spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (01/04/89)
Hello,
Can anyone give me some really in-depth objective analysis of
Symantec's CAPPS Prime? I would like to use it (or something like it)
for writing a small Application and a DA that does all of the usual
text editing stuff, plus keyword bolding, etc for certain kinds of info..
Does it work (well, poorly, etc)?
Does it currently work with THINK C 3.0?
Is styled TE supported?
Is it likely to die under the next system release?
What are its limitations..?
etc...
I am a very satisifed owner of THINK Pascal & C from way back to the
present, and I am sure CAPPS Prime is probably really neet since THINK
seems to do a very good job on most everything they've produced so
far, but I would like to get more info before I drop more $ into
anything... the recent round of MPW upgrades has killed my budget. :-{
Thanks Much,
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spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes:
Can anyone give me some really in-depth objective analysis of
Symantec's CAPPS Prime? I would like to use it (or something like it)
for writing a small Application and a DA that does all of the usual
text editing stuff, plus keyword bolding, etc for certain kinds of info..
From what you've described, Capps Prime sounds perfect for what you
want to do.
Does it work (well, poorly, etc)?
It works quite well, and quite quickly.
Does it currently work with THINK C 3.0?
Seems to for me.
Is styled TE supported?
Not really. Since it's a replacement for TE (instead of a set of
patches), you don't get the nifty new features. On the other hand,
there are a lot of hooks for embedding "escape codes" in your text
for doing things like font & style changes. It's not quite as good
as the new TE at this (no script manager support, for example), but
it's good enough for a lot of applications, and it does do tabs and
more than 32K of text...
Is it likely to die under the next system release?
Well, I bought my copy back at MacWorld/Expo a year and a half ago,
and it still seems pretty happy.
What are its limitations..?
No Script Manager support, doesn't do variable line spacing within a
PE record (their substitute for a TE record)., will not swap parts of
the text to disk, so you're limited by available memory. No major
limits unless you're trying to write a word processor with it.
It's well worth the price, in my opinion.
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Calm down; it's only ones and zeros...boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) (01/04/89)
(munch, munch) Hi. Just a quick question. I've heard of CAPPS, and seen the listing for it in MacConnection's adds. What *is* it? thanks, ************************************************************************* | John Boswell boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu | | Dept. of Chemistry boz@dartCMS1.BITNET | | Dartmouth College, Hangover, Nude Hampster 03755 |
spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) (01/04/89)
It's a set of libraries for THINK Pascal and THINK C that aid in the
creation of text editors and the like; it's meant as a drop-in
replacement for Apple's TextEdit package.
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David HM Spector New York University
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- Senator Orrin Hatchsiegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel) (01/06/89)
In article <10006@vx2.NYU.EDU> spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes: > Does it work (well, poorly, etc)? > Does it currently work with THINK C 3.0? > Is styled TE supported? > Is it likely to die under the next system release? > What are its limitations..? Your questions are answered simply by this: both LightspeedC 3.0 and Lightspeed Pascal 2.0 use the Capps editor routines for their editors. Therefore: It works well. It works with LightspeedC v3 and Lightspeed Pascal v2. It supports styles (though not multiple fonts). It works now, but I don't think it's 32-bit clean. It has no practical limitations. The catch is, it's been discontinued. We are still providing technical support for it, though, so if you are able to purchase a copy at a store that still has some in stock, we can answer any questions that you have about the product. --Rich Rich Siegel Staff Software Developer THINK Technologies Division, Symantec Corp. Internet: siegel@endor.harvard.edu UUCP: ..harvard!endor!siegel Phone: (617) 275-4800 x305 Any opinions stated in this article do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of Symantec Corporation or its employees.
ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) (01/08/89)
The text editor DA that comes with CAPPS' seems to be buggy, however. Cutting large blocks of text from it and pasting into other applications sometimes seems to cause a crash. Red Ryder seems particularly prone to this crash, but I have also managed to have LightspeedC crash while doing cut and paste operations. Has anyone else seen this? I have not been able to narrow the circumstances down more than this, unfortunately. Tim Smith