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From: lele@violet.berkeley.edu (Sharachchandra Lele;100 BldgT-4;26886;5106440692;NT23)
Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets
Subject: Re: Wingz 2.0?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 09:27:37 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu
Summary: Need opinions on Lotus 123 v.3.4

Looks like Lotus has come out with a new release for its 123 v3.x
for DOS. The new release is version 3.4. They claim many improvements,
particularly 25-50% in speed!

Has anybody checked out this new version? What is the experience?
What are the new features? The announcement also says something about
improved graphics. What are these improvements? Have they removed the 6
series limitation? and giving REAL bar charts (i.e., with numerical X
axis)?

Thanks in advance.

--Sharad Lele

Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets
From: cs70353t@uwasa.fi (Jukka Matila)
Subject: Re: Centering across mult. columns in Excel 4
Organization: University of Vaasa, Production economics
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 07:09:16 GMT

In article <C0z00L.Dv4@newsflash.concordia.ca> steeve@cs.concordia.ca (HARDY j g steeve) writes:

>        The problem is center a heading across multiple columns
>in Excel 4. Mind you, I do not want to use the header or such a 
>thing.


Hi all,

I have a similar problem, but in vertival.

Does anyone know any way to center variable length text cell in variable
sized vertical arrea (that is some amout of rows). 

Thanks in advance,

--- juma ---
From: guruman@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets
Subject: 1-2-3 macro question
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:05:33 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


	I am trying to get a macro to execute automatically for Lotus 1-2-3
for windows.  Here's what I want:

     @if <condition is true> then execute macro

any suggestions on an appropriate path to take would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
				Rob Scott
				guruman@ac.dal.ca
			DalhousieUniversity,
			Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Newsgroups: comp.apps.spreadsheets
From: rohrernl@helix.nih.gov (Nathan Rohrer)
Subject: Error: Lock violation. (Quattro Pro 4.0)
Organization: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:02:02 GMT

I have a user who is getting the above error message when trying to save a 
document.  I have searched and searched trying to figure out what is 
happening but haven't figured it out.  I thought I would try the collective 
wisdom of the NET.  She is on a LAN but I find no locks on any of the files 
she is trying to save.  If she closes all files and then retrieves them she 
can save just fine.  This problem occurs occasionaly (once or twice a day) 
but is driving me insane.  Is there anything that she could be doing in 
Quattro Pro that would cause this Error: Lock violation?  Thanks in advance.

Nathan



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Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
From: cchang@cs.ulowell.edu (Heywood Chang)
Subject: Some laser disc players price list...
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:22:30 GMT

I am posting this for the Questa Corporation of Cambridge, Mass.
Authorized dealer for the pioneer LDV players.
PLAYERS          YOUR COST          LIST PRICE
LD-V2000         $545.OO            $675.00
LD-V2200         $695.00            $895.00
LD-V4400         $1040.00           $1350.00
LD-V8000         $2020.00           $2395.00

Tel: 617/354-5324
Fax: 617/354-7839
for more information
From: jshaw@hpb.hwc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: interactive videodiscs
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:26:52 EST
Organization: Health and Welfare, Canada

Does anyone know of review articles on the use of laser/videodiscs
in the teaching of anatomy/physiology/nutrition or biology? In
particular the laserdiscs entitled Slice of Life or Atoms to Anatomy.
Please reply to Jshaw@hpb.hwc.ca.
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
From: hansoo@kum (Kim HanSoo (Daewoo Elec.))
Subject: Help: CCITT test sequence for H.261
Organization: KAIST in Seoul, Korea
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 12:26:09 GMT

I lost the CCITT test sequence for H.261. Thus I want to know the placeof those sequence which get by FTP. Wanted specifications of sequence is
 following:

  a. Sequence Name : TREVOR, MISS AMERICA, CLAIR, ALIXIS,
                     SWING, SALES MEN, ...
  b. Sequence Spec : CIF (Common Intermediate Format)
                     30 frame/sec or 25 frame/sec
                     352 pixels/line x 288 lines/frame
                     color component : Y, R-Y, B-Y

  If the sequence is encoded by any-algorithms (ex: GIF, ppm, etc), I wa
nt to also get the decoding software.

