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From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu>
Subject: Re: Slow OpenPanel under AFS?
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:44:10 GMT

hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) writes:
> Could someone explain, for us "abbreviation-impaired" people, who may
> have missed the original postings, what AFS means (I presume A... File
> System, or is it just "a file system" ;-)) and what it is good for? 
> --
> Hardy 

According to the latest literature, AFS has no meaning these days.  It's  
just a name of a product.  Before it was the name of a product, it stood  
for "Andrew File System".

It's a distributed file system, which has a number of advantages over  
things like NFS.  We have it here at RPI.  I personally like it a lot more  
than NFS.  "Transarc" is the name of the company which does all the AFS  
stuff.

And for the TLA mill:  Transarc is also working on the follow-on to AFS,  
which will be called DFS.  DFS is part of DCE.

Cheers.

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From: flog@open.ch (Florian Gutzwiller)
Subject: Oracle only works under 'root' ...
Reply-To: flog@open.ch
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 10:16:36 GMT

I recently installed Oracle 6 under NeXTSTEP3.0. First of all the installation  
software that handles the thousands of diskettes and messages with Installer  
doesn't work anymore. That wasn't a problem, Installer alone did it as well.

But after running the installation script 'oracle.install' and checking that  
all the processes were running, I can only access Oracle from DBModeler when  
logged in as root. 'sqplus' never worked.

What am I missing ...

-Florian

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From: preuss@lewis.sfsu.edu (Peter Preuss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: IDSN Extenders Availability
Date: 29 Sep 92 21:34:10 GMT
Organization: San Francisco State University

In article <1992Sep28.201859.733@cubism.portal.com> vlahos@cubism.portal.com (Harry Vlahos) writes:
>In article <QelcgqW00Uh785GZQJ@andrew.cmu.edu> ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jinmo Ahn)  
>writes:
>> 
>> Are ISDN Extenders available in US?
>> 
>> If so, at what cost?
>> 
>> Jinmo
>> 
>> 
>> jim+@cmu.edu
>> ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu
>> jim@stealth.andrew.cmu.edu
>> Pick one... they all go to the same place. :-)
>
>I believe that NeXTConnection is going to carry them.
>Call them at 1-800-800-NEXT to get more info.
>
>They told me that they are back-ordered and they are expecting
>some to arrive in about a week.
>
>HV

I got mine from PiXY here in SF for $259 educational. "Outsiders" pay $295.

call 415-666-FUN1 or FAX 666-0313 or email pixy.inc@applelink.apple.com

Peter.
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From: ben@fizz.fdn.org (Benoit Grange)
Subject: Re: Developer Support "core dump":  NXImage question
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:10:31 GMT

I had some similar problem where an NXImage was allocated in a particular  
zone and the the zone was destroyed (long long later). The image was NOT  
NAMED any way, and not referenced explicitly in my application.

Then, in some random part of the program (often when quitting) the program  
would crash with a Bus Error. I had to investigate long (yes I should have  
RTFM) to find that

1) Always void all references to an NXImage before freeing, appkit objects  
have a long memory of what image they used, be sure you REALLY tell them  
not to use that image.
2) Always explicitly free a NXImage which is in a Zone you might destroy.
3) And then you are allowed to gracefully destroy the zone.

PS: I am REALLY HAPPY to see some NeXT dev support people posting some  
REALLY interesting articles. Please continue, this may help all of us.
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From: ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jinmo Ahn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: Phonekit Flakiness... it don't work
Date: 27 Sep 92 20:33:58 GMT
Organization: Senior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


Are ISDN Extenders available in US?

If so, at what cost?

Jinmo


jim+@cmu.edu
ja2f+@andrew.cmu.edu
jim@stealth.andrew.cmu.edu
Pick one... they all go to the same place. :-)
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From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
Subject: Has anyone used Projectbuilder with a remote host?
Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 18:10:30 GMT

The subject says it all.

