mwu@TERI.BIO.UCI.EDU (Matt Wu) (12/15/90)
Does anyone know how to open up several .rtf documents with WriteNow without having to go through its Open command? It would be very nice if I could select all the files at once in the File Viewer and tell them to go to WriteNow instead of Edit. I tried typing "WriteNow <first part of file>*", but that did not seem to work. Apparently, WriteNow cannot be run (at least that way) through the shell. Also (I don't know if this is a NeXT problem, an Apple File Exchange problem, a DOS problem or what) but for some reason my accents are not coming out correctly (what's worse is that accent grave and egu over characters are treated as if they didn't exist, so I can't even do a search and replace). Also, quotes do not seem to be coming out correctly. Does anyone know of a way accurately translate files from a Macintosh to a NeXT? With hundreds of files to move, I'm really not looking forward to searching for all diacritical marks and quotes, replacing them, saving in RTF, moving them to a DOS disk, moving them to the NeXT and then opening them up individually with WriteNow. Any help would be appreciated. Matt Wu mwu@teri.bio.uci.edu
declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) (12/16/90)
In article <9012150619.AA05913@teri.bio.uci.edu>, mwu@TERI.BIO.UCI.EDU (Matt Wu) writes: > > Does anyone know how to open up several .rtf documents with > WriteNow without having to go through its Open command? It > would be very nice if I could select all the files at once in > the File Viewer and tell them to go to WriteNow instead of > Edit. Use 'open -a WriteNow foo.rtf'. WriteNow will convert it to RTF (much faster in 2.0), and open an UNTITLED window with your document inside. Declan McCullagh Independent NeXT Developer
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (12/18/90)
In article <9012150619.AA05913@teri.bio.uci.edu> mwu@TERI.BIO.UCI.EDU (Matt Wu) writes: > >Does anyone know how to open up several .rtf documents with >WriteNow without having to go through its Open command? It >would be very nice if I could select all the files at once in >the File Viewer and tell them to go to WriteNow instead of >Edit. I tried typing "WriteNow <first part of file>*", but >that did not seem to work. Apparently, WriteNow cannot be run >(at least that way) through the shell. This will work: open -a WriteNow *.rtf >Also (I don't know if this is a NeXT problem, an Apple File >Exchange problem, a DOS problem or what) but for some reason >my accents are not coming out correctly (what's worse is that >accent grave and egu over characters are treated as if they >didn't exist, so I can't even do a search and replace). Also, >quotes do not seem to be coming out correctly. The NeXT keyboard mapping is different than the Mac keyboard mapping, and Apple File Exchange will likely not touch these characters. If you're at all a UNIX hacker, look into the "tr" program, although it's a bit incomprehensible if you've never used it. Or somebody could write a little filter program.... -- Glenn Reid RightBrain Software glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us PostScript/NeXT developers ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785