HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: icarus@lascar.puc.cl (Edo. Jimenez IIC)
Subject: Cats Disks ?
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:48:14 GMT


 hello, I heard about others disk like the fish disks, I don't know the
right name but I think that is Cats disk....
 Somebody knows more about them...where, how...etc


 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: hessmann@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Georg Hessmann)
Subject: Re: Problems printing with TeX and DeskJet
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 11:56:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.150711.11103@uoft02.utoledo.edu> mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon) writes:
>YATQ (yet another TeX Question)
>
>I installed TeX on my friends 2000 with a DeskJet 500, and I cant seem
>to get a good printout.  First off, the page is uncentered on the paper,
>and the vertical uncentering usually causes an extra page to be printed
>with 1 or less line on it.  I have tried playing with the -v and -h
>tags on DVIprint, but these are VERY sensative, and I'd rather not
>adjust it by trial-and-error until I am happy with the results.
>Does anyone know a good solution to this?  I am currently using
>the 'dviprint -d deskjet' command to print stuff out.

What do you have against trying out the best settings for you?
Print the document without -h and -v (e.g. with 1 inch on both sites)
and measure the difference between your output and the position you would
like. Change the -h and -v accordingly and all should be ok. :)
( I think I use hoff=0.6in and some similar at -v)

> (BTW this is PasTeX 1.3 :)

What else... :-))

	Georg.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: jmarin@messi.uku.fi (Jukka Marin)
Subject: Re: GPFax and ProWrite 3.2.4 woes!
Date: 12 Nov 92 08:36:47 GMT
Organization: University of Kuopio, Finland

Manjit_Bedi@mindlink.bc.ca (Manjit Bedi) writes:

>I am trying to use ProWrite with GPFax to send faxes.  ProWrite dumps an
>incredibly crappy quality image through the GPFax printer driver.  What can
>I do?  I do not want to have to muck with ProWrite everytime I want to send
>a decent quality fax.  I set ProWrite to print in High Quality mode.

Remember that the FAX resolution is much smaller than that of your printer.
When ProWrite scales your document to the FAX resolution, it may lose some
pixels here and there.  There isn't much that can be done, if this is your
problem.  Using larger an simpler fonts should help, though.

I have tried FinalCopy II with GPFax and the results have been quite good.
I'm using 14 points fonts because of the low FAX resolution.

  Jukka Marin
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From: cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Looking for a virtual desktop
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:08:51 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

Does anyone know if there is a program out that acts like a virtual desktop on
the openwindows/xwindows. I have seen several public screen programs but I'm
looking for one that has a window on the current workbench that you can move
between screens on.


thanks,


Si.
Xref: sparky comp.sys.amiga.applications:8473 comp.sys.amiga.programmer:15543
From: TomK@cup.portal.com (Tom R Krotchko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: *REAL* Scalable Font Support for the Amiga?
Date: Sun,  8 Nov 92 19:51:43 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Nov2.154658.27726@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Nov3.130525.4926@ida.liu.se>
  <1992Nov5.140126.6028@ifi.unizh.ch>

>Its also out of the scope of the printer driver as it is intended in the
>Amiga. A down loadable font is meant to be specific to a printer.
>For using downloadable fonts, software shold be capable of asking the
>printer the availability and resolution it has, and then decide how the
>downloadable font must be. Even though it could have this infotmation from
>the driver self, I guess it would be inpractical.

Done properly, the application shouldn't care.  The driver takes care of it.
The job of the application is to print, the job of the printer driver
is to take the output of the application and use the printer most effectively.

For all its detractors, Windows 3.1 does this very well.

>Another problem I see, is the following situation. Immagine a user with a
>printer A that writes a document with a specific font. When the document is
>used by another user, who has a printer that cant download the font for
>printer A, how is he supposed to print the document? Printer B should then
>use another font or refuse to print?

