<s>
Revolution	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
environment/multimedia	O
authoring	O
software	O
in	O
the	O
tradition	O
of	O
HyperCard	B-Application
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MetaCard	B-Library
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
providing	O
a	O
relatively	O
accessible	O
development	O
tool	O
set	O
and	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
enable	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
software	O
programs	O
that	O
run	O
across	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
with	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
code	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
included	O
with	O
Revolution	O
is	O
built	O
partly	O
on	O
the	O
models	O
created	O
by	O
Bill	O
Atkinson	O
and	O
the	O
original	O
HyperCard	B-Application
team	O
at	O
Apple	O
and	O
subsequently	O
followed	O
by	O
many	O
other	O
software	O
development	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revolution	O
includes	O
an	O
English	O
language-like	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
called	O
Transcript	B-Application
,	O
a	O
full	O
programming	O
language	O
superset	O
of	O
the	O
HyperCard	B-Application
's	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
HyperTalk	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
higher-grade	O
versions	O
(	O
see	O
Versions	O
,	O
below	O
)	O
,	O
allow	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
compiled	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
Macintosh	B-Device
(	O
Classic	O
or	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
including	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
import	O
HyperCard	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
,	O
which	O
require	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
modification	O
unless	O
they	O
use	O
external	O
functions	O
,	O
which	O
generally	O
do	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
Revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Enterprise	O
version	O
is	O
probably	O
too	O
expensive	O
for	O
casual	O
users	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
similar	O
products	O
such	O
as	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
or	O
Kylix	B-Application
,	O
is	O
priced	O
competitively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revolution	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
MetaCard	B-Library
's	O
engine	O
,	O
so	O
MetaCard	B-Library
stacks	O
are	O
100%	O
compatible	O
with	O
Revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HyperCard	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
,	O
but	O
externals	O
will	O
only	O
run	O
on	O
Macs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SuperCard	O
stacks	O
must	O
be	O
run	O
through	O
a	O
converter	O
to	O
be	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Revolution/MetaCard	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revolution	O
runs	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
Classic	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
9x/NT/2000/XP	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
following	O
UNIX	O
variants	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Standalone	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
Revolution	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
above	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	O
(	O
with	O
limitations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Dreamcard	O
Player	O
runs	O
only	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	O
(	O
Classic	O
or	O
X	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
GNOME/Xfce/GTK	O
+	O
theme	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
if	O
GTK+	B-Application
is	O
installed	O
,	O
otherwise	O
,	O
a	O
Motif	B-Application
look	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
Appearance	B-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
used	O
if	O
available	O
,	O
otherwise	O
the	O
Platinum	B-Operating_System
look	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
the	O
XP	O
theme	O
or	O
standard	O
widgets	O
will	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
preview	O
the	O
Motif	B-Application
,	O
Platinum	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
appearance	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
