File: ArpCommon-19981208.zip
       Author: Angry Red Planet
      Release: 19981208 (Dec. 8, 1998)
Compatibility: R4
     Location: contrib/libraries
  Description: Angry Red Planet Common Libraries
        Notes: This is a set of class libraries that we have
               created in the course of developing BeOS applications.
               We find them fairly useful, and are releasing them
               as open source in the hope that others will as well.

               NOTE: This package only compiles under R4; don't try
               to use it with R3 or earlier!

               The main purpose of this release is to make available
               the ArpLayout library -- yes, Yet Another Layout
               Library.  In addition, the distribution includes other
               useful classes for collections, implementing and
               using "configuration interfaces" in objects, working
               with multiple directories and plug-ins, and of course
               the obligatory string class.

               The less patient among us may also want to get the
               associated ArpCommon binary archive for the platform,
               which contains a pre-compiled version of the ArpLayout
               example program.

               For more information, see
               <URL:http://www.angryredplanet.com/beos/ArpCommon.html>.

           *** Please remove the old file, ArpCommon_970816.zip.

               Also, this is distributed in three separate zip files:
               ArpCommon-19981208.zip is the source code;
               ArpCommon-19981208-bin-ppc.zip are PPC binaries; and
               ArpCommon-19981208-bin-x86.zip are Intel binaries.

               Thanks!