HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dmitri@physics (Dmitri Linde)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Spelling under NeXTStep 3.0 does not learn words...
Date: 16 Nov 1992 03:55:16 GMT
Organization: None
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.stanford.edu

Spelling under NeXTStep 3.0 seems to remember learned words
only until the user logs out. It uses a different LocalDictionary now:
.NeXT/dictionaries/English instead of .NeXT/LocalDictionary. There is
only one word in .NeXT/dictionaries/English. No new words are remembered
afterwards, however the first word in the .NeXT/dictionaries/English is
remembered. As a result when the user logs out all the "learned" words are
lost.

	Had anyone had the same problem? If so please e-mail to
dmitri@StarConn.com and I will file a bug report to NeXT.


Dmitri Linde
From: JGrace@TetraSoft.com (Joseph R. Grace)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Re: Has anyone used HSD's PowerScan software?
Date: 23 Nov 92 00:31:01 GMT
Organization: TetraSoft International

Beware the SCSI chain flaking out or the scanner overheating (at "104" degrees  
_internally_, e.g., 90 degrees room temperature (the scanner is self-heating  
since it has an internal fluorescent bulb which is always on when the scanner  
is on)).  In my experience, either of these problems while using PowerScan  
reduces your NeXT to a hung PC --- it hard core hangs (all applications freeze,  
menus won't activate, keyboard is ignored;  I believe even the NMI keys don't  
work!).

I get the impression the scanner or PowerScan is/are (somehow) hanging the SCSI  
bus (thus effectively disabling all SCSI devices, including the hard disks  
:-().  I think this problem causes all unsaved and unsync'ed (by the OS) work  
to be lost --- even that of other applications or any background processes.   
Needless to say, PowerScan does not deal gracefully with scanner SCSI  
communications problems.

So, now before using PowerScan, I disconnect my modem (so I don't lose incoming  
information, e.g., e-mail), and save all my work in other applications.  Of  
course, now my NeXTstation becomes no more than a flakey, single-tasking PC,  
but so it goes to use my scanner...  Also, I leave my scanner off when not in  
use.

I reported this problem to HSD (most recently on 20 October).  I have no idea  
what (if any) progress is being made to solve it.

If anybody can shed more light on these problems (or even has solutions, heaven  
forbid :-), please let me know!

Thanks,

= Joe =
-- 
Joe Grace <JGrace@TetraSoft.com> (NeXTMail preferred.)
TetraSoft International   Business and Personal Productivity Tools for NeXTSTEP
From: stuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stuart Pearlman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Software license question - Adobe Illustrator.
Date: 20 Nov 92 22:11:39 GMT
Organization: Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
X-Organization: (formerly David Taylor Research Center)


I have a question about software licenses for Adobe Illustrator.  We
currently have one user using Adobe Illustrator; she has a
NeXTstation color and her /LocalApps directory is nfs mounted from a
NeXTcube server, which also doubles as someone elses workstation.  Now
the person who uses the NeXTcube server as his workstation would like
to start using AI also. [*]

Is it a license violation to let both people use AI, provided that
only one of them uses it at a time?  Both of them are in the same
office, so it is fairly easy for them to check and see if the other
person is using it.

-stuart

[*] The license included with our copy of AI states that it is for a
single cpu or a multiuser system provided only one person uses it at a
time, and that the person currently using it has the distribution
diskettes in their possesion.  The distribution diskettes are normally
kept with the manuals on the bookshelf in the office these two people
share.
-- 
Stuart Pearlman                                 stuart@oasys.dt.navy.mil
Trandes Corporation                             +1 301 459 0200
On-Contract-To: David Taylor Research Center    +1 301 227 1428
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From: gpoc@cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Gianfranco Pocecai)
Subject: Gopher server Problem
Keywords: gopher
Organization: Computer Science Dep. - Milan University
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:09:25 GMT

Hi there,
I have some problem with gopher server on NeXT.
ftp is not working! (the link to a ftp site)
When in debug mode I recieve this message:
3 Error: Could not complete the transfer

Any suggestion???

