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From: ue33+@andrew.cmu.edu (University Entrepreneurs Association)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: DATABASE for the Mac...How powerful can they get?
Date: 27 Aug 92 01:51:54 GMT
	<26AUG199217453863@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I have a Database application that I don't think should be that hard,
but I have almost no idea how to do it.

Is this possible on a Mac Database? Which one?

I want to list the to-do lists of projects in a very similar way to the
system 7 finder.  At the "root directory" I want to list major projects,
then be able to display them exactly how imbedded folders in the finder
are displayed--just click on the project to see it's sub-projects.  Just
like the finder, I would like to display several levels of imbedded
folders, see the sub-projects of many different projects on the screen
at once, be able to move the contents of one project to another project,
and sort either all the projects by date, or individual sub-projects.

If possible, but not necessary, I would like to be able to display only
one sub-project on the screen with it's respective sub-projects and
dates.  Also, like Hypercard, it would be nice to click on "to-dos" and
go the respective application, i.e. Excel.

I really don't know if this is an application better suited for
HyperCard, a Spreadsheet, a Project Management Package (MS or Claris'
Project), a more sophisticated DataBase package (FoxBase?, but I
currently have FileMaker Pro 1.0), or the REALLY inelegant solution of
actually just using a folder in the Finder (And generating a HUGE
desktop file).

Thanks in advance for your replies.

D.Eric Bland
ue33
From: Glen.Stewart@f175.n2240.z1.ieee.org (Glen Stewart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: GNU C++ for the Mac?
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:21:20 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:2240/175 - The Associati, Grand Blanc MI


I just read where the Free Software Foundation has a C++ compiler that
supports over 40 different processors, and that the source code is available
for free.  Can you tell me if this program & code is on a BBS - and if not,
how much the media and postage charges will be?  Does it run on a Mac?

Thanks!


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From: ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Word 4 select all?
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:28:42 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1992Sep4.142015.12078@linus.mitre.org> cbp@ladyday.mitre.org  
(Cynthia B. Phillips) writes:
> 
> Most word processors have a select all command, which is very useful
> for changing elements of a document once it is already written.
> 
> Is there any way to do this in Word 4?  

Word 5 uses command-a. Earlier versions used command-option-m. I don't  
remember right now whether the change came with Word 4 or with Word 5.

It is possible to customize the menus in Word and add commands such as  
"select all" to the menu of your choice. I think it is in the default Edit  
menu in Word 5, but I remember customizing earlier releases by adding the  
command-option-m "select all" command to the edit menu. Choose the  
"Commands..." menu item in whatever menu it's in (varies with the version,  
I think) and find a scrolling list of all the commands in Word, which you  
may execute on the spot or add to the menu of your choice.

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From: eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Emacs availability?
Date: 3 Sep 92 10:52:03 GMT
Organization: FOA, Linkoping, Sweden

d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:

>4) ftp cs.rics.edu  user anonymous  password:yourname@yoursite
           ^^^^^
Shouldn't this be .rice. instead ?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: whitmore@iastate.edu (Kurt D Whitmore)
Subject: Backup Scenario From Hell (BSFH)
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:50:54 GMT

I got a question for you guys (and gals).

Here is the scenario:
---------------------------------
	My brother has a Mac at home.
	I have a Mac at work, and a La Cie 120 meg pocket drive.

 	I only have limited storage space on both Macs.
	Though, the files I need to use frequently I want on all
	three hard drives.

 	I have more than enough room on the pocket drive. 
	I have all my data files  on it. I don't always have access to the
	pocket drive so I have to make files on the other Macs.

Here is the question:
---------------------------------
Is there a program that will mirror my pocket drive so when I make
files on either Mac I can have them saved into the mirror and then
update my pocket drive from the mirror. This way I can:

o	Save files in there appropriate folders
	(same hierarchy on all 3 drives).

o	Access my frequently used files on all three hard drives

o	Keep the pocket drive updated from both HD's EASILY. 

(I also have limited access to 120 meg backup tape.)

Yes, yes, yes I know I will probably get told to make a temp folder on
the Macs then drag all the files to their appropriate folders on my drive.
This is what I have been doing and it is very tedious and time consuming.


If this is not possible could you give me a suggestion on another
course of action?

Here is the disclaimer:
---------------------------------
Thanks, I appreciate all the responses I will get, even the flames,
not to mention this newsgroup resource.