Again, a common occurance under Windows.  Windows keeps a list of "equivalences
"
when it doesn't have the correct Truetype font.

TomK@cup.portal.com
Tom Krotchko
From: cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Is there a New Pagestream comming out?
Date: 12 Nov 92 10:51:35 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

In article <69277@cup.portal.com>, soft-logik@cup.portal.com (Kevin W Davidson) writes:
>>Does anyone know when the next major update of Pagestream is due as I'm
>>going to buy the program but will hang on if one is due soon.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>Si.
>>
> No major update of PageStream has been announced. There's nothing about
> to come out, so I suggest you buy now and start enjoying yourself.
> 
> Kevin Davidson, Asst. Moderator AmigaZone Vendor Support - PORTAL
>                <soft-logik@cup.portal.com>
>         SOFT-LOGIK BBS (PCP MOSLO) (314) 894-0057

In april you wrote:

>PageStream will have Arexx next release.

(7 months ago)

When will Arexx be added?

Simon
From: Michel@mike.CAM.ORG (Michel Lauzon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Shell zoom gadget on 2.04
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:17:48 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Can some one could show me how to select the size of the window whem i click on
the zomm gadget? 

For my new reader (tin) i open a shell that cover all the workbench less 1 on
the top (699X225) but if i click on the zoom gadget the window grow to cover all 
the screen (700X225). Is their any way to make the window smaller (like 100X25) 
whitout having to use the size gadget?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: keithh@bnr.ca (Keith Hanlan)
Subject: Looking for amiga version of Unix Compress
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 03:35:25 GMT

The subject says it all.  I am looking for an Amiga port of the
Unix Compress(1) command.  Any pointers appreciated.
From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: More 4000 compatible software
Date: 9 Nov 92 15:12:02 GMT
Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

In article <1992Nov8.230811.24989@sfu.ca> flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui) writes:
>I haven't been reading this thread, but will there be a 3.0 upgrade kit for
>A3000 owners, then?  Or does 2.1 have the same neat colour wheel and world
>timezone map anyway?

	Color wheel, no. Timezone map, yes.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: calfor@ncsu.edu (Constantine A Lapasha)
Subject: Re: Tape Backups, Quarterback
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:35:49 GMT

Don_-_Hirschfeld@cup.portal.com writes:

>I just got an Archive 2525s this week. I had the hardest time getting it to 
>work at first ( the connector on the drive was backwards), but it now works 
>perfect. If you use Quarterback or Amiback, you don't need any other utility 
>to get it recognized by your SCSI controller. I just boot my machine, go into
>Quarterback, set the tape device to the right SCSI # and off I go. I just sent
>for Amiback today which is superior to Quarterback with tape backups. It allow
>for multible backups and differential backups on the same tape which QB does
>not allow. I should get it tomorrow or Friday. Leave me E-mail if you want 
>more info or my test results with Amiback.

Hmm... seems that I've been doing multiple backups to tape using QB for some
time now.  I normally do full backups, so I have little hands on experience
with differential backups using this setup.  The only problem I've had is
trying to convince QB to skip to the proper backup session on the tape
when restoring.  I finally found that the following sequence worked fairly
well:
insert tape,
request restore - so QB reads the session log off tape
skip to next part of tape
request restore - so QB reads the session log
...
etc..
I found that if I didn't have it read the log off tape for each session,
that I cound not get it to skip to the proper session properly (say the 
forth backup session on the tape)

this is on an A2500 + cbm tape drive -- checked w/ 2.04 and later

anybody else have these problems - any more elegant fixes?

Kostya

calfor@unity.ncsu.edu
paleo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: taylors@hubcap.clemson.edu (C. Taylor Sutherland III)
Subject: Re: More 4000 compatible software
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:32:41 GMT


Kinda off the subject, where do you get DistantSuns 4.1?
They sent some upgrade stuff home and it had all about upgrading
from Galileo and DS3.* to 4.1 but nothing about 4.0 -> 4.1.
Where is it?