  Mail address : hansoo@kum.kaist.ac.kr (hansoo@128.134.1.1)

  Bye.
From: jshaw@hpb.hwc.ca
Newsgroups: comp.ivideodisc
Subject: <None>
Date: 21 Jan 93 00:03:26 EST
Organization: Health and Welfare, Canada

dd
Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: jordan@smg20.gs.com (Jordan Hu)
Subject: Re: [REQUEST] Patent search possible by Telnet
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:08:05 GMT

In article 25785@cs.su.oz.au, oppedahl@Panix.Com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:
> In <1993Jan12.091639.29541@cs.su.oz.au> fewings@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Fewings David) writes:
> 
> >Can anyone tell me if it is possible to search for patents 
> >by Telnet or FTP?  I'm interested in USA registrations and 
> 
> Well, if you have a Dialog account you can telnet to Dialog, 
> enter your user number and password, and search away.  Databases
> include non-US as well as US patent information.  
> 
> And if you have a Lexis account you can telnet to Lexis, 
> enter your user ID, and search away.  Databases are mostly limited to
> US patents, but include full text.

Does anyone know how can I get an account on Dialog and Lexis?
I've interest in searching the information to help me knowing what
patent has been applied. Thanks in advance.


Jordan Hu
Email: jordan@fi.gs.com
Phone: (212)902-6307


Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: brendan@laplace.anu.edu.au (Brendan Scott)
Subject: [DISCUSSION] Algorithms Patentable?!
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:38:38 GMT


**** being included text
>Is a new algorithm patentable, if it is realized in a computer program?
>I have no idea about patent at all but I seems to come accross that
>public key (encrypt algorithm) ect. is patented. 

>[mod- generally an algorithm is patentable. Please consult the FAQ
>posted herewith]
**** end included text.

I think the moderator's statement is dangerous. There have been
patents which have issued on things which a computer scientist
might interpret as an algorithm, but I am yet to see a court decision
which endorses patentability of algorithms per se. The court
has continually justified its decisions on the basis that the
algorithm is part of an otherwise patentable process, and it 
is on that basis that the patent is upheld. 

There was a case in Australia recently which came close to saying
that algorithms are patentable (IBM v Commissioner for Patents). 
That is presently the subject of appeal before the full court
of the Federal court here. 

Brendan

[mod- while it is always for a higher court to alter the law as it
stands, I was talking from a practical point of view, whereby,
everyday a multitude of algorithm patents are being granted everyday,
both in australia and overseas. 
With respect to the australian case, the Commissioner of Patents has
withdrawn his appeal in this matter and the original judges decision
stands, with the patents office altering its practice to fall in line
behind the Judges decision.

Of course, I have no doubt that this discussion will not end here :-)
]
Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: tdowling@lib.washington.edu (Thomas Dowling)
Subject: Re: [REQUEST] How many patents does IBM have?
Organization: University of Washington Libraries
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:02:13 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.091213.29270@cs.su.oz.au>, it was written:
> 
> Hi,
> I would like to know how many patents IBM currently has? The last figure I
> have is 10,000 but it probably went up. If you know the answer, could you
> please send it to me? Thanks.
> 

According to the current (August 1992) CASSIS discs from the US PTO, IBM is the assignee of 13,444 patents.

Of course, that's just the US figure.


Thomas Dowling
University of Washington Libraries
tdowling@u.washington.edu

Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: rrb@seismo.CSS.GOV (Robert Blandford)
Subject: [DISC] software patents
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:50:43 GMT
Keywords: software patents US world



What is the current comparative status of software patents in the US
as compared to the rest of the world?  As a hypothetical example,
suppose someone came up with something as innovative as the spreadsheet
concept today.  Would it be patentable in the US?  And how about the
rest of the world?

Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: maa@edsdrd.eds.com (Matthew Maa)
Subject: [REQUEST} Question on IEEE copyright
Organization: EDS R&D
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 07:21:24 GMT

I got a question on IEEE copyright form.  Say, an IEEE sponsored conferece
accepts a paper for poster presentation and publishes only the abstract
of the paper in the conference proceedings.  When the author sign off
the IEEE copyright form, is it the copyright of the whole paper or just
the copyright of the published abstract gets transferred to IEEE?

Thanks. 

Matthew Maa
maa@edsdrd.eds.com 

[mod- this all depends on what the form says. In most countries, you
have to actually agree to assign the copyright for it to be actually
assigned (apart from some employee-employer situation. If the form
stipulates that you agree to assign the copyright then it is assigned,
otherwise I doubt that you are assinging it.
]
Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: bnortman@qualcomm.com (Bill Nortman)
Subject: [REQUEST] Looking for Patent Attorney
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:03:30 GMT

	I'm wanting to get patents on two inventions I've created
	and am looking for an attorney in the San Diego Area to 
	help me out.

	Thanks,

	Bill Nortman

	bnortman@qualcom.com


Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: JOEYC%CUNYVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject: [REQUEST] getting a copy of a patent
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:29:07 GMT

About two weeks ago I sent a check to Washington to get copies of 4 patents.
   Can I expect the patents to be mailed to me in days, weeks or months?!
   Thanks.
-------
JOE MALKEVITCH  DEPT. OF MATH. YORK COLLEGE (CUNY) JAMAICA, NY  11451
EMAIL: JOEYC@CUNYVM OR JOEYC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU  PHONE: 718-262-2550 (2551)

Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: prob@btmp24.be (P. Roobrouck SH532 4554)
Subject: [REQUEST] How to find this patent ???
Organization: Alcatel Bell Telephone, Antwerpen, Belgium
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 08:03:49 GMT


Hello,

I have difficulties in retrieving the claims of a certain patent. The
only information I have are two numbers and a flyer of the product. I
tried to contact the manufacturer but at that side it's a complete
silence... so I'm starting to think their patent has no "real" value and
is mentioned for impressing other people only. Below I will copy all the
facts I have about this patent, if someone can retrieve the original
text, or can tell me how to get to it, it would really help me forward.

Greetings from Belgium,

              Pascal


*--- Data I Have .. -------------------------------------*

... "Patents Nos. 272273 (9) and 166576 protect the elctrode system."
...

Company : Aquatronic (UK) Ltd. 6 Clare Hill - ESHER - Surrey - Postcode
KT10 9 NR - England

The protected product is a method to sterilize water by bringing Cu-iosn
into it by use of an electrolyse with copper electrodes...

[mod- The first thing to do is to find the country to which this
patent applies. By  the looks of the numbers its not the US but maybe
in the UK (judging by the address of the company).  A check to see if
the Patents Office in your country has the UK patents could probably
be made by phone. 
In order for a patent to stop you  from doing something in your own
country, it has to be a patent issued by your country. Hence a check
of belgium patent office might be another thing for you to do.
The best way to check would be to get your local patent attorney to do
a search on the company name with the dialog database service.
Unfortunately this may be too expensive for what your task is. 

]
Newsgroups: comp.patents
From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
Subject: Re: Need help with vi's -c option
Organization: Mail Group
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:38:42 GMT

westes@netcom.com (Will Estes) writes:
: I am having problems with vi's -c startup option.  I execute the
: command:
: 
: 	vi -c  "set wm=12" myfile
: 
: I was hoping that this would execute the command set wm=12 before
: I started editing myfile.  What is happening instead is that the 
: commands in my .exrc file execute, but the set wm=12 does not.
: (Note, there is no set wm command in my .exrc file!)

Just re-posting this with the correct title (for those who scan for
the string 'vi').  Sorry for the typo.