Kurt


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From: dana@are.Berkeley.EDU (Dana E. Keil)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: The Updated Grammar File for MS Word 5.0 (mac version)
Date: 30 Aug 1992 23:25:49 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley, Agr & Res Economics
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: are.berkeley.edu

Check to see that you have the two files necessary for grammar
checking -- the file called "grammar" which is the "plug-in" module
that was updated and another file called "U.S. English Grammar"
which is, I think, the actual data for the grammar module to use.
Maybe you threw out both of them when you abandoned the grammar
checking before. The plug-in module is the only one that was
updated, you'll have to go back to your original master disks to
get the other file back.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: John T. Chapman <jtc1@cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Filenames and MSWord 5.0a
X-Xxdate: Thu, 27 Aug 92 14: 23:06 GMT
Nntp-Posting-User: jtc1@cornell.edu
Organization: Office of Computing and Statistical Consulting
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:11:24 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.000910.4425@megatek.com> David Barto,
barto@tsunami.megatek.com writes:
>When you save a file in 5.0(a) for the first time, a dialog box prompts
>for information.  This information is saved in the file (and can be seen
>in the RTF document).
>
>What I want is to print some of that information as the footer to each
>page.  How do I do that?  I can't find anything in the fine manual.

All of those fields are available as standard Glossary entries; see p.480 
(red-shaded box at top of page).

>	-barto

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From: bowman@reed.edu (Eric Bowman (bobo))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Pro-Cite info?
Date: 3 Sep 92 23:15:39 GMT
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR

In our never-ending search for the best bibliographic software, Pro-Cite has
been mentioned.

Anyone have a phone number for them?

Anyone have anything good or bad to say about Pro-Cite?

Thanks,
bobo
bowman@reed.edu
George Clinton in '92
From: johng@informix.com (John Galloway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Personal Organisers??
Date: 3 Sep 92 04:54:53 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

In article <1992Sep03.021531.6059@brtph560.bnr.ca> pfkelly@bnr.ca (Pete Kelly) writes:
>In article <182qlvINN2e7@early-bird.think.com> Paco Ojeda,
>Paco_Ojeda_Gonzalez@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu writes:
>>I have been using Thought Pattern for storage of random thoughts and data
>...
>>nice and helpful man. The demo of Version 2.0, which will support these
>>new features was really cool and it should be out sometime this fall.
>
>And the owner (of Bananafish Software) is also *very* open to suggestions
>about what people want to see in the final product.  Not only are there
>new calendar and to-do additions but settable reminder alarms and a full
>address book function too.  

ok, here is a suggestion or two for an address book
	1) the font (and hence size of the display boxes etc.) should
		be easily chnaged (e.g. I want to be able to read phone
		numbers easily but will "look" for my notes).
	2) the fields and names and lengths of them should be vaiable
		(i.e. no fixed home, office, fax, )
	3) Fields should be of two types arbitrary text (like a phone
		number or name), and fixed text by which I mean one of
		a set of (edditable) entires (i.e. like home, office, fax, )
		The fixed part allows not only easly labeling of arbitrary
		fields, but categorizing where you are sure you are using
		the same categories (i.e. senator, not Sen and sen. and...)
	4) When printing the book, ALL entires should be merged into
		a single list. I have typically 3 types of entreis
			people, no company
			company, no person
			person and company
		    each wants to use only the fields that are appropriate
		    yet have 
			Joe Smith
			Bob Sutton, Apple
			Sure Fire Sales
		    come out as
			Apple
			    Bob Sutton (just name)
			Joe Smith
			    info
			Bob Sutton
			    info
			Sure Fire Sales

		thus you can look in your address book just like the
		Find command, it hits on any (meaningful) field, where
		meaningful for the book, name or company name.
	5) It should be integrated with fax sw to allow the a fax number
		on a selected/tagged/marked entry or set of entreis to
		be used by the fax sw, without having a second fax
		directory (obviously needs cooperation from the fax sw).
	6) it should run under A/UX 3.0

    well thats it, if it gets all of that, I am a customer for sure.
    (basically this is my gripe list from Dynodex).
	-jrg
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Password lock for "local" Macintosh
From: Randy Krail <RS0ORK@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 08:34:34 EDT
Organization: Rohm and Haas Company

I'm looking for some extension (INIT, CDEV) to the system which you
provide a password lock for my local Macintosh.  I'd like something
which would tie into the File Server username/password data in such
a way that the same information is used to "connect" to the Macintosh
regardless of if you're sitting behind the physical machine or
connecting via the network.  Does anyone know of a package which
would provide this added functionality?  Thanks in advance.

