[Smartfrog-announce] New release: SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha

[Julio G. <ju...@us...>]

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     SmartFrog
   3.02.000_alpha
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The SmartFrog framework is released under LGPL license.

Running the core system requires a platform with Java 1.4.2=20
(or above) installed. Ant 1.6.1 is required to (re)compile
the SmartFrog sources.

The system has mainly been tested on=20
Win32 and Linux.=20

The SmartFrog software package can be downloaded in=20
gzipped tar or zip formats and in two different packages:

 - SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha.20040407_DIST: binaries and=20
   documentation.

 - SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha. 20040407_ALL: sources, binaries
   and documentation.

Main Changes since 3.01.003_alpha
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Language:
  - New Language operators:=20
      Some operators are unary prefix (!)=20
      Some are binary (- / >=3D <=3D > < =3D=3D !=3D)
      Some are nary (+ * && || ++ <>)   (<> is vector append, ++ is =
string concatenation)

  - New: It is now possible to use if-then-else for defining an =
attribute value
      x IF (! (foo > 5)) THEN 42 ELSE (foo + 12) FI;

  - New: It is now possible to use non-lazy references in the definition =
of a vector, such as
      [1,2,x]

  - New: THIS and NULL keywords.

Deployment engine:
  - Fix: subprocess creation/use race condition

  - New: command line options changed completely

  - New: new entry points to framework. Smarfrog can now easyliy be =
embedded: CDDLM components and SmartFrog ANT tasks.

Please, see changes.txt for a complete description of changes.



Installing and Getting Started=20
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The system is unpacked from the download package and=20
installed as follows:=20

- Choose a suitable directory in which to unpack the system.=20
  (Don't use directory names including spaces, as these can=20
  interfere with correct functioning of the system=20
  shell-scripts.)=20

- Copy the downloaded package into this directory, and=20
  unpack the system as follows:=20
   - On Unix, execute:=20
    "tar xvfz SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha.20040407_DIST.tar.gz"=20

   - On Windows, use Winzip or similar (retaining the folder=20
     names) to extract the files into the directory you=20
     created in (1), or use the Java "jar" utility:=20
     "jar xvf SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha. 20040407_DIST.zip"=20

  This will create a top-level directory=20
  named "SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha"=20

- Review the documents=20
  " SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha /readme.txt" and
  " SmartFrog.3.02.000.alpha /dist/docs/sfUserManual.pdf" for=20
   an introduction to the system, remaining installation=20
   instructions and guidelines for running examples.