-- 
Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT)
Subject: Re: mapping space bar
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:07:41 GMT
Organization: Contributor Account at ddsw1, Chicago, Illinois  60657

mdoob@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Michael Doob) wrote in <C1F8AD.HF9@ccu.umanitoba.ca>:

| Is it possible to use the map command to remap the space bar? If so, what's
| the right syntax. Things like ^V<space> won't do the job.

You may end up very sorry, because some built-in mappings (like s and ~)
depend on the space bar's meaning "move one character to the right," but if
you want to try anyway, type TWO ctrl-V's so that there is a hard ^V saved in
the map command:

"type ctrl-V ctrl-V space space
:map ^V  whateveryouwantspacetomean

Be sure to put two spaces after the hard ctrl-V: one to get quoted and one to
separate the two arguments to the map command.

vi may still object that it's "too dangerous to map that."  If it does, give
up.  I have successfully (and safely) map!ped <space><space>.

David W. Tamkin   Box 59297   Northtown Station, Illinois  60659-0297
dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com    CompuServe: 73720,1570    MCI Mail: 426-1818
Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: djf@bnr.ca (Duane Fowler)
Subject: Re: mapping space bar
Reply-To: djf@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:40:31 GMT

In article <C1H623.A8t@boi.hp.com>, alien@boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten) writes:
|> Hans Mulder (hansm@cs.kun.nl) wrote:
|> : (1) What does `\' do?
|> 
|> Escapes the following character...  from what, and under what circumstances
|> escapes me (ouch! :-) at the moment.
|> 
|> : (2) Which command do I mess up when I map `u'?
|> 
|> UNDO! UNDO! UNDO!

Based on Hans' previous posts, I really think he knew that, and was 
asking:
   (1) does \ do anything in command mode?
   (2) does mapping 'u' mess up other (seemingly unrelated) functions,
       the way mapping space bar breaks the ~ function?

BTW:
 - is there a way to pipe just *1* line through a filter?  I find things like
!jsome_command<return>
always send two lines.  Also, is there an easy way to have *add* filtered
output rather than have it replace the input?

Duane
Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: g2chanhk@cdf.toronto.edu (Simon Ho Ki CHAN)
Subject: A little question on vi
Summary: EOF marker placement
Originator: g2chanhk@sat.cdf.toronto.edu
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Disciplines Facility
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 06:14:48 GMT

	Hi, is there anybody who knows how to put the EOF marker at the end of 
the last line, instead of putting it in a new line? e.g I wanna create a file 
like the following

		blah, blah
		blah, blah<EOF>

	instead of

		blah, blah
		blah, blah
		<EOF>

	Thanks for advance.
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Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT)
Subject: Re: A little question on vi
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:44:20 GMT
Organization: Contributor Account at ddsw1, Chicago, Illinois  60657

g2chanhk@cdf.toronto.edu (Simon Ho Ki CHAN) asked in
<1993Jan21.061448.25739@cdf.toronto.edu>:

| 	Hi, is there anybody who knows how to put the EOF marker at the end of 
| the last line, instead of putting it in a new line? e.g I wanna create a file 
| like the following
| 
| 		blah, blah
| 		blah, blah<EOF>
| 
| 	instead of
| 
| 		blah, blah
| 		blah, blah
| 		<EOF>

vi is adamant about closing a file with a trailing newline (the exception
being a file consisting of only one newline, which vi insists on writing
out as an empty file) when it writes a file out.

You can use another editor or, if the last line is short, leave it off, exit
vi, and echo -n "text" >> file with BSD echo or echo "text\c" >> file with
System V echo.  However, you'd have to do that again every time you let vi
write the file again.

David W. Tamkin   Box 59297   Northtown Station, Illinois  60659-0297
dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com    CompuServe: 73720,1570    MCI Mail: 426-1818
From: kmh3@po.CWRU.Edu (Khosrow M. Hassibi)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: HELP ON EMACS
Date: 23 Jan 1993 02:36:17 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Distribution: inet
Reply-To: kmh3@po.CWRU.Edu (Khosrow M. Hassibi)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu



Hi:
	I have recently got emacs from Free Software Foundation and compiled it
	for the Sun Sparc.  The problem is that based on what we got, we 
	could not figure out how to make it work the way it's supposed 
	to.  e.g. we could not get the keyboard keys mapped right to what 
	they shoud be.  We could not even generate Meta characters that is 
	usually ESC and then the character.  There is a simple initialization
	problem that  an emacs expert should know.

