This the Macintosh distribution of XLISP-STAT Release 3. This
distribution is available for anonymous ftp from umnstat.stat.umn.edu
(128.101.51.1) in directory pub/xlispstat/macintosh. The main
distribution is in the self extracting archive file
xlispstat-3-??.sea.hqx, where ?? corresponds to the current minor
release number. This release is experimental. A possibly more stable
release, but one that does not support the new features of Release 3,
is available in pub/xlispstat/macintosh/old.

This distribution includes a version of XLISP-STAT for 68K Macs with a
coprocessor along with support files.  Two other applications are
available:

	'XLISP-STAT 3.?? 020' in xlispstat-3-??-020app.sea.hqx
	'XLISP-STAT 3.?? GEN' in xlispstat-3-??-genapp.sea.hqx
	
Use 'XLISP-STAT 3.?? 020' on a 68020 (or higher) Mac without a
coprocessor. For now this is also the best choice for use on
PowerMacs. For pre-68020 macs you may be able to use the 'XLISP-STAT
3.?? GEN' application.

Some information on the changes since Release 2 is given in the file
pub/xlispstat/doc/changes.ps.

Default partition sizes for the applications are set to 3M. You may
need more if you have a large color screen or are using more than 256
colors.

A minimal runtime system needs the application and the initial
workspace, 'xlisp.wks', and any of the files in the Autoload folder
you want to use. The application, initial workspace, and Autoload
folder must be placed in the same folder. You can add the 'xlisp.hlp'
file if you want documentation to be available.

If you want to include any of the 'Autoload' files in the startup
workspace, load them into a running application and do

	(save-workspace "newxlisp.wks")

This creates a new workspace file and exits. You can then double click
on this workspace, or you can rename it 'xlisp.wks' to make it the
default startup workspace (keep a copy of the original one). To load
the compiler, load the file 'cmpload.fsl' in the 'Autoload' folder.

The lisp sources can be compiled by loading the 'cmpsys.lsp' file in
the 'Lisp Sources' folder. This will recompile any .lsp file whose
corresponding .fsl file does not esist or has an earlier modification
date.

The file xlsx.h is a header file for use with external functions.

Luke Tierney
School of Statistics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
luke@stat.umn.edu