Randy

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Database Analyst
Rohm and Haas Company          E-Mail: rskrail@rohmhaas.com (Internet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: "eherreral@lascar.puc.cl" (Eduardo Herrera)
Subject: English>>Spanish
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:23:38 GMT

I need for read better the message a software that translate a text 
English to Spanish, and Spanish to English or software to learn English.
People in Chile say you "Thanks"

Eduardo Herrera
Universidad Catolica de Chile

Send mail or info to eherrera@lascar.puc.cl

Si cualquiera del mundo Mac, quiere practicar espaol conmigo o si su 
lengua natal es el Castellano, Bienvenido sea.
From: krazykid@csa.bu.edu (Ernest Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: HELP NEEDED: file lost
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:31:04 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department

Hello all.  I was wondering if anyone could help me out or if this has
occured to anyone else.  A friend of mine was making back-up on System
7 by just duplicating the file.  In the middle of duplicating the
file it stopped.  After it stopped, the icon disappeared and we can't
seem to recover the original file.  Unfortunately my friend had
deleted the old back-up file before making a new one.  I was wondering
if this has happend to anyone else, and the different possible
solutions to this problem.  I think the pointer to the location of the
file on the hard drive was some how erased.  We are hoping the file is
still on the hard drive, it's just a matter of finding the location of
it.  If anyone has any ideas, comments (useful please), or suggestions
please e-mail me.  Thanks!!

Ernie
krazykid@csa.bu.edu
From: rich9256@mary.cs.fredonia.edu (Devin Richards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Control Panel 3.2 HELP
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:17:37 GMT
Organization: Math / CS, State Univ. of N. Y. College at Fredonia
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3





    I am having a strange problem with my control panel.  When I open 
the control panel it works fine but when I close it I get an outline
in white where the control panel was.  I am operating on System 6.1.7
Finder 6.0.7 and control panel 3.2.  Any help would be appreciated
and also if anyone knows if there is and if so where I could get
a new version of the control panel I will be very thankfull.

Thanks in advance.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: isc20051@nusunix2.nus.sg (GOH WAH KIAT)
Subject: DATAFLOW DIAGRAM SOFTWARE
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 17:55:02 GMT

						
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From: ra_novy@DAL.MOBIL.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Word 5.0: Equations in Color?
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:24:06 GMT

Is there a way to color equations that are created with the Equation Editor in
Word 5.0?  It seems that the color commands in Word apply only to text.  If you
know that this is impossible within Word, I'd like to learn that too.

I'm using the Equation Editor to create equations for Persuasion and would
rather not resort to using MacDraw Pro to color them before pasting into
Persuasion.

Bob Novy
ra_novy@dal.mobil.com
Dallas, TX

Good research need not be difficult; it must be useful.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov (James L. Felder)
Subject: Re: Equation editors for PowerPoint or Presentation?
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Sverdrup Technology, Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 15:22:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.142008.3279@ducvax.auburn.edu>,
ggmar@ducvax.auburn.edu wrote:
> 
> Will the newest release of Microsoft PowerPoint have an equation editor?
> Are there any other presentation packages that have equation editors? 
> 
My opinion is don't bother with waiting around for each application to get
an built in equation editor.   Instead go with something like Expressionist
or MathType and paste equations in.  The added benifit is that you need to
learn only one equation editor.  Both programs generate equations that are
pasted as PICT images, thus they should be compatible with all your
programs.  I know personally that MathType works with Persuasion.

James L. Felder              (216)977-7539         -My opinions are MINE-
Sverdrup Technology, Inc.    jfelder@lerc.nasa.go   I think that should
cover
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"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge -
    other people gargle"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: rolfe@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher John Rolfe)
Subject: Re: Norton's Utilities 2.0's Speed Disk
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:05:14 GMT

>jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess M Holle) writes:

>>Is Norton's Utilities 2.0's Speed Disk "bug free" now for use under System
>>7.0?  If there are any remaining problems, what are they?  Any comments on
>>the quality of optimization achieved are welcome.

