Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU ("Lance Nakata, Jon Pugh, Bill Lipa") (01/06/89)
Info-Mac Digest Thu, 5 Jan 89 Volume 7 : Issue 3
Today's Topics:
Administrivia
4D and Foxbase questions
Anything faster than TextBox?
Best PostScript Book
How to send postscript output to a file? Please help....
Imagewriter LQ vs. Laserwriter SC
Macintosh Keystrokes
Resedit docs
Virus info from Apple
Where to get Kermit for Mac ?
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1989 17:22:15 PST
From: Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Subject: Administrivia
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Date: Wed, 4-JAN-1989 09:51 +0100
From: "3077::PBAUMANN" <U0055%DGOGWDG5.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
Subject: 4D and Foxbase questions
Hi!
I have a few questions about 4th Dimension and Foxbase+/Mac.
- Does anybody know if 4D 2.0 is faster than 4D 1.04 and how this compares
to the speed of Foxbase+/Mac?
- Has Foxbase got links like in 4D?
- Is there something comparable to the subfiles in 4D in Foxbase?
If you know anything about these questions, please mail me directly. I will
post a summary.
Peter Baumann, U0055@DGOGWDG5
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, W-Germany
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 89 11:36 U
From: <JINTEIK%ITIVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Anything faster than TextBox?
I'm writing a graphical object editor that required fast displaying
of justified (left, center and right only) text on the screen. Would
anyone know of a faster way than using TextBox()? TextBox takes
about 3 ticks per text object and wouldn't be acceptable if there
are more than 5 objects on the screen (add a few more ticks for
blitting and other overheads and you'll get about 1 second response
time for 10 or more objects).
I've tried creating my own TE record but it's about as slow as
TextBox(). Any ideas anyone? Please email me directly as the
news digests arrive slowly at this end. Thanks in advance.
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 89 15:03 EDT
From: <PJORGENS%COLGATEU.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Best PostScript Book
Stephen Page wonders:
"What is the best book on PostScript?"
If you want to learn PS by example I recommend the PostScript Cookbook and
Tutorial. It contains many examples supporting the explanatory text.
The PostScript Language Reference manual is authoritative and complete,
but contains very little example code. It does, however contain a good
deal of information specific to the Apple LaserWriter (in a separate appendix).
If you're familiar with stack oriented programming, then the reference is
for you.
If you're not familiar with stack oriented programming, then the cookbook
and tutorial are better.
Peter Jorgensen
Microcomputer Specialist
Colgate University
BITNET PJORGENSEN@COLGATEU
PHONE (315) 824-1000 ext 742
APPLELINK U0523
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Date: Thu, 05 Jan 89 13:45:28 CST
From: GA0116%SIUCVMB.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu
Subject: How to send postscript output to a file? Please help....
Greetings all on the list. I have been given the task of tying a Mac SE
into a Xenix system for access to a Postscript printer. I come from the
'other camp' (i.e. PC) where it is relatively easy to create a pseudo
device that maps to a file. What I would like to accomplish is this:
1) capture the output from a Mac program such as Macwrite
that thinks it is driving a Laserwriter, only the output
should be redirected to a file rather than the printer
port. This should yield a postscript source file with
the information necessary to create the desired page
layout.
2) download the file to the Xenix system using Kermit (no problem.)
3) route the incoming postscript source to the Xenix postscript
laser printer (again no problem.)
I can find absolutely no reference in any of the Mac documentation that
even eludes to this capability. HELP!!! Anybody on the list have a
program or driver (resource?) to accomplish this? Any ideas?
Please e-mail direct since I am not a member of this list. Many thanks
in advance for your time and consideration on this matter.
Dan Ellison
Molecular Science Program SIU-C
Carbondale, IL 62901
Bitnet: GA0116@SIUCVMB
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 89 09:22 CST
From: <SWANGER%AUDUCVAX.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Imagewriter LQ vs. Laserwriter SC
My father wants to get a reasonably high quality printer for his MAC Plus
(1mb, 20 mb hd). He is interested in the Imagewriter LQ and the Laserwriter
IISC. The Imagewriter II is not acceptable. He will probably be using MACDRAW
II, a word processor (either Macwrite or WordPerfect) and will possibly get
Pagemaker (or other decent DTP program).
Does anyone out there have experience with both of these printers? Is the IISC
worth the price difference over the Imagewriter LQ? What are potential problems
with using either printer?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 89 17:22:42 PST
From: Reo_Audette@cc.sfu.ca
Subject: Macintosh Keystrokes
Following is BinHex data comprising two tables which serve as a
handy reference for those doing word processing on the Macintosh.
They indicate which keys to press to access special characters
available in assorted type fonts.
Most Macintosh users are aware of a desk accessory called Key
Caps which provides a graphical display of the characters
available under various type fonts. Unfortunately, the characters
are presented out of context and it is difficult to tell what
some of them are without experimenting. Also, Key Caps does not
give the complete set of characters available under each font.
With 4 levels of shifting you can type only 184 of the 220 print
characters available in fonts like Times and Helvetica. The
remaining 36 characters are primarily letters with diacritical
marks and require a special key sequence to obtain them.
For example, to key in 'a(circumflex)' you must hold down the
Option key while you type 'i' then type 'a' (denoted 'Option-i a'
in the tables). Microsoft Word provides a 'Paste Special
Character' (Command-Option-q) feature which allows you to key in
the decimal character code for characters not available through
the keyboard. For example, to key in a double acute (?) in Times
font you must hold down the cloverleaf and Option keys while you
type 'q' then type 253 and press the Return key. The tables
include the information available through Key Caps as well.
Re(acute accent)o Audette
BITNET: USERRAID@SFU
INTERNET: Reo_Audette@CC.SFU.CA
[Archived as <INFO-MAC>KEYSTROKE-TABLE.HQX]
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 89 11:53 EST
From: <JRCLARK%UTKVX1.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu>
Subject: Resedit docs
Below is a text file containing some (old) documentation for
Resedit. No documentation of the new resources is included (e.g.
cicn's etc.) but there is enough to get started, including the
creation of your own templates.
Supposedly Apple is about ready to release and "official" version
of Resedit that is to include documentation (I've heard of
anything from 50 to 100 pages depending upon whether it is the
final "final" release or not.
This is sent in response to a recent request. I am not sure
of the origin of the document. I believe, however, that it
may have been among the pd/shareware titles on a Jasmine drive.
Jim Clark
UT Martin
[Archived as <INFO-MAC>UTILITY-RESEDIT-10D4-DOCS.TXT]
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Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1989 17:17:34 PST
From: Info-Mac-Request@sumex-aim.stanford.edu
Subject: Virus info from Apple
Here's a file I picked up from the mac directory at rascal.ics.utexas.edu.
It contains a well-written introduction to viruses and their properties, as
well as a fairly detailed description of the Scores and nVIR viruses. It's a
text document.
Bill Lipa
[Archived as <INFO-MAC>VIRUS-INFO-FROM-APPLE.TXT]
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Date: 5 January 89, 12:13:10 MEZ
From: Burkhard Schillinger +49 7531 61964 PHSTUD17 at DKNKURZ1
Subject: Where to get Kermit for Mac ?
Can anybody tell me where I can get Kermit for the Macintosh
on disk ? I am not a Mac user (We just need it here at our university),
and I have no possibility to download anything to Mac, so I need
it on a disk.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Please send me personal mail, as I do not read this list.
Thanks in advance,
Burkhard <Phstud17@Dknkurz1.Bitnet>
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