many thanks

Gianfranco

------------------
Gianfranco Pocecai
Coordinator of "NeXT2You", The Italian NeXT User Group
University of Milano - Computer Science Department
Via Comelico, 39/41
20135 Milano - Italy
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From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: MicroPhonePro and the Neuron 1414
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 10:54:30 GMT

In article <92Nov15.190409.12336@acs.ucalgary.ca> kthompso@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kelly Thompson) writes:

[ ]

The Neuron 1414 is a ZyXEL. You can get upgraded ROM's from them, since you
might want to have the latest version (at least 5.02 I believe). The get
the ZxXEL v.32 driver from Software Ventures' BBS (listed in the manual).
>
>Thanks for any info.

Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
From: nevin@dtint.dtint.com
Subject: Re: Connection between NeXT and MAC via Ethernet
Reply-To: nevin@dtint.dtint.com
Organization: Digital Technology, International
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 01:51:46 GMT

> I might be able to help here...
> 
> Concerning this rumor of NeXT adopting IPT's "uShare" software, and dropping  
> their own code:
> 
> I KNOW for a fact that this is the desire of at least one of IPT's employees.
                            ^^^^^^^^^
After reading what I wrote, I think I want to re-phrase it:
I KNOW for a fact that that this was, and *presumably* still is, the desire of  
at least one of IPT's employees.

> I also KNOW for a fact that this one IPT employee hopes to get NeXT to bundle
> both the client and server portions of "uShare" with NeXTSTEP, but only have  
> the client portion be usable out of the box.  A phone call to IPT, with your  
> VISA card in hand, would get you a key to enable the server portion.

Again, I guess I should have said: "this one IPT employee hoped, and  
*presumably* still hopes....".

And, in case anybody get's confused here, the equivalent of the client portion  
is what NeXT bundles now in 3.0, so there would be no change in what we would  
get "for free".


--
Nevin Pratt, Digital Technology, Int'l    Orem, Ut
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From: aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Problem with SoftPC
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:25:16 GMT
Reply-To: aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca


I have a problem with SoftPC that is driving me crazy... I can't generate  
a backslash! The backslash comes out as a forward slash.

My configuration is: 68040 cube, non-ADB keyboard, System 3.0 running  
SoftPC upgraded to DOS 5.

Has anyone had this problem, and does anyone know how to fix it? I can't  
find it in the manual.

-Anthony

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From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
Subject: Re: What Is BackSpace?
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:05:54 GMT

 gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) writes:
> Ok. I admit it. I must be out of it, 'cause everybody 'cept me seems to  
> know what BackSpace is. I searched the 3.0 documentation. Nothing. I've  
> looked in the archives. Everybody refers to it with no explanation. WHAT  
> IS IT?

It comes with release 3.0.  Check into:
      /NextDeveloper/Examples/AppKit/BackSpace
and   /NextDeveloper/Examples/AppKit/BackSpaceViews

You'd have to compile it, but once you do you have a pretty nice screensaver  
program.  It's particularly nice that the source code is included, as it  
gives the budding programmer an example of how to do a lot of "neat things".

--
Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA
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From: giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Giddings)
Subject: Re: Graphical GDB??
Keywords: gdb debugger
Organization: Physical Sciences Lab, UW-Madison
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 22:38:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov21.210422.28170@qualcomm.com> eamonn@next.qualcomm.com  
(Eamonn Coleman) writes:
> Are there any ( shareware/ freeware ) graphical front ends to gdb?
> 
> Thanks, Eamonn. 
> 
> 
> Eamonn Coleman                            Qualcomm Incorporated
> eamonn@qualcomm.com                       10555 Sorrento Valley Road
> Tel. (619) 597-5280                       San Diego, CA 92121-1617   

Yes,
I use super-debugger from Impact and am happy with it.  It does all the  
things I seem to need, and is pretty easy to use.  There is a demo at  
sonata.cc.purdue.edu you can FTP to try out.  Also, upgrades have been  
released a number of times that continue to make the program more  
versatile, and so far have been free to users, a policy I like.   The  
price is reasonable too.  
The only thing I don't like is that it has a host-dependent copy  
protection scheme, something which, in my opinion, is a bad trend for  
software on the NeXT to take.  I have already had a number of hassles  
dealing with the licensing keys.