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From: cs90rol@brunel.ac.uk (Richard O Lavey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Final Copy II vs Wordworth II
Date: 6 Nov 92 11:21:02 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, West London, UK

I haven't seen either of these packages, but the UK Amiga mag 'Amiga Computing' reckons that it'll be putting them head-to-head in next month's issue (which will be on sale early December here and dated Jan'93)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Problems printing with TeX and DeskJet
From: mneylon@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Michael Neylon)
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:07:10 EST

YATQ (yet another TeX Question)

I installed TeX on my friends 2000 with a DeskJet 500, and I cant seem
to get a good printout.  First off, the page is uncentered on the paper,
and the vertical uncentering usually causes an extra page to be printed
with 1 or less line on it.  I have tried playing with the -v and -h
tags on DVIprint, but these are VERY sensative, and I'd rather not
adjust it by trial-and-error until I am happy with the results.
Does anyone know a good solution to this?  I am currently using
the 'dviprint -d deskjet' command to print stuff out.
 (BTW this is PasTeX 1.3 :)

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)
Subject: Re: Whats Final Copy II maths support like
Organization: Andrews University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:23:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.211359.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>Could anyone tell me what the maths support in Final copy II is like?
>
>Is it anything like MSWORD for windows?
>
>thanks,
>
>Simon.

It does addition of numbers! WOW!

Edsel
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Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 1992 18:09:04 CET
From: <TPATTERS@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject:    Final Copy II vs Wordworth II

The subject says it really. Has anybody seen the new version of Wordsworth
and is it better than Final Copy - and if so, why? (I'm trying to figure
out which WP to buy, but as soon as I make my mind up something new/better(?)
comes along!)

Tim
From: pl159410@academ01.mty.itesm.mx (Alejandro Garza Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: DPaint 4.?
Date: 11 Nov 92 15:28:53 GMT

Would anyone know if the new vers. of DP have better text support??
I hate to say this, but I envy the Mac's SuperPaint ability to do
word-wrap, font change, center, left justify, and style operations
on entire blocks of text. This shouldn't be so hard, so WHY hasnt
it ever been included in DP version X ?????

(Come to think of it, I don't hate saying that. It needs to be done)

And BTW, I second the ARexx support motion. EVERY important prog. for
the Amiga should have ARexx, period. 

AND PLEASE, EA! USE 2.x-compliant gadgets, file requesters, etc!!!!
At least give everyone to use the file req. they like the most!! 
(E.G. Use the asl req, and let ppl change the asl to whatever they
like...). On second thought, EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS!!!!

Ah cripes....
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: Manjit_Bedi@mindlink.bc.ca (Manjit Bedi)
Subject: GPFax and ProWrite 3.2.4 woes!
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 21:51:23 GMT

I am trying to use ProWrite with GPFax to send faxes.  ProWrite dumps an
incredibly crappy quality image through the GPFax printer driver.  What can
I do?  I do not want to have to muck with ProWrite everytime I want to send
a decent quality fax.  I set ProWrite to print in High Quality mode.
This works fine with my Canon BJ10 for hardcopies but does not seem to do
anything with GPFax.  Oh well.  Should I look into writing a macro
for Prowrite which will set the page size to a double size format and
use the larger point size fonts in document and then print that to GPFax to
hopefully achive better results.  I guess the problem lies in ProWrite does
not know what the GPFax.driver is besides just a device.  I am using GPFax
version 2.04; I have just started using it.

Manjit
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: stefanb@hathi.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Stefan Becker)
Subject: Re: ToolManager and WB3.0
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik  /  RWTH Aachen
Date: 13 Nov 92 10:22:40 GMT

itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack) writes:

>After copying TM2.0 from my 2000 (runing 2.04) and installing it
>on my 4000 something strange started happening.  It seems that
>TM won't launch any appications that have an 'EXEC TYPE' of 'WB'.

