andrew was re x toolkits excerpts from netnews comp windows x apr x toolkits paul prescod undergrad m i get the impression andrew is from the fsf but i don t know what it looks like either the andrew user interface system is supported maintained enhanced and distributed by the andrew consortium carnegie mellon the distribution terms are those of the x consortium not the gnu public license thus anyone can commercially exploit the andrew code without restriction to encourage membership however we defer universal release of the latest versions until consortium members have had an opportunity to explore the new capabilities to se what auis looks like you can try a remote demo you need an x server r is best on a machine linked to the internet give the command finger help atk itc cmu edu for instructions note the demo version does not use the motif look and feel scrollbar but one is available you can use it on the demo by changing an option in the preferences file and starting a new editor the andrew toolkit component of auis is ideal if you want to build applications using compound documents andrew s major feature is its architecture for recursive embedding of objects equation in table in figure in text for example this architecture extends to areas not usually found in toolkits including file stream formats cut paste and printing andrew also provides some of the most commonly requested applications word processor spreadsheet drawing editor and font editor the latter two are in version which will be generally released on the xr tape in december fred hansen director andrew consortium
