declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) (11/14/90)
In article <108628@convex.convex.com>, ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: > BTW, System 7.0 is already in beta release. I'll be the first to admit that I haven't memorized the features list for System 7.0, so if anyone can help me out, I'd appreciate it. NeXTstep 2.0 Features: * Advanced File Viewer / Workspace Interface - Allows file copying/moving/disk formatting/recyler emptying in background - Allows preview of EPS/TIFF files from Workspace - Allows playing of sound files from Workspace - Allows navigation of directory structure from keyboard (optionally) - Allows you to set the default application which will be launched when a certain filetype is doubleclicked (so if you have multiple graphics programs, you can pick which one to use with TIFF files, for instance) - Allows you to change permissions/ownerships of directories recursively - Allows you to bring up a UNIX shell without leaving Workspace - Allows you to search for files without leaving Workspace (or using a DA) * Printing options - Standard Print Panel, allows you to preview, save PS to file and fax - Now supports non-PostScript printers * Services Menu - Standard in every application. This requires a bit of explanation. The NeXT, like the Macintosh, has a variety of standard data types (although more extensive than the Mac's). These include EPS, TIFF, sound formats, RTF, and ASCII. Now, just about every application on the NeXT can manipulate at least one of those formats, so it tells the Workspace what it can do. For instance, the standard Webster application can receive ASCII text and look it up in the dictionary. An OCR application might take bitmapped TIFF files and turn it into ASCII text. Then, these services show up in the Services menu of every application. For instance, right now in Terminal, I can Open in Workspace, Define in Webster, Send a text selection in mail, look something up in the Librarian, or search in the Quotation dictionary. * Virtual Memory and Pre-emptive multitasking * A rich suite of applications. Seventy-two applications come with the NeXT computer (if you have a configuration that can hold all of them). * Expanded language support - Now supports diacritical marks and there is PostScript support for Kanji characters. - There's also an option in Preferences which allows you to customize your language preferences. I left out a great deal of information, but at least you'll have a sampling. Oh, yes, again: NeXTstep 2.0 will be out this week or next week. If anyone can compare this feature list to System 6, System 7, or OS/2, I think it would be quite interesting. -Declan