
CKViewer
DF file: CKViewer.df
Documentation: CKViewerDoc.tioga
Implementor: Pier
Uses Commander instead of UserExec for registration.
ColorDemo
DF file: ColorDemo.df
Documentation: ColorDemoDoc.tioga
Implementor: Beach
ColorDemo now demonstrates color dithering and color map manipulation. Performance improvement by modifying it to run on 8-bit color display instead of 24-bits.
ColorTool
DF file: ColorTool.df
Documentation: See below
Implementors: Plebon, Stone
The ColorTool is a new package for manipulating the color of a patch using any of a variety of color schemes. The schemes supported are RGB (red, green, blue), HSV (hue, saturation, value), HSL (hue, saturation, lightness), and CNS (color naming scheme). The principal mode of interaction is by manipulating sliders. The color schemes are all interrelated and this tool provides a convenient means to experiment among them.
DFFiles
DF file: DFFiles.df
Documentation: DFFiles.tioga
Implementors: Schmidt, Atkinson, Wyatt
SModel /p now works reasonably for ReleaseAs locations other than [Indigo]<Cedar>.
Dither
DF file: Dither.df
Documentation: See implementor
Implementor: Lamming
Changed default settings for input separation filenames.
DunnSlides
DF file: DunnSlides.df
Documentation: HowToMakeSlides.tioga
Implementor: Beach
A sample of how to make 35 mm color slides for presentations using the 1000-line color monitor and Dunn film recorder.
ExecHacks
DF file: ExecHacks.df
Documentation: See below
Implementor: McGregor
I'm not sure who uses the Commander these days, but here are a few hacks that may make life more tolerable for those who do...
New menu buttons in each Commander window include "Compile", "Redo", and "Reset".
"Compile" works pretty much like the UserExec version except that it doesn't Bind if you click other mouse buttons and it protects you from compiling the commander if you accidently have a point selection there when you click. "Redo" is a simple replay of the last command, i.e. there is no "pointing to the command you want to redo" although that would be easy to add. "Reset" flushes the previous contents of the commander typescript (frees VM).
FastMouse
DF file: FastMouse.df
Documentation: See below
Implementors: Plass, Beach
A hack to accelerate the cursor motion on the display when moved by large gestures. Major refinements since Scott McGregor introduced it to the Cedar world: a continuous acceleration function and correct behavior when used with a color display.
Two user profile options are provided:
FastMouse.Threshold: the threshold speed, in dots per sample, above which cursor acceleration applies
FastMouse.AmpxTen: acceleration factor times 10, that is 10 means no acceleration, 20 means move the mouse twice as fast, and so on.
FontEdit
DF file: FontEdit.df
Documentation: FontEditDoc.tioga
Implementor: Plass
New package for editing Strike and KernedStrike fonts.
Init
DF file: Init.df
Documentation: Installation command files
Implementor: Wyatt
Modified to work for <ISLCedar>.
Maintain
DF file: Maintain.df
Documentation: Introduction to Cedar, [Indigo]<Grapevine>Docs>Interface.press
Implementor: Birrell; last changed by Wyatt
Registers with Commander instead of UserExec; no longer includes copies of GrapevineUser and GrapevineCedar.
Math
DF file: Math.df
Documentation: Math.tioga
Implementor: Plass
Added Polynomial.CheapRealRoots, for when the degree is five or less.
MonitorTool
DF file: MonitorTool.df
Documentation: MonitorTool.tioga, or see implementor
Implementor: Pier
NTSC compatibility feature added to tool functions.
Uses Commander instead of UserExec for registration.
PressReader
DF file: PressReader.df
Documentation: PressReader.tioga
Implementor: Plass
Performance improvement for reading press files containing large bitmaps.
Roots
Withdrawn. This component is now included in SolidModeler.df.
ShowPress
DF file: ShowPress.df
Documentation: ShowPress.tioga
Implementors: Plass, Beach
Performance improvement for displaying press files containing large bitmaps and incorporating ViewerBLT techniques.