Appreciate the help.

kmh

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Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: alien@boi.hp.com (Tom von Alten)
Subject: Re: WTF - I have a stupid question
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:00:08 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.7 PL6]

: How does one pipe text through an external filter (formatter,
: spell-checker, etc.) from within vi, and (hopefully) have the
: process text object replace the text object currently on the 
: screen?

!<mark>(command)<cr>

E.g., to pipe from the cursor to the end of paragraph through "adjust,"

!}adjust

This is all from the command mode, of course.
_____________
Tom von Alten           email: alien@boi.hp.com
                        Hewlett-Packard Disk Memory Division
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Column Editor ??
Date: 23 Jan 93 18:26:29 GMT
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX

In article <C17Ey4.DCs@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Chris Brown ) writes:
>Im looking for an editor which will ......
>       handle very large files
>       is able to do block edits in columns
>       works on a PC
>       outputs ASCII
>
>It would also be nice if it worked under MS-Windows and had a fixed column
>output filling gaps with blanks or zeros

Wordperfect should work.  If you are creating the file from scratch you
can build tables with the column widths you want, then move around in
it like a spreadsheet.  You can also get the spacing you want with
tab settings and/or column modes, where it might be easier to do
moves of arbitrary rectangles.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us
Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan)
Subject: Re: Column Editor ??
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:19:28 GMT

In article <C17Ey4.DCs@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Chris Brown ) writes:
>Im looking for an editor which will ......
>       handle very large files
>       is able to do block edits in columns
>       works on a PC
>       outputs ASCII
>
>It would also be nice if it worked under MS-Windows and had a fixed column
>output filling gaps with blanks or zeros

When I was a DOS user, I liked Kedit, from the Mansfield Software Group. 
It has very nice column editing features and outputs ASCII.  The latest
version, 5.0, works in DOS or OS2 and uses extended memory.  (I don't
have this version.)  They are working on a Windows version.  You can set
record type to fixed, with a specified record length in order to pad
records with blanks.  A global change would change all blanks to 0.

The column editing features are of two forms; you can highlight a column
block and then copy, move, delete, fill or overlay that block with
alt-keystroke commands (alt-c to copy, alt-m to move, etc.).  Also, you
can set a column-delimited zone, after which all of the command-line
commands will affect only the columns within the zone.  This allows you to
create complex macros (which can be bound to a key) to do virtually
unlimited column editing.

Since I have a version that's several releases out-of-date, I suggest you
call the developer if you have questions, instead of asking me:

	Mansfield Software Group
	(203) 429-8402

I call them every so often and ask if they have plans to develop a Unix
version, but so far the answer is "No".  None of the Unix editors I've
seen has the column editing power of Kedit; it's ideal for working with
data and also for turning ugly output into something close to printable,
so that TeX or a word-processor can easily handle the rest.  

Barbara Vaughan





Newsgroups: comp.editors
From: taph2@syma.sussex.ac.uk (David Joyce)
Subject: Re: Column Editor ??
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:37:26 GMT

From article <C17Ey4.DCs@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>, by chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Chris Brown ):

As you said...

> Im looking for an editor which will ......
>        handle very large files
>        is able to do block edits in columns
>        works on a PC
>        outputs ASCII
> 
> It would also be nice if it worked under MS-Windows and had a fixed column
> output filling gaps with blanks or zeros
> 
> Thank You in Advance
> 
> Chris
> chris47@uxb.liv.ac.uk

The editor I would recommend is Solution System's Brief - it is simply
the best programming editor I have come across, and even if it does
not do a particular function you require, you can define a macro
to do it for you.  Maximum file length is 32Mb, and it handles
column blocks with ease.  Check it out.

David Joyce.