Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Jon Pugh and Lance Nakata) (09/15/88)
INFO-MAC Digest Thursday, 15 Sep 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 86
Today's Topics:
TEX v.0.5 .sit.hqx free-text real-time indexer/browser HC stack
Texas v.0.27 HC indexer/browser free public-domain stack
tex XFCN source code (Lightspeed C) .sit.hqx file
shar.unshar.sit.hqx
Olympic Event Logos
SeaHaven Towers Game (4 parts)
Mac archives submission: MacSnoop 1.4.4
Delphi Mac Digest V4 #15
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #117
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #118
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #119
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #120
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #121
Usenet Mac Digest V4 #122
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Date: 5 Sep 88 08:17 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: TEX v.0.5 .sit.hqx free-text real-time indexer/browser HC
Subject: stack
Appended below, if all goes well, is the file tex.0.5.sit.hqx, which has
to be run through BINHEX and then STUFFIT to recover. It's the HyperCard
stack that's the shareware extended/enhanced/improved version of my old
effort Texas. TEX (no relation to TeX or typesetting, obviously), like
Texas, can be used to build complete inverted indices to arbitrarily-large
completely unstructured free-text files (which I call 'dataspaces') ...
and like Texas, TEX lets you scroll around in an index window, click on a
word to call up a key-word-in-context view of all of the occurrences of
that word and its neighbors, click on a line in that Context view to jump
immediately into the actual text of your dataspace at that point, and
copy/paste anything you read from that Text view into notes or other
material you're working on.
But in addition to what Texas allowed, TEX shows you multiple windows into
a dataspace's Index view (independently scrollable), TEX lets you browse
through multiple dataspaces (just copy the browsing Card and paste in
extra copies), and TEX has 'subspace' browsing (a form of proximity search
that's very friendly and nicely intuitive). TEX is also much better
designed graphically (thanks to help from Andreas Vichr) and is much
easier for users to customize or extend at the HyperTalk scripting level.
TEX contains complete documentation, and the C source code for all of its
XFCNS is available separately (I'll try to post it to you here next). The
license fee requested is $10 for individual/family/nonprofit/educational
users, and $40 for corporate users. I would greatly appreciate any comments,
suggestions for improvements, bug reports, etc. from anybody who tries
the stack.
Best, ^z
Mark Zimmermann, 9511 Gwyndale Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910
P.S. if you can't get the .sit.hqx files off the net, you can send me a
self-addressed stamped envelope, a formatted Mac disk, and $15 (which
includes the individual license fee, refundable if you don't like TEX)
and I'll put TEX 0.5, the source code, qndxr, MultIndexer, brwsr, Texas
version 0.27, and whatever else fits on there for you ... I really hate
to spend time duplicating disks, though, so please don't write unless
there is no other way. The same disk should be available from BMUG and
other places in a few weeks.... Apologies for mentioning money (pls
feel free to delete this postscript, moderator!), but I don't want to
be in the disk duping business any more!!
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>HC-TEX-05.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: 5 Sep 88 08:29 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: Texas v.0.27 HC indexer/browser free public-domain stack
Appended below, if all goes well, is a BINHEX'd, STUFFIT'd file of
the latest version of Texas, 0.27 -- please discard all previous
versions, as this one fixes some bugs in them that may cause trouble
in the Merge Indices operation and elsewhere.
Texas, as previously described, is a free, public-domain HyperCard
stack which lets you build complete inverted indices to big (hundreds
of megabytes) unstructured text files, and then browse through those
indices, clicking and retrieving key-word-in-context and full-text
displays. This version 0.27 is (I hope!) the last one I'm going to
work on, as it's superseded by TEX (posted separately with its
source code) ... Texas lacks the subspace browsing (proximity search)
and the multi-dataspace abilities of TEX, but it is free. If anybody
wants to use Texas (or TEX) to build improved systems which have
additional capabilities, I would be most pleased (provided you sell or
otherwise distribute it at a rational price, rather than $30,000/copy --
sorry for editorializing, but the current price structure for inverted
index systems is rather out of line, in my humble opinion!). I took
Texas and built TEX from it; you may want to do the same. Contact me
for source code, or check around on the networks/boards....