SolidModeler
DF file: SolidModeler.df
Implementor: Bier
see SolidViews
SolidViews
DF file: SolidViews.df (also SolidModeler.df, Roots.df)
Documentation: SolidviewsManual.tioga
Implementor: Bier
Changes announced 12 Aug 83
A number of new features have been added and a number of bugs have been fixed. In particular:
Multiple named cameras: The user can now create and edit a number of named camera settings. These settings are stored in the pic file so they can be used from session to session. The camera setting information includes the origin of the camera, a focal point to look towards, a camera slant, focal length, ray tracing resolution, a bounding frame for ray tracing, and a set of clipping planes.
As the above suggests, Solidviews now supports clipping planes in the wireframe and shaded drawing styles. However, Solidviews may not correctly ray-trace drawings where the camera is positioned in the interior of a (negative) volume.
Similarly, tilting the camera is a new feature, as is the ability to edit the size of the bounding box for ray tracing by hand.
Interface changes: File loading is now more like Tioga. Select the file name with the mouse and click Get or Store. You may use the solid viewer area labeled "Text:" as a place to type the name if you like.
Bug fixes: Most old pic files should load properly. The Clear function wires up the edittool to the new empty scene as it should. If you use the standard hither clipping plane, provided with the default camera setting, objects will no longer run into the camera, producing nasty error messages. Cylinders should not have a bite taken out of them when you ray trace them and should ray trace properly end-on.
The documentation has been updated; it is hightly recommended that you read sections:
Saving and Restoring Pictures, Editing Camera Parameters, and Shadows.
Changes announced 19 Aug 83
I highly recommend that you convert to this version. Many bugs have been fixed including: Solidviews would draw polygons on the color display, but only in black and white. The background color was not displayed in shaded drawing mode. Clear would load the NoName scene properly, but would use whatever camera was lying around.
The documentation is up to date and is stored on SolidviewsManual.tioga (not SolidviewsManual.doc as before), and SolidviewsManual.press. I recommend that users read the Visible Assemblies and Camera Order paragraphs of the Editing Camera Parameters section, and the Dither Color Map and Half Spaces paragraphs of the Known Bugs section.
New features:
1) Visible Assemblies. You may specify a list of assemblies which are visible in a particular camera. Only these will be drawn in wireframe, shaded, and normals drawing styles.
2) Half spaces. Half spaces can be drawn in wireframe and ray tracing modes. However, they not properly clipped (i.e. with respect to a hither clipping plane) in wireframe mode, so the ray tracing results may be surprising. Ray tracing may produce strange results in complex scenes; I don't believe I have all of the special cases ironed out. Half spaces don't show up at all in shaded drawing mode (or do they blow up the world?). Caution is advised.
3) Some hardcopy buttons have gone away because they no longer work.
4) Dither automatically calls DrawDither when it is done.
5) Ray tracing tori should be a little faster.
StartHRM
DF file: StartHRM.df
Documentation: See below
Implementor: Pier
If you are using the Conrac monitor in high resolution mode, you can Run StartHRM instead of running MonitorTool and clicking at it.
TIP
DF file: TIP.df
Documentation: TIP.documentation, TIP.syntax
Implementor: last changed by McGregor
Bug fixes.
UserProfile
DF file: UserProfile.df
Documentation: UserProfileDoc.tioga
Implementor: Teitelman; last changed by Wyatt
Changed the following fields in the default User.profile:
UserCategory: Advanced (formerly Intermediate)
Hardcopy.PressPrinter: Menlo (formerly Clover)
VersionMapBuilder
DF file: VersionMapBuilder.df
Documentation: see interface and command files
Implementor: Atkinson; last changed by Wyatt
Slightly altered command files to make version maps for <ISLCedar>.
Video
Withdrawn. Some of Video's functionality has moved into MonitorTool.
Viewers
DF file: Viewers.df
Documentation: ViewerDoc.tioga
Implementors: McGregor, Maxwell, Pausch
Bug fixes. ViewerBLT stuff should now work correctly on the color display.