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                   XIT -- The X User Interface Toolkit
            
  Copyright (c) 1992: Research Group DRUID
                      Department of Computer Science
                      University of Stuttgart
                      Breitwiesenstr. 20-22
                      W-7000 Stuttgart 80
                      Germany

                      Juergen Herczeg
                      Hubertus Hohl
                      Matthias Ressel
                      Phone:  (+49|0) 711 7816 {364,359}
                      E-mail: druid@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de


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XIT (X User Interface Toolkit) is an object-oriented user interface
toolkit for the X Window System based on Common Lisp, CLOS, CLX, and
CLUE.  It has been developed by the Research Group DRUID at the
Department of Computer Science of the University of Stuttgart as a
framework for Common Lisp/CLOS applications with graphical user
interfaces for the X Window System.  The work is based on the USIT
system developed by the Research Group INFORM at the University of
Stuttgart.

With XIT, user interfaces for various applications in different
application domains have been implemented, e.g., high-level user
interface development tools (partly included in the XIT distribution),
programming tools for CLOS, information systems, and multimedia
applications.

Although the system kernel is quite stable, XIT is still under
development, i.e. bugs are fixed, modifications and extensions are
made whenever new requirements arise.


Copying:
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Copying of part or all of any file in the XIT package
is allowed under the conditions listed in the file COPYRIGHT_NOTICE.
 

Version:
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The currently distributed version of XIT is 5.8.
Changes to previous releases can be found in the file CHANGES.


Installation:
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Installation instructions can be found in the file INSTALLATIONS.

Bugs:
=====

Please report bugs, enhancements and other comments, especially positive
or negative experiences, to the following e-mail address:

  xit@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
 
Thanks.


Documentation:
==============

Compressed PostScript files for the XIT Manual and several papers can
be found in the directory doc (see local README file for further details).


Examples:
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Example programs demonstrating the basic functionality and extent
of XIT can be found in the directory examples (see local README file
for instructions on how to start the demos).


Utilities:
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Several utility programs are distributed with XIT. They can be found
in the directory utilities (see local README file
for instructions on how to start them).


Metasystem and Construction Kit:
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XIT provides a metasystem and construction kit for interactively
building and modifying user interfaces by means of visual programming,
e.g., an interface builder (cf. XIT Manual). These subsystems can be
found in the directories xam and xact, respectively.



Thanks again for your interest in XIT, and we hope that it works
well for you. 

   The DRUIDs

