Official MiscKit FAQ

Here are the answers to the questions most frequently asked about the MiscKit. If you'd like to submit something to the FAQ or update something in the FAQ, feel free to contact Don Yacktman or use our handy FAQ submission form. Note that with the release of MiscKit 1.8.1, the 1.6.2 and 1.7.1 release notes here are now obsolete. You should pick up the 1.8.1 distribution of the kit instead.

MiscKit distribution locations:

• What ftp sites have the MiscKit?
• Is the MiscKit available on CDROM?
• Will there ever be a MiscKit-only CDROM?

Rhapsody related questions and answers:

• Will the MiscKit be ported to Rhapsody?

OPENSTEP related questions and answers:

• Will the MiscKit be ported to OPENSTEP?
• What will the MiscKit port to OPENSTEP look like?
• What if I need to port a MiscKit app to OPENSTEP?
• What will happen to the NEXTSTEP MiscKit?
• When will the OPENSTEP MiscKit be released?
• How do I build the OPENSTEP MiscKit on NT?

MiscKit distribution of the IndexingKit and 3DKit:

• How on earth was this pulled off?
• Given that the initial petition included the PhoneKit, why isn't the PhoneKit part of the agreement?
• How will the IndexingKit and 3DKit be distributed?
• What about the source code? How can I get it?
• On which platforms will these kits be useable?
• What will happen to Digital Librarian now?

Interface Builder related questions and answers:

• I can't get the MiscShell palette to load. What is wrong?
• I can't get the InterfaceBuilder in the beta release of EOF to load my palettes. Why? Is there a fix for this?
• InterfaceBuilder under 3.0 crashes upon launch with the message "Uncaught exception: NXReadOnlyString does not respond to -replaceWith:" after using some MiscKit palettes. What do I do?

Build and installation questions and answers:

• How much disk space do I need to build and use the MiscKit?
• How long will it take?
• Which warnings during the full MiscKit build can I ignore?
• What should I do if the build fails with something having to do with dependencies?
• I don't have root access. Can I install the MiscKit somewhere besides /LocalDeveloper?
• The Makefile wants to run /usr/lib/arch_tool but I don't have it. What can I do?
• The Makefiles want to run libtool but I don't have it. What can I do?
• How do I get around build troubles that can happen with the MiscTableScroll palette?

Usage questions and answers:

• While linking my MiscKit based project, the MiscKit classes all turn up as undefined symbols. Why?
• Everything links but I get "Does not recognize selector" messages and my program crashes. Why?
• I see directories that seem infinitely deep...what gives?

I'd like some comments about MiscString and MiscKit performance.

Where is information on the mailing list? Answer.

Late breaking version 1.6.2 release notes:

• What is wrong with Robby.app?
• Are there bugs in MiscTableScroll?
• Bizarre bugs.

Late breaking version 1.7.1 release notes:

• What is this I hear about a bug in MiscTableScroll?

Late breaking version 1.8.1 release notes:

• How do I compile MiscTableScroll under 3.2?
• What other problems exist when building the kit under 3.2?

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