--
Michael Giddings                   | DNA sequencing technologies 
giddings@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu  | Artificial Intelligence
giddings@cs.wisc.edu               | Sciences NeXT User Group founder
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From: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola)
Subject: Re: Bug in WordPerfect under 3.0?
Reply-To: spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 16:35:48 GMT

Chris Stecker writes
> 
> I've had a problem with WordPerfect 1.0 ever since I upgraded to
> NeXTStep 3.0.  Whenever I hit the "italic" menu-item or its
> command-key equivalent, all I get is a "^A" on the screen.
> Does anybody know of a fix for this?
> 

This is a known bug. Call WP for the latest release (25 Sept 92),  
which fixes it.  There's a shipping charge.

--
-
Stefano Pagiola
Food Research Institute, Stanford University
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
spagiola@FRI-nxt-Pagiola.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Subject: Re: What is -MachLaunch, and other anomalies ?
Reply-To: eps@cs.sfsu.edu
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 06:36:09 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.091215.8231@dolphin.com>
	gordie@yamanote.dolphin.com (Gordie Freedman) writes:
>So what's -MachLaunch nn nnn ???
>Or why else didn't these apps work correctly when launched directly?
>The "nn nnn" numbers after -MachLaunch are always different, I suspect  
>they have to meaning to either WS, mach, or the app, and I didn't want to  
>make some up to see what will happen.

When the Workspace Manager launches an application, it creates
the tile; -MachLaunch passes the tile's PostScript window number
[second] and a sequence number [first] used to authenticate a
reply to Workspace indicating that the launch was successful and
initialization completed.  In the absence of -MachLaunch, the
program assumes that it is not operating under the control of the
Workspace Manager, and displays its own tile.  Note: the
distinction is more than cosmetic; e.g., see the description of
powerOff: (Application).

In most cases, [[NXApp appIcon] style] is probably the best way
to determine if an application's been launched from the Workspace
(NX_TOKENSTYLE) or not (NX_MINIWORLDSTYLE).  DiskPig uses a
different technique, since it wants to seize control before
miniworld creation.

					-=EPS=-
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: NewsGrazer
From: <HWTQC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Thursday, 19 Nov 1992 20:13:30 EST
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

I read my news on a VM system (our NeXT SysAdmin isn't sure he can justify the
cost of a newfeed to the pursestring gods). I would like to save the news
articles as ASCII text and then FTP them to my NeXT account and then read them
as flatfile articles, but I can't seem to set the files correctly in
Preferences. Can I, in fact, use NewsGrazer without having an nntp connection?

If not, is there a site (maybe Freenet?) where I can login and capture Usenet
articles to something that NewsGrazer understands.

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm sick of NetNews and I'm sick of reading
articles in ASCII (essentially non-News) format offline.
-------
Harry Wert
Queens College Academic Computer Center
NeXT Mail: wert@alehouse.acc.qc.edu
From: dockd@CS.ORST.EDU (Dion Dock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: new dwrite for Terminal
Date: 19 Nov 92 05:47:42 GMT
Article-I.D.: flop.1ef9puINN6aq
Distribution: na
Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: storm.cs.orst.edu


Well, here's a dwrite, albeit a rather uninteresting one.

I found this in the _new_ NeXTSTEP Dev Tools and Techniques. (NS Op Sys 
Software is also in print now)

p.5-8
	If necessary, you can specify a character other than Escape as the first
	character in a two-character sequence.  To do so, use the dwrite shell
	command to set the value of the Terminal 'Meta' variable to the 
	decimal value of the desired character.