You MUST copy the file "WBStart-Handler" into "L:". TM relies on this handler
to start WB programs.

	Stefan

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From: hoover@math22.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de (Uwe Schuerkamp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Metafont 2.7 refuses to open window!
Date: 5 Nov 92 07:43:31 GMT
Organization: Math MadHouse Bielefeld, Germany


Dear netters,

I installed Metafont 2.7 from the PasTeX distribution on my system
(A500 2,3MB Kick1.3 80MB HD), and although I got 460K of free chipmem
when I launch MF it refuses to display created characters in the
window that's mentioned in the manual. I've set \mode:=previewer and
tried the settings \mode:=proof & \screenchars to no avail. Any help
on the topic would be very much appreciated. 

Thanks in advance for your help,

	hoover
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From: mrosen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael David Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re:  Booklet pagenumbering
Date: 13 Nov 92 23:56:18 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <1992Nov13.132521.3586@sunbim.be> accs1@bagheera.mumath writes:
>In article 1dv9j5INNab5@uwm.edu, mrosen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael David Rosen) writes:
>>
>>I suspect that you could write an arexx program to do this sort of thing in
>>ProPage but again it would take *a lot* longer to write the program than to
>>manually enter the page numbers. 
>
>
>Time becomes irrelevant if you intend to publish such a booklet every month.
>Frank
>

Gee, Frank, why would you delete the end of my message when it states exactly 
what your reply says?

If you are publishing a monthly booklet then it would probably be worth the
time required to figure out an Arexx program to do automatic page numbering
for the two-up format.

Another possibility would be to commit yourself to producing each booklet 
at the same number of pages and using the previous issue as a template.

Yet another approach would be to link the page number box of each "page" and
simply write out the page number sequence with carriage returns on your 
word processor and dump the numbers into the linked boxes as with any other
text. After a little trial and error you should be able to come up with the
right size box and font. Next issue, edit the text file.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: XPK 2.4 & XFH 1.12
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:47:59 GMT

Carl-D@cup.portal.com (Carl Thomas Demelo) writes:

>also, I kept ending up with my .info files being compressed...not
>good.

What's wrong with .info files being compressed?  As long as you refernce
them through XFH, everything works fine.

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From: rforster@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: FinalCopy II and ARexx macros ??
Date: 13 Nov 92 12:00:44 -0800
Reply-To: RFORSTER@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Distribution: world
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <1992Nov6.144546.1187@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>, rforster@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster) writes:
> In article <gromyko.0495@sputnik.rhein-main.de>, gromyko@sputnik.rhein-main.de (Michael Grom) writes:
>> In article <1992Nov2.101550.1162@galaxy.gov.bc.ca> rforster@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster) writes:

I wrote ...

>>> 	I am having problems getting ARexx macros to work under FinalCopy II
>>> 	that seem to work just fine under FinalCopy I.  None of the ARexx
>>> 	macros supplied with FCII work either.  I am running a 2000 with 2.04
>>> 	2.5 meg ram, (512K chip), and a 100mb harddisk.  Heres a simple test.
>>>
>>> 	I know that ARexx is running as the ARexx manu is not ghosted.  Any
>>> 	ideas?
>> 
and followed up with...

> 	Actually, in my copy they do not work.  I have an update that should
> 	have fixed it (but didn't for me).  Softwood is suspecting my directory
> 	(work:word processing/finalcopy_ii).  I am going to experment with that
> 	next.

now the solution...

	The space in the directory name was the problem.  FC II with Arexx
	is working fine for me now.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc
From: keithh@bnr.ca (Keith Hanlan)
Subject: Looking for amiga version of Unix Compress
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 03:36:19 GMT

The subject says it all.  I am looking for an Amiga port of the
Unix Compress(1) command.  Any pointers appreciated.

Keith Hanlan  KeithH@bnr.ca  Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada 613-765-4645