-*-Mode: text;-*- -[Fri Aug 15 14:20:31 1997 by cxh]- README file for ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu:/pub/ptolemy/contrib/stars This directory contains stars that were contributed by users on the net. Contents -------- audio AIFF stars from Charles B. Owen neal Various stars from Neal Becker See Also -------- $PTOLEMY/src/domains/sdf/contrib Stars that have been folded into Ptolemy ../papers/tcpSim Dorgham Sisalem's TCP Simulator Policy ------ This directory contains stars contributed by other users. The stars have not been tested, so use at your own risk. If you would like to contribute stars, send mail to ptolemy@eecs.berkeley.edu. Good stars are stars that are fairly simple to understand and that are easy to use. Complex stars that are too specialized should be avoided. Good stars should have the following: 1) An icon. It is nice if the icon has a picture, though this is not mandatory. 2) A demo. If stars have a demo, then they are that much more likely to be used. 3) Stars should be thoroughly debuged 4) Stars should compile without warnings under the latest release of Ptolemy. 5) If you have Purify, you should run your stars under it. The best way to contribute stars is as follows: 1) Create a tar file and a web page describing the stars. 2) Send mail to ptolemy@eecs.berkeley.edu with the URL. 3) We will create a link to your website and probably copy over the files and web page. If you can't create a web page, then you can tar and compress your stars and facets, uuencode them and mail them to ptolemy@eecs.berkeley.edu To create a uuencoded file: tar -cf /tmp/stars.tar icons stars/*.pl gzip /tmp/stars.tar uuencode /tmp/stars.tar.gz stars.tar.gz > stars.uu Then include the stars.uu file in a mail message.