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From: jburke@bodacious.csc.wsu.edu (John L. Burke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Re: Trouble with NewsGrazer 72.2 (and 72.0)
Date: 19 Nov 92 16:30:23 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov19.163023.18523
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Nov19.093155.11253@slab.slip.uiuc.edu>  
derek@slab.slip.uiuc.edu (Derek Taubert) writes:
> I've sent mail to newsgrazer@next.com, but haven't gotten any sort of a  
response (should I be expecting one??).  This is really  
> annoying cause I won't use anything but NG to read news, and so feel cut  
off as I can't respond to articles without them looking like hell and me  
like an idiot.
> 

I too have sent mail to newsgrazer@next.com and failed to get a response.   
it has been over 2 weeks since I tried.  I am STILL trying to find out how  
to use NewsGrazer with different NNTP sites.  There simply has to be an  
easier way than changing the server name in preferences, quitting, and  
restarting NewsGrazer.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks much.


**************************************************************************
* John Burke                                                             *
* jburke@bodacious.csc.wsu.edu                                           *
* jburke@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu                                              *
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From: bwild@fzi.de
Subject: PS to TIFF
Reply-To: bwild@fzi.de
Organization: FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 09:51:49 GMT

Is there a possibility to convert multi-page PostScript documents into a  
multi-page or several single-page TIFF file(s)? 
I need the TIFF format but my application (Concurrence) produces only a  
proprietary format. So, the only way is the saving of the print output to a  
PostScript file. But now I need a PStoTIFF converter. Any ideas?
Bernd Wild

===============================================
Bernd Wild                                       
Forschungszentrum Informatik FZI
Dept. Technical Expert Systems and Robotics
Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 10-14
D-7500 Karlsruhe GERMANY 
Tel:   +49-721-9654-310
Fax:   +49-721-9654-309
email: bwild@fzi.de
===============================================
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From: derek@slab.slip.uiuc.edu (Derek Taubert)
Subject: Re: Trouble with NewsGrazer 72.2 (and 72.0)
Reply-To: dat33228@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Organization: Damage Inc.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 09:35:31 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.093155.11253@slab.slip.uiuc.edu>  
derek@slab.slip.uiuc.edu (Derek Taubert) writes:
> 
> When using followup to respond to a post, NewsGrazer almost always appen 
> ds some junk to the end of my post.
> 
> This never happened to me before, but now I can't seem to get this problem to go away.  Started happening around the time I upgraded to 3.0 final (I think it was ok in PR2).

Did I mention that it has trouble automatically wrapping lines too?

Derek
r inews with a dummy shell script, and verified that NG was corrupting the article, not something outside of it.

Derek Taubert
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
From: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Subject: Re: Need NeXT version of FTPtool
Reply-To: jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 04:05:40 GMT

Gordon Van Huizen writes:
> What's wrong with running two or more copies?

I thought it was pretty strange, that's all.  It is the only piece of  
NeXT software I've seen that doesn't allow more than one display to be  
shown at one time.  For instance, Edit.app allows more than one  
document to be open at once, all the drawing programs I've seen allow  
more than one picture to be open at once, ImageViewer allows more than  
one picture to be viewed at once, the list goes on and on.

In fact, the only pieces of software I can think of that allow only one  
thing to be shown and dealt with at once are ModPlayer and NewsGrazer.   
I'd guess the reasons for implementing ModPlayer as such are that when  
it was written, it wasn't easily possible to get two sounds from two  
different sources to come out of the speaker at the same time (unlike   
3.0) and it's not the easiest thing for most users to listen to  
multiple pieces of music simultaneously.  In NewsGrazer, being able to  
open multiple news servers could be a useful addition to the program  
(and to go along with that, an easier way of changing the news server;  
perhaps a button to prompt for it?).

Nevertheless, Gator FTP+ is very useful for some ftp sites.
-- 
-- Jeff (jeffo@uiuc.edu)
-- NeXTmail welcome
From: fermat@fermat.dartmouth.edu (Michael Glenn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: How do I do this with IconBuilder?
Date: 15 Nov 92 23:44:50 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH


Occasionally I have a need to use "grab" to make some icons for an app.   
But I am having trouble trying to do some things I used to with icon.app.   
I've heard some people praise IconBuilder, and would like their help in  
getting me back in business.