Best, ^z
Mark Zimmermann, 9511 Gwyndale Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>HC-TEXAS-027.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: 5 Sep 88 08:21 EDT
From: science@nems.ARPA (Mark Zimmermann)
Subject: tex XFCN source code (Lightspeed C) .sit.hqx file
Appended below, if all goes well, is a file containing all of the TEX
(version 0.5) indexer/browser XFCN source code; requires STUFFIT and
BINHEX to unpack. There are 4 external functions, two of which are
pretty major (to build indices and to browse through the index files
and format data for HyperCard Index/Context/Text view fields). Have
fun with them! ^z
Mark Zimmermann, 9511 Gwyndale Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>HC-TEX-XFCN-SOURCE.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 88 19:44:27 PDT
From: Bryce Jasmer <jasmerb@orstcs.cs.orst.edu>
Subject: shar.unshar.sit.hqx
[No comments included so I pulled these from the files themselves (there
are two in this StuffIt posting). - Lance ]
UNIX shar - this script was written by Bryce Jasmer for MPW. This script
will produce a shar file that is compatible with UNIX's shar. In fact, it
is identical to a UNIX shar'ed file. Shar several files together with MPW,
upload them to a UNIX machine, and unshar them from UNIX.
written: 7/29/88 12:29:15 AM
unshar - remove files from a UNIX shell archive (shar).
This MPW tool was written by Steven A. Falco and was heavily
modified by myself (Bryce Jasmer) without permission because
Steve's version did not work for me and I couldn't locate him
to ask if I could modify it.
This tool is being sold under "PostcardWare". Please send a
postcard of your city or your latest vacation to me. I would
really appreciate hearing from you!
Bryce Jasmer
Eagle Software
1974 Lomond Avenue
Springfield, OR 97477
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>MPW-SHAR-UNSHAR.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 88 11:55:41 ADT
From: Peter J Gergely <GERGELY@DREA-XX.ARPA>
Subject: Olympic Event Logos
From GENIE:
Here are two MacPaint files in Stuffit/HQX format of Olympic Event Logos
that were Thunderscanned, and cleaned up using MacPaint. I simply
downloaded them, but didn't do the work.
- Peter
--
Peter J. Gergely (DREA, P.O. Box 1012, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z7 Canada)
ARPANET: gergely@DREA-XX.ARPA (preferred)
or Peter@DREA-GRIFFIN.ARPA
DIALNET: Peter@DIAL|DREA-Balrog
CSNET: gergely%cs.dal.cdn@ubc.csnet
UUCP: gergely@dalcs.UUCP
GENIE: GERGELY
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>OLYMPIC-LOGO.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 88 19:47:01 PDT
From: PUGH@NMFECC.ARPA
Subject: SeaHaven Towers Game (4 parts)
This is a very pretty solitaire game for any machine with color
QuickDraw. It was all drawn with PixelPaint and plays very well
with some nice card shuffling and moving sounds.
Jon
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>GAME-SEAHAVEN-TOWERS-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>GAME-SEAHAVEN-TOWERS-PART2.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>GAME-SEAHAVEN-TOWERS-PART3.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>GAME-SEAHAVEN-TOWERS-PART4.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Sun, 11 Sep 88 23:59:52 EDT
From: jspear@afit-ab.arpa (Jon L. Spear)
Subject: Mac archives submission: MacSnoop 1.4.4
MacSnoop(TM) 1.4.4 Demo, 5 Aug 88, by Art A. Schumer, Shareware $25.
[upload from Boston Computer Society's Mac BBS & abstract by Jon Spear]
From the program's "Shareware Notice" text:
"MacSnoop is a file/volume editor that was developed to help fill the
gap left by FEDIT since its departure from the shareware market. MacSnoop
is both HFS and MFS compatible and tries to adhere to the Macintosh
interface as closely as possible.