Jim
From: adrian@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca (Adrian Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: The Appkit-Class *Form* does't take *setIntValue: at:* any more under 3.0
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:58:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: kakwa.1992Oct2.175826.6973
Reply-To: adrian@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada

In article <1992Oct02.163647.20446@infko.uucp> benz@infko.uni-koblenz.de  
(Hartmut Benz) writes:
> Hi you gurus out there!
> 
> I'm absolutely new to NeXT-programming so this question might be really  
> stupid, but ...
> 
> I have a small application running under 2.1 with a Form inside a Window  
like
> 
> 		Field 1 [        ]
> 		Field 2 [        ]
> 
> I have a connection 'fields' to this form and used to set values like  
this:
> 
> 		[fileds setIntValue:someValue at:1];
> 
> and everything worked fine until THE UPRGRADE TO 3.0!
> After that (and the rebuilding of the application of course) nothing  
happens  
> with this fields. Also the documentation on Form tells me not to use  
this  
> method on it?
> 
> Two Questions:
> 1.	How do I do it?
> 2.	Why has this been changed?
> 
Well, in answer to your first question, it still works for me. I have a  
form called myForm. Create a controller that messages the form with a 
	
		[myForm setIntValue:someValue at:0]

Link a button to the controller. Compile. Click the button, and field 0  
takes the intValue from someValue. Seems to work all right.

As for the second question, if it still works, why not use it? All i can  
find in the documentation is a line in the setIntValue:at: method that  
says

"Form does not override Control's setIntValue: method;  your code should  
never use that method with a Form."




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Audix: 5482
From: fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: Converting 2.1 palettes to 3.0
Keywords: palettes, interface builder, 3.0, project builder
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:08:54 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland University College

In article <1992Oct1.130300.7536@socrates.umd.edu> fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes:
>

>Also, I have included a list of instructions, which I give below, for
>converting a 2.1 palette to 3.0. Hopefully I have forgotten anything.
						^^^^^
						 NOT
>I haven't any luck with double clicking on the old project file and
        ^^^^^
         had
>doing an automatic conversion. I start anew and work from there. 
>

	How come I can't catch these typos *before* I post!-)

	Charlie


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From: tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis Lancaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: Is Garfinkel's and Mahoney's NeXTstep programming book out yet?
Date: 30 Sep 1992 18:38:42 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu

erno@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Erno Pena) writes:

>I just got the Winter '92 NeXTWORLD and saw in the back an ad for Garfinkel's  
>and Mahoney's NeXTstep programming book. Is it out yet? My $40 is waiting.

It isn't going to hit the bookstores until mid-November.  If you want to know
more try calling Springer-Verlag, the publisher: (800)SPRINGE or (800)777-4643.

Tal
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From: lele@itnsg1.cineca.it (Lele Gaifax)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: How to change the font used by a Browser?
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:13:58 GMT
Organization: Laboratorio di Fisica Computazionale, INFM. Trento Italia

The subject says it all. I tried to change the font used by a NXBrowser,
but I didn't get to the point.

Have I to subclass NXBrowserCell? Isn't there any simpler method? All I want
is to change the size of the font, from the default 12 to a smaller one.

Any hints?
thanx,
ciao, lele.
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From: jalegre@tsp.med.umn.edu (John Alegre)
Subject: SwapView under 3.0
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:56:47 GMT

Is there a 3.0 version of Greg Burd's SwapView?
If so how can I obtain it?

John N. Alegre
Andante Systems

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From: kho@hubble.fokus.gmd.de (Klaus Hofrichter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Different Document Icons
Keywords: Application NeXTstep Icon Document
Date: 30 Sep 92 11:50:58 GMT
Organization: GMD-Fokus

Hi folks,

may be a FAQ, but I can't find the answer: 

I would like to have some self-defined document icons, let's say for TIFF  
files in the File Viewer. Is it possible, to write a _very_ simple  
application only for overwriting the document-icon defined in Icon for  
TIFF?