Usually I want to "grab" a small image on the screen, then change the  
color that was in the background (usually white or gray) to totally  
transparent, and then spruce up the remaining image dot by dot, adding  
color, etc. (for example, I recently wanted the treble/bass cleff music  
symbols for an app, so I "grab"ed the postscrip display that was made with  
musictex.  Then wanted to change all the white to transparent, and the  
remaining black to blue...)

Here is how I would have proceeded with icon.app.  I would command-A to  
select the entire image, then "replace" white with transparent, and drop  
the marquee down.  Then I'd again select all, fill the marquee with blue,  
set the compositing mode to satop, and drop...  (then go in and fix up the  
dot by dot bits to make it pretty...)

Any help would be appreciated...

Michael.Glenn@dartmouth.edu (NeXTMail ok)
From: matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Summary:  Project Management Software
Date: 21 Nov 92 15:59:43 GMT
Originator: matthews@oberon.umd.edu

Thanks to:

	mark@cyantic.com (Mark T. Dornfeld)
	shiva@vega.stanford.edu (Marcos Javier Polanco)
	tsenovic@blcksmth.com (Terry A. Senovich)
	Michael Mellinger <mmelling@trirex.com>
	james@npoint.com (James L. Hyde)

for their replies.  The list of currently available (or soon to be available)
PM software that might fit the bill is:

	FastTrack Schedule from AEC software (Sterling, VA; 1 800 356 9413 or
		703 450 1980 -- might be in Chantilly, but who cares :-) )
	What's Happening? from Adamation might be suitable too

There's a product in development from Cyantic Software called Taj that's been
announced in the catalogue of NeXT software too, but probably won't be out
for a year or so.

Looks like FastTrack's the best bet for today.
------
Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted)
------
"Were there no women, men might live like gods."
-- Thomas Dekker
From: david@worg.questor.org (David Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Re: Problem with SoftPC
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:41:54 GMT
Reply-To: david@worg.questor.org
Organization: Vancouver NeXT Users Society (VeNUS)

In article <1992Nov17.022516.3387@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca>  
aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno) writes:
> 
> I have a problem with SoftPC that is driving me crazy... I can't generate  
> a backslash! The backslash comes out as a forward slash.
> 
> My configuration is: 68040 cube, non-ADB keyboard, System 3.0 running  
> SoftPC upgraded to DOS 5.
> 
> Has anyone had this problem, and does anyone know how to fix it? I can't  
> find it in the manual.
> 
> -Anthony
> 
Use '|' (vertical bar next to backslash on the keyboard).


-- 
David Lau (aka Sleepy Head)
Independent Software Developer
Phone: (604)276-9860  FAX: (604)276-8606
Email: david@worg.questor.org, david@worg.questor.wimsey.bc.ca
From: matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
Subject: OOPS - addendum to Project Mgmt Software
Date: 22 Nov 92 14:03:09 GMT
Originator: matthews@oberon.umd.edu

Add another piece of software that does project management.  I have no idea
how I missed it, but I did.

Addidtional thanks (and an apology) to Robert Hill
<hill@norman.vi.ri.cmu.edu> for not only replying in the first place, but
pointing out I didn't include him in the original summary.  sigh.

Anyway, Pittsburgh Project Manager from VISUS ((412) 488-3600) is the other
piece of software

Is it Thanksgiving Holiday yet?
------
Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted)
------
Three great scientific theories of the structure of the universe are
the molecular, the corpuscular and the atomic.  A fourth affirms, with
Haeckel, the condensation or precipitation of matter from ether --
whose existence is proved by the condensation or precipitation...A
fifth theory is held by idiots, but it is doubtful if they know any
more about the matter than the others.

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From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello)
Subject: What Is BackSpace?
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 02:19:34 GMT

Ok. I admit it. I must be out of it, 'cause everybody 'cept me seems to  
know what BackSpace is. I searched the 3.0 documentation. Nothing. I've  
looked in the archives. Everybody refers to it with no explanation. WHAT  
IS IT?

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Colello
Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Stanford University
gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu
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