	I have an EMAC Metro20 hard-drive, and the accompanying EMAC
disk utitilities.  I've had some problems with Speed Disk refusing to
optimize the disk after finding bad sectors.  Problem is that the EMAC
utility doesn't concur with Speed Disk as to when a sector had gone
bad.  The same sectors found their way through reformatting. 
At least once, Speed Disk wouldn't optimize because it
claimed to have found 'weak' sectors!!  Hardly a bug, but it's an
incompatibility which renders Speed Disk useless to me.



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From: gt2627c@prism.gatech.EDU (LEE, KWANG-SEOG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Wanted Korean Word Processor for Mac LC
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:21:12 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <v1an25n.tcmay@netcom.com> tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) writes:
>: I'm looking for Korean word processor for Mac.
>: I had system 6.0.7 in my Mac LC.
>: If there is a software either for system 6.0.7 or system 7, please
>: let me know.  I also want to know the printer requirement for laser  
>: printng.  I approximately guess it must be a postscript level printer.
>: If you have any experience or information, please send me e-mail.
>: Thank you.
>
>Check out Nisus, from Nisus Software (formerly Paragon Concepts). I 
>believe they have cited their strong presence in South Korea, though
>this may be because Nisus was bundled with Mac sold in S. Korea. I 
>--

In order to use Korean in Mac, you need the Korean script.
Currently, System 6.0.8 with hangulTalk is available. In Korea, there exists
HangulTalk for System 7.0, but it is very expensive...(I don't know why
they charge much money for the System script...I don't like it)

Once the HangulTalk is installed, most programs will be able to display,
type-in, print Korean like any other English font. It is SO powerful MAC!!
You can use Korean in virtually any standard programs, like Lotus, Excel, Canvas
SuperPaint, PageMaker, CricketGraph, etc, etc. 
In other words, there is no need for specific Korean wordprocessor at all!!

In System 7.1, that will be much better because Apple in developing WorldScript
which enables the multi-byte scripts to be co-exist in the System 7.1.

If anybody have question or want to get HangulTalk 6.08, leave e-mail to 
gt2627c@hydra.gatech.edu...  
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
From: cbp@ladyday.mitre.org (Cynthia B. Phillips)
Subject: Word 4 select all?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 14:20:15 GMT


Most word processors have a select all command, which is very useful
for changing elements of a document once it is already written.

Is there any way to do this in Word 4?  As a college student, I find
this is one of the things I use most, to, umm...., adjust the length
of papers through creative font resizing and respacing.  But in order
to change the font on a 10 or 12 page paper, the only way seems to be
to scroll through the whole thing, mouse-highlighting it, and then
change the font.

I hope I'm missing a simple and obvious way to do this, but if not, is
there a less-simple, less-obvious way to do this?  Does Word 5 have
a select all command?  (since I missed the free upgrade period by less
than a month, I'm not too eager to pay to upgrade, but I might
consider it if it were worth it....)

Thanks for any help you can give me!


Cynthia Phillips

cbp@linus.mitre.org until 9/11, or phillips@husc.harvard.edu
From: marc@es.ele.tue.nl (Marc Heijligers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Emacs availability?
Date: 4 Sep 92 06:51:09 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
In-reply-to: johnston@me.udel.edu's message of 3 Sep 92 02:15:27 GMT

In article <BtzCxr.KqA@news.udel.edu> johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:


   >I'm looking for an Emacs port for the Mac: I have microemacs from
   >sumex-aim, but I really want a complete emacs, instead of the
   >tiny subset that microemacs has. (It doesn't even have search-and-replace!)
   >If I can find a PD or shareware version, great, but I'd be even willing
   >to pay for a commercial port or clone, like Epsilon on the PC. 

   This question has an easy answer:  Alpha (shareware) is an excellent
   emacs- clone/workalike.  The current version 5.04 is available on
   cs.rice.edu in /public/Alpha.  It's got most of the same features
   that make emacs addictive;  it's fully programmable through its 
   embedded implementation of "tcl" and has with grep-like search/replace
   built-in.  For $25 shareware, it's possibly the best buy in Mac software.

The answer is simple, but it is not a good answer to the question. Alpha
differs from emacs in a lot of things. Emacs is also nice because of all the
.el files you can get, which you should rewrite in a C-like dialect to get it
working in Alpha.

Alpha will work for a lot of people, but not for 'real' gnu-emacs users on for
example UNIX work stations. It would be very nice to have a port of gnu-emacs,
but the FSF foundation seems to have a strange opinion about porting emacs to
the Mac.

Marc