Rixstep are pleased to announce the immediate release of CLIX 1.8.0a and
ACP Web Services 1.8.0a, two popular freeware software packages.
CLIX, the ‘command line interface for OS X’, is enhanced in the new version
with additional security features and further commands bringing the tally
close to 1,500.
The ACP Web Services, which comprise the service module, the web service
browser, and the service menu manager, are now updated for OS X 10.3.9 and
provided in ‘universal’ builds.
Don’t Sell a Man a Fish
‘It’s just the right mix of power, ease of use, and helpful education’,
wrote Mac|Life. ‘The #1 power tool for Mac OS X’, wrote iCreate magazine.
It’s used by scientific institutes around the globe. This is CLIX – a
rolodex of important Unix commands all assembled in topical document files
and ready to run right from the program itself.
And today CLIX has so many security features it’s actually safer to use
than the command line (Terminal.app). And there’s less chance of making a
mistake, as all the included commands are tested extensively before release.
From the outset CLIX has been marketed as free software because ‘certain
things – like knowledge itself – must remain free’.
Mrs Hudson Knows
The ACP Web Services surfaced during the war between Sherlock and Watson –
and showed there was an easier and more flexible way to access web services
than either of the two could muster. Using a simple OS X services module,
the AWS allow the user to coordinate any type of web resource into an
immediate contextual menu item capable of recognising text anywhere on the
desktop, anywhere in the system.
The ACP Web Services package comes with over 1,000 important web resources
and a resource browser program to sift through them. It can take whatever
resources the user selects and immediately make them available on the
Services menu.
The package also comes with a Services menu editor for putting the final
touches on things. And all of this is completely free.
1.8.0a
The 1.8.0a builds for both CLIX and the ACP Web Services are further
optimised and arrive as ‘universal’ builds capable of running natively on
both Intel and PowerPC computers running Apple’s OS X operating system.
CLIX comes with a new feature to flag incidents of ‘sudo prompts’ to thwart
attempts by interlopers to inject code along one’s command path. Previous
security safeguards have been further fortified, making CLIX easily safer
than Terminal in all possible respects.
Further Info
Further information on CLIX is available at http://rixstep.com/clix or by
contacting Rixstep at the address below; further information on the ACP Web
Services is available at http://rixstep.com/aws or by contacting Rixstep at
the address below.
About Rixstep
Rixstep are a constellation of programmers and administrators concentrating
on Objective-C/NeXTSTEP/OpenStep/Cocoa software engineering. Their ‘ACP’
(AppleCore Project) has won considerable acclaim, in particular their file
manager Xfile and their GUI version of the Unix command line CLIX. They
also provide a series of free topical newsletters on security and industry
events and offer online courses in Unix and Cocoa programming.