dean@neptune.Berkeley.EDU (06/30/89)
Since we just received our Next at work last Friday afternoon, I have a few elementary questions. Please reply via email as I'm sure most of this newsgroup has no interest in the answers.... 1) In /usr/adm/messages, I see a lot of unable to open /dev/tty messages. What's causing this, and what can I do about it ? 2) Can someone point me to a port of Kermit, as I have the file-transfer bootstraping problem -- the machine is not networked, so it looks like I'm going to have to bring in uuencoded stuff with tip...which doesn't seem quite able to keep up with 2400 baud in a Terminal window.... 3) Will there be a combined Terminal/Shell, ala xterm sometime ? I note that Apollo also got this wrong... 4) I'm trying to display some scrolling text in a panel. The obvious (to me) approach didn't quite work. I got the text up, but no scrollbar. I'm trying to put a Text-class object into a ScrollView, and make that the ContentView of the panel. Can someone provide some hints ? 5) This is really silly, but: I can't get the workspace manager's autolaunch on login feature working on my account, it works fine on the me account Next provides...I haven't checked whether or not it will work for root. What, if anything, do I need to do to get this working ? 6) Is there a Mach book around the level of _The Design and Implementation of 4.3 BSD Unix_, (Karels, McKusick, et al.) Or even, where can I order mach manuals from ? 7) Why did lint go away ? Well, I'm posting from home, and that's all I can remember. Please don't waste net.bandwidth on these.... Thanks, Drew Dean Internet: dean@xcssun.berkeley.edu UUCP: ...!ucbvax!xcssun!dean My opinions, unless otherwise noted, are _not_ those of UC Berkeley, the
ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer) (07/02/89)
In article <15094@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> dean@xcssun.Berkeley.EDU () writes: >1) In /usr/adm/messages, I see a lot of unable to open /dev/tty messages. >What's causing this, and what can I do about it ? It's the Workspace talking to itself, I think; no need to worry about it. >4) I'm trying to display some scrolling text in a panel. The obvious (to me) >approach didn't quite work. I got the text up, but no scrollbar. I'm trying >to put a Text-class object into a ScrollView, and make that the ContentView >of the panel. Can someone provide some hints ? This is most easily done by using one of the ScrollingText objects from Interface Builder. Make it the outlet of some object, and, on initialization of that outlet, you can set the text in the ScrollView with a simple: [[anObject docView] setText:"Hello World."]; Or, you can use readText:, or, even better yet, readRichText:. In some cases you might have to recalculate the frame of the Text object with a call to getMinWidth:...; see the ScrollingText class in the Yap sources on how to do this. >7) Why did lint go away ? With an ANSI compiler, you probably won't need it. Ali Ozer, NeXT Developer Support aozer@NeXT.com
woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Alex Woo) (07/03/89)
1. What version of GNU C is shipped with 0.9? 2. It is stated in the documentation that NeXT will make their mods to the GNU C compiler available. Has anyone posted these to one of the repositories? 3. Has anyone built GNU g++ or libg++? Alex Woo woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov
lane@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Christopher Lane) (07/04/89)
In article <10374@polya.Stanford.EDU> Ali T. Ozer writes: >In article <15094@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> dean@xcssun.Berkeley.EDU () writes: >>7) Why did lint go away ? >With an ANSI compiler, you probably won't need it. If you miss 'lint' as an entity, you can always do something like: alias lint "cc -Wall -S -o /dev/null" and then 'lint program.c' prints the warning messages but produces no binary. Of course, to redirect output to a file you'll need to redirect stderr, eg. lint program.c >& program.lint - Christopher -------
phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (07/05/89)
> lint program.c >& program.lint
If I am not mistaken, lint did a lot more than produce only a
few messages for one file. It could for example check the consistency
of a number of source files, as well as indicate if, for example,
printf format arguments were properly specified for what followed.
(at least in some versions). I don't think -Wall can do all of it.
/ivojpf@hpindda.HP.COM (Jeff Francis) (08/04/89)
Here's a few questions for you NeXT gurus: - How BSD 4.3 compatible, at both the command level and syscall/libcall level, is the NeXT OS? - Has NeXT provided AppKit Objects for network IPC? - What docs are available now (0.9) and what is expected to be available in 1.0? If possible be specific by including volume name and contents. - What's the deal on "SoftModem" and "SoftFax?" Do they, or will they, exist? Thanks in advance, Jeff Francis jpf%hpinddu@sde.hp.com
pwm@csis.dit.csiro.au (Peter Milne) (05/16/91)
Folks, a few questions:
[1] What sort of delays are people seeing from NeXT from when they send in
their registration card to when they receive Improv etc back from
NeXT? I sent my card in over a month ago but haven't received anything.
[2] 2.1 has recently been installed on my NeXTstation. I had gained the
impression that 2.1 automatically powered the NeXT laser printer
down when it was idle, but this doesn't seem to be the case on my
system. Do I need to do something to activate this feature in 2.1?
[3] Is there some way that I can change the default paper size in
WriteNow, FrameMaker, PrintManager, etc to be A4 rather than Letter?
I assume that there are defaults database variables which can do this,
but I don't know what they are.
[4] Sometime ago someone posted a list of all the names of defaults
database variables for the common NeXT applications - could someone
please send me a copy of these or better, details on how to
discover what they are. (dread -g only tells you the details of
variables which have actually been set, I want to know the names of
all the variables which could be set.)
[5] Does anyone have a list of the bugs/improvements/new features 2.1
provides?
Perhaps answers to 2, 3, and 4 would be worthy of inclusion in FAQ, eh
Pascal?
Petergoose@surf.sics.bu.oz.au (Ralph Schwarten) (05/17/91)
From article <1991May16.014526.18093@csis.dit.csiro.au>, by pwm@csis.dit.csiro.au (Peter Milne): > Folks, a few questions: > [Questions deleted] Sorry Peter, I can't answer your questions. What interested me most about your posting however was the fact that you seem to be an Australian ! I thought that I was one of few people in Aus to actually have a NeXT. ('030 cube) How did you manage to get your station over here ? What do you think of it ? What do your colleagues think of it ? What sort of price did you pay for it ? The reason for the last question is this: I have a friend who would like to get a station. (A new one) I obtained my cube second hand from the uni of Montreal. Hope to hear from you soon Best Regards Ralph Schwarten p.s regards to George Bray if you know him