"Some of the advanced features include support for any hard disk up to
512M in size, the use of multiple windows for file/volume editing as well
as directory windows to allow you to perform common file tasks such as
renaming, deleting, locking, unlocking, attribute setting and
informational display."
MacSnoop (like the commercial programs MacZap Tools, Symantec Tools, FEDIT,
and Copy II's MacTools) lets you view/edit any block of a file or disk
volume in hex or ASCII. These programs differ in user interface and features.
The included MacWrite-format user manual (dated 17 July 1988) includes a two
page listing of bug fixes and incremental improvements through v1.3.1.
Version "1.4.4 Demo" doesn't explain what's changed or what improvements might
be found in a non-demo version, but this is fully functional, NOT crippleware.
MacSnoop should work with Mac 512KE, Plus, SE, and II, but may have problems
with pre-512KE machines with 64K ROMs. Multifinder compatible.
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>MACSNOOP-144-PART1.HQX
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>MACSNOOP-144-PART2.HQX
- Lance ]
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Date: Tue 6 Sep 88 09:31:21-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Delphi Mac Digest V4 #15
Delphi Mac Digest Tuesday, September 6, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 15
Today's Topics:
Falcon 2.0
Re: HELP HELP HELP DEAD MAC
DG Terminal Emulation / Fax Machine (3 messages)
re: old Mac connectors & AppleTalk
MultiFinder Problems
Re: Attention all Suitcase Owners...
Re: Suitcase upgrade
RE: INFO-MAC Digest V6 #76
RE: File stripper (2 messages)
LCD displays (6 messages)
MacWorks Plus for LISA & Mac/XL (2 messages)
Mac Construction records package
MenuEdit 1.2 (2 messages)
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>DELPHIV4-15.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:11:14-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #117
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 117
Today's Topics:
homebrew tape backup
Re: Software Upgrade Policies (problems with Symantec)
FAX -> text
Re: Finder 6.1 bug
Re: Shareware charges
PICT-->hex DA?
Nisus from Paragon Concepts, Inc.
Re: Followup to Mac512 ROM/disk upgrade availability
Re: Disks for 29 cents?
Re: How to Make Pronunciation Marks
Re: Chess game across the LAN?
Re: FAX -> text
Re: How to Make Pronunciation Marks
Syquest cartridge disk problem
Re: SuperMac dying?
Re: LSC 3.0 Gripes or Commendations?
Re: Slow appleshare using CAP v5.0
Re: Chinese Talk
Low Cost Laser Printers
Re: Mac<->D-Size Plotter interface?
Re: SUM ( HD Partition )
Rodime disk drives, A/UX, MacOS no longer recognizing the Rodime
Re: Followup to Mac512 ROM/disk upgrade availability
Re: Finder 6.1 bug
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-117.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:11:53-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #118
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 118
Today's Topics:
Re: Databases: distributed vs. monolithic file structure
Re: LaserWriter password
Re: Mac SCSI drive on a Sun
Need Info on Package for Managing POs
16 Bit Audio Cards for the Mac?
Re: How to Make Pronunciation Marks
Re: Nisus from Paragon Concepts, Inc.
Re: UPTIME VIRUS
Re: Quickmail, anyone?
Apple HDBACKUP help needed
Macintosh Bowling League program wanted
DEC RD54 as a Mac RLL drive!
Trackballs
Re: LaserWriter II NT, how to avoid first test page?
Need WriteNow file format
Re: Replacing power boards in old 512K macs
Raw picture to a usable format
Re: LogicWorks Simulator Wanted
Re: Word 3.0 file format?
LaserWriter password
Robust Modula 2 implementations on the Mac
Need info on Mac II 80286-based coprocessors
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-118.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:12:58-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #119
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 119
Today's Topics:
Databases: distributed vs. monolithic file structure (was Re: FoxBase)
Re: Summary of responses to request for info. on back up devices
LQ Imagewriter and HyperCard
Kudo for DEST
Re: SE hard drives
Followup to Mac512 ROM/disk upgrade availability
Re: SFVolInit
System 6.0, Textures, HyperCharger 020 board
Re: Databases: distributed vs. monolithic file structure (was Re: FoxBase)
Re: UPS for Mac II file server- what do I need?