This is what I have done: 
* With IB: building a simple application with a self defined document icon  
for TIFF.
* Installing the app in /LocalApps
* deleting every other tool for TIFF (eg. Icon)
--> The new document icon shows in the file viewer. That is fine, that is  
what I want!
* reinstalling Icon.
--> The old document icon (defined by Icon) appears again. That is not  
fine, that is not what I want!

So, the first question with other words: Who knows about the strategy of  
the Workspace Manager for binding document icons to files? It it  
/NeXT/appcache? Is it the date of the application? Is it magic?

Answers and hints are appreciated. TNX

- Klaus 

BTW: I am using 2.1   :-(

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From: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott R Violet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Dwrite format for login hook
Date: 3 Oct 1992 23:42:53 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Originator: xepo@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


Hi,
	Could some kind soul please reply to me telling me the format
of dwrite for a login hook?  With this can I execute a shell script?
Thanks,
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From: pwm@csis.dit.csiro.au (Peter Milne)
Subject: Franz Allegro Common Lisp 3.1 under NeXTstep 3.0
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology
Distribution: world 
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 06:24:07 GMT

Well I just upgraded to NeXTstep 3.0 and as expected my copy of ACL 3.1
no longer works.  It fails with the following message:

	Minor versions don't match in /usr/shlib/libNeXT_s.C.shlib
	This image cannot be executed

Now I assume that this is occurring because Franz built ACL 3.1 to use a
dynamic library (rather than producing a large statically linked executable).

Presumably re-installing ACL 3.1 under NS 3.0 won't help because source
or object files of the lisp kernel aren't available to allow re-linking with
the new version of libNeXT_s.C.shlib.

Another possibility which occurred to me was to invoke ACL 3.1 with a
script that substituted the NS 2.1 version of libNeXT_s.C.shlib.  But that
might cause poblems for other processes that require the 3.0 version
of libNeXT_s.C.shlib.

Then I wondered if I could zap the libNeXT_s.C.shlib version number in the
ACL 3.1 executable so it would match the NS 3.0 libNeXT_s.C.shlib.  Assuming
this could be done, the hope is that ACL 3.1 would work with the NS 3.0 version
of the library.  Is this worth trying?  If so, how would I determine the NS 3.0
version number and substitute it in the ACL 3.1 executable?

If my assumption that ACL 3.1 won't work under NS 3.0 because of its use
of a dynamic library, what lesson can developers learn from this.  Should
they avoid using dynamic libraries?  Are there ways of using dynamic libraries
which avoid the problem?

Of course Franz could just relink ACL 3.1 under NeXTstep 3.0 and release
an update.  However they apparently don't plan to do this because they
are applying all their resources to getting ACL 4.1 out the door.
I guess that it might not be as simple as just relinking ACL 3.1 under
NS 3.0 for them - they would need to put it thru quality assurance to
check that it worked correctly with the NS 3.0 version of the library.
Given that they are close with ACL 4.1, I can understand why they wouldn't
want to do this.

Problem is that all of us ACL 3.1 users who have moved to NS 3.0 are
without a running lisp until ACL 4.1 appears (and they pay for it).
Now Bill Vrotney has mailed to this list that "Some wonderful guys who
wish to remain anonymous have come up with a simple fix for ACL 3.1.20
work under NeXTstep 3.0 ..."  Apparently their fix gets ACL going but
not the Objective C interface.  Bill has asked them for the fix so
he could post details, but so far nothing has been posted.

Well what one group of wonderful guys can do another can do too.
My suggestion is that we work together to try and come up with a
fix.  Anyone interested?

