TIDE README


	1) Introduction

	| TIDE, Version 3.0.0
	| Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Nils M Holm. All rights reserved.
	| See the file LICENSE for conditions of use.

	TIDE is a collection of add-on classes for the T3X language.

	TIDE is also the name of the (obsolete) T3X IDE which is
	no longer contained in this package and can now be found in
	the 'programs' section of the T3X home page:

	| http://www.t3x.org/T3X/programs.html

	The classes contained in this archive include:

	- a configuration file management class
	- a file services class (copy/move files, etc)
	- a class for managing persistent structures
	- a non-visual ASCII editor class
	- a visual ASCII editor class
	- a directory navigation and file selection class
	- a forms class
	- a menu class
	- a prompt class
	- a table I/O class

	This archive also contains some experimental and/or non-portable
	classes:

	- an X11-only version of the GFXCTL class
	- the SYSMEM class providing an interfac to malloc() and friends
	  on Unix platforms


	2) Installation 

	A T3X compiler (Release 7.1 or later) is required to build
	and/or use the TIDE classes.

	To install TIDE on a Unix system, type

	| make all
	| make install	# root permissions required

	To install the tools on a DOS system, type

	| make -f Makefile.DOS all
	| make -f Makefile.DOS install

	There is no binary distribution of the TIDE classes, since
	they are trivial to compile.


	3) Getting Started

	There is a documentation file in structured document format for
	each class in this archive. Structured documents have a .sd
	suffix. For example, the documentation to the CONFIG class is
	contained in the file 'config.sd'.

	SD files are best viewed using TXHELP, but any ASCII editor or
	browser will suffice.


	4) Availability

	The latest version can be found at http://www.t3x.org/T3X.

	Comments may be sent to t3x@t3x.org.