AppleTalk Laser Accounting.
Educational Software Evaluation Methods?
LSC almost gets it right.
Curses for the Mac
Re: MultiFinder and the event mask
Problem with menu resources.
CopyBits and the Mac II
Re: playing snd 2 resources
Re: ResEdit question
Re: Launching a program from LightSpeed C and returning...
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-119.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:13:47-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #120
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 120
Today's Topics:
Re: LSC almost gets it right.
Re: Problem with menu resources.
Think C 3.0 Bug?
Re: 32K jump table limit; MacApp memory problem
Setting the Sound Volume (XFCN)/ Control Panel
Color animation on the Mac II
LSC 3.0, argc & argv, linking
Color programming question (256 vs 16 colors)
Opening and Closing the Printer Driver
Re: CopyBits and the Mac II
LSC profiling, bugs, missing features
Re: Setting the Sound Volume (XFCN)/ Control Panel
Re: Think C 3.0 Bug?
LSC INIT Sample Code?
Re: Bug in SysBeep?
Wanted: Very Technical Mac II Video Card Info
Re: Bug in SysBeep?
Hitachi Tiger Tablet
Re: SB-Prolog on a Mac II
Re: What's the official name for the box in the scroll bar?
Wanted: File formats for 4th Dimension data files
a/ux look-alikes etc
Changing name of term windows
SLIP for A/UX ?
Re: a/ux look-alikes etc (long)
Re: Mathematica
Re: Rodime disk drives and A/UX
Wide Draft-quality printers for the mac (inexpensive)
Spellchecker compatible with PageMaker 2.0a
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-120.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:14:26-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #121
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 121
Today's Topics:
Re: Superpaint 2.0 vs. Canvas 2.0
Speech Synthesizer??
Re: 16 Bit Audio Cards for the Mac?
Re: LaserWriter password
Why am I getting this sad mac?
Re: System 6.0, Textures, HyperCharger 020 board
Re: Bad Floppy Drive
How to create menus and windows in FoxBase & a comparison with 4D.
Dialogs in INITS (LSC3)
Calling MPW Tools from other Tools written in C
Re: Dialogs in INITS (LSC3)
Re: LSC almost gets it right.
Re: Millisecond timing on Mac II
What's the right way to create a user preferences file?
Re: Millisecond timing on Mac II
How to write dialogs in an application
Re: Dialogs in INITS (LSC3)
Highlight "OK" buttons
X11 questions
How to get NFS reads >1024 bytes?
Re: a/ux look-alikes etc (long)
Re: Canvas 2.0 ????
Re: SUM ( HD Partition )
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-121.ARC
- Lance ]
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Date: Sat 10 Sep 88 09:15:41-EDT
From: Jeff Shulman <SHULMAN@SDR.SLB.COM>
Subject: Usenet Mac Digest V4 #122
Usenet Mac Digest Saturday, September 10, 1988 Volume 4 : Issue 122
Today's Topics:
Re: Summation on Trackballs
RGB
Re: Shareware charges
Retouch Problem
Erratic ImageWriter II Appletalk behaviour
Bar code reading/writing software
tablets for the mac
Re: Mac<->D-Size Plotter interface?
Re: Wide Draft-quality printers for the mac (inexpensive)
LOG10 Problem in Excel
dealing with fragmentation (was Re: SUM ( HD Partition ))
Re: Shareware charges
Re: Wide Draft-quality printers for the mac (inexpensive)
Re: Shareware charges
Re: Highlight "OK" buttons
Parameterizable INITs (was:Dialogs in INITS (LSC3))
Re: Highlight "OK" buttons
Re: Reading a resource from an already open file
Re: Millisecond timing on Mac II
Re: LSC 3.0, argc & argv, linking
Finder/application interface oddity
Re: CopyBits and the Mac II
Re: LSC 3.0, argc & argv, linking
Long pause using Berkeley networking
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.Edu]<INFO-MAC>USENETV4-122.ARC
- Lance ]
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