[comp.text.tex] macmakeindex.sit, bibstack.sit

swenson@aerospace.aero.org (Norman L. Swenson) (06/05/91)

I have had problems downloading macmakeindex.sit and bibstack.sit from
the tex/macintosh/bibtex directory of ymir.claremont.edu.  They are
supposedly in macbinary format, but my software does not recognize
them as such.  I FTP'd them in binary mode and then downloaded to my
mac in MacBinary mode, but Stuffit could not open them.  Can anyone
offer any suggestions?

Thanks
Norm
swenson@aerospace.aero.org

schwer@unix.SRI.COM (Len Schwer) (06/05/91)

>I have had problems downloading macmakeindex.sit and bibstack.sit from
>the tex/macintosh/bibtex directory of ymir.claremont.edu.  They are
>supposedly in macbinary format, but my software does not recognize
>them as such.  I FTP'd them in binary mode and then downloaded to my
>mac in MacBinary mode, but Stuffit could not open them.  Can anyone
>offer any suggestions?

	I think it is hopeless to try downloading these *.sit files.
The original *.hqx files can be downloaded form midway.uchicago.edu;
althought I believe bibtex.hqx is on ymir.claremont.edu. I uploaded
the macmakeindex.hqx to the ymir ftp machine, but I don't know if Don
Hosek moved it into the proper directory.

	The *.hqx files are ASCII translations of the binary *.sit
files. Use StuffIt to De-BinHex the *.hqx files into *.sit files and
then StuffIt again to go from *.sit to double-clickable applications.
			--Len Schwer  schwer@unix.sri.com

swenson@isl.stanford.edu (Norman Swenson) (06/09/91)

In article <25125@unix.SRI.COM> schwer@unix.SRI.COM (Len Schwer) writes:

   >>I have had problems downloading macmakeindex.sit and bibstack.sit from
   >>the tex/macintosh/bibtex directory of ymir.claremont.edu.

   >I think it is hopeless to try downloading these *.sit files.
   >The original *.hqx files can be downloaded form midway.uchicago.edu;

I have not found bibstack.sit.hqx on midway.uchicago.edu (or anywhere
else for that matter).  Can anyone give me any pointers? (Or mail me a
binhex'ed version?)

Thanks
Norm
swenson@isl.stanford.edu