Peter Milne	(milne@csis.dit.csiro.au)
 
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From: barker@saipan.wri.com (Harold Barker)
Subject: Re: Is Garfinkel's and Mahoney's NeXTstep programming book out yet?
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 20:10:36 GMT

In article <1acs7iINN7uf@gap.caltech.edu> tll@cco.caltech.edu (Tal Lewis  
Lancaster) writes:
> erno@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Erno Pena) writes:
> 
> >I just got the Winter '92 NeXTWORLD and saw in the back an ad for  
Garfinkel's  
> >and Mahoney's NeXTstep programming book. Is it out yet? My $40 is  
waiting.
> 
> It isn't going to hit the bookstores until mid-November.  If you want to  
know
> more try calling Springer-Verlag, the publisher: (800)SPRINGE or  
(800)777-4643.
> 
> Tal

I called Springer-Verlag 09/30/92 and was told to wait till december.  An  
ad in NeXTWorld saying ORDER NOW prompted my call.

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From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Re: isKindOf: and IsKindOfClassNamed: problems
Date: 30 Sep 92 05:46:56 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

In article <timm.717827168@xongmao> timm@xongmao.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren) writes:
> Well, I can't seem to find a rationale for the changes, although I 
> did find them documented in ObjC.rtf in the Developer Release Notes.
> I am having the same problem as the original poster.  And the Release Notes
> don't make the behavior any clearer to me.  I should think that these
> things should both return YES or both return NO.  Any other clues?

the difference between the IsKindOf and IsMemberOf methods (and their cousins
that take class names instead of class objects as args) is how they handle subclasses.
if an object x is an instance of class B (which is a subclass of A) then
x is a kind of A but x is NOT a member of A.
(x is both a kind of B and a member of B)

for more info look in the concepts section on objective C or the
reference for the class Object.

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From: yiannis@prologos.nrl.navy.mil (John Michopoulos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: HELP on: Making a view accept an Icon from the workspace....
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:02:55 GMT


A while ago I had asked next about this:

> I am trying to built a pallete object like a button view which will accept an  
icon draged from the File Viewer. On my example I started with the Acceptor App  
and made it to accept the icon when I drop it in the inspectorWindow as opposed  
to the appIcon window (by slightly changing the appDidInit).
> 
> Now I need to make it show up in the iconView only when I drop it there (in  
iconView) and NOT in the inspectorWindow in general.So my problem is to get the  
view to be the "sensitive" area and NOT the window which includes the view  
iconView.
> 
> Can you PLEASE point me to some answers, (or examples) ? I am familiar with  
both the NeXT Answers 497 and 517
> 

NeXT indicated that this could be done much cleaner in 3.0 ! Well, I waited  
till I got 3.0 and now I cann't find any example or place in the on-line Docs  
that this is given some explanation !

Does anybody out there can help ?? I would greatly appreciate any pointers. 

Anxiously waiting for any answers

--john m.



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From: andrew@cubetech.com
Subject: Re: Has anyone used Projectbuilder with a remote host?
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 08:07:54 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.181030.5341@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
>The subject says it all.
>
>Jim

Yes.


andrew

Just kidding...   PB uses rsh to do this, so you have to have the
machine name you are currently on in the .rhosts file in the home
directory of the machine you want to compile on.  If you have the same
hame-directory everwhere, just list all of the machines you like to
work on in your .rhosts file.  If you have different passwords on
each machine, this is somewhat of a security risk, but if you have a
single netinfo account, then it isn't as much....

Also, you have to be able to access the source files and such from the
compile machine too...

It took me a while to figure out what was going on here...

andrew
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From: wfp@jupiter.claremont.edu (W. Frank Price III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: Workspace icon animation
Date: 3 Oct 92 07:34:31 GMT
Reply-To: wprice@pomona.claremont.edu
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711

I've been trying to find information on how to make my program's icon in the  
dock change images while it is running.  For instance, when Mail received  
mail, it pops up the letters, and NewsGrazer, etc...  I have a need for that  
feature, and the standard search in Librarian didn't turn anything up.  I then  
tried to find some sample code for it to no avail.  I browsed the new  
Workspace protocol for 3.0, is there a new special way to do this, or what is  
the old way?

Thanks!

-- Frank
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