4.1161 Responses (6/130)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Thu, 14 Mar 91 18:19:10 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1161. Thursday, 14 Mar 1991.


(1) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 10:45:12 +0100 (32 lines)
From: Kjetil R} Hauge <kjetilrh@ulrik.uio.no>
Subject: Remapping the Mac keyboard

(2) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 15:04 EST (17 lines)
From: CALLEGRE@umtlvr.bitnet
Subject: Re: 4.1155 Queries ... Droz

(3) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 15:55:08 EST (7 lines)
From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM>
Subject: Droz

(4) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 18:34:44 HOE (11 lines)
From: Elena Benedicto <D1FLEBS0@EB0UB011>
Subject: Thanks

(5) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 12:11 GMT (14 lines)
From: David Zeitlyn <ZEITLYN@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: RE:MACLINK_PROBLEM

(6) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 10:41:22 PDT (49 lines)
From: Thomas B. Ridgeway <ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: 4.1147 Queries ... Environment

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 10:45:12 +0100
From: Kjetil R} Hauge <kjetilrh@ulrik.uio.no>
Subject: Remapping the Mac keyboard

Re Henry Rogers' query about software for remapping the Macintosh
keyboard: ResEdit 2.xx (available from APDA and, presumably, user
groups) has a built-in editor for editing KCHR resources. Make a SICN
resource with the same number as your new KCHR resource, install both in
your system, and the new keyboard will be accessible from the Control
Panel. In many cases, it will be more convenient to use Guenther
Blaschek's PopChar INIT (in the Sumex archives). This is how he
describes it:

"PopChar replaces Key Caps and Character Map. Whenever you need
a special character, simply click in the top-left corner of the
screen. A pop-up window with all available characters will appear.
Select the desired character and PopChar will insert it in your
text at the current insertion point. Additionally, PopChar shows
the proper key combination required to generated the selected
character.

PopChar is FREE. Enjoy it."

The latest version also show ASCII numbers in hex and decimal. It works
with most applications, and it shows all characters, including
two-stroke entries. You'll wonder how you managed to live without it.
The only problem I have found so far is that it does not show narrow
and/or zero-length characters on my SE display at home, while they show
up fine on my si at work.

-Kjetil Ra Hauge, University of Oslo, P. O. Box 1030 Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
-Phone +47 2 456710, fax +47 2 454310 E-mail kjetilrh@hedda.uio.no
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 15:04 EST
From: CALLEGRE@umtlvr.bitnet
Subject: Re: 4.1155 Queries

I am not sure what Sharon Nell-Boelsche of Drury College means by
"editor of Droz", but if she is looking for the address of the swiss publisher
DROZ, here it is:

Librairie DROZ
11, rue Massot
BP 389-1211
Geneve 12
Suisse
Tel: (022)46-66-66

Hope that helps.
Christian Allegre
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 15:55:08 EST
From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM>
Subject: Droz

Here's one address for Sharon Nell-Boelsche: 11 rue Massot, Geneve,
Switzerland. Droz has moved a few times over the years and this might not
be their most recent address.
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 18:34:44 HOE
From: Elena Benedicto <D1FLEBS0@EB0UB011>
Subject: Thanks

Thanks to all those who sent me information about transferring from
PC to Mac. What I finally did was incorporating the MacLink Translators
into the AFE in the Mac, and selecting the option WordPerfect PC-to-Mac,
reading the file directly from a DOS disquette. Once in WPMac format,
I saved the file as Word 3., and that worked beautifully (meaning I
kept all the footnotes). Just in case someone is interested.
Thanks also for the information on Laser fonts.
E.B.
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 91 12:11 GMT
From: David Zeitlyn <ZEITLYN@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
Subject: RE:MACLINK_PROBLEM

Re Wp=>Word (mac) translators BE WARNED

having purchased maclink plus translators I then found deep in the small
print a little note saying that it too deletes all footnotes - for all
of the many formats it handles apart from that its a very nice program
which works well however since most academic users need footnotes it
cannot be recommeneded unless they sort this out for a new release. I
hope they do.

David zeitlyn
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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 91 10:41:22 PDT
From: Thomas B. Ridgeway <ridgeway@blackbox.hacc.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: 4.1147 Queries (2/24) Environment

In 4:1147 hmcook@boe00.minc.umd.edu (Hardy M. Cook) queries:
> A few months ago, I read in PC MAGAZINE about a command that can be
> added to an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that provides more ENVIRONMENT SPACE. I
> have, however, misplaced the magazine. Does anyone know of DOS command
> I'm referring to? Thanks.

There are two parts to the answer (to the best of my knowledge,
etc. usual disclaimers apply):

a) to enlarge the default environment space at bootup time,
put a line like
shell=c:\command.com /e:XXXX /p
in the config.sys file. The only catch is XXXX, which
is intended to be some kind of number; different versions
of DOS interpret this number in different ways. Consult
*your* version's manual for guidance.

b) the other catch, -- relating to autoexec.bat -- is that
no matter how big the environment started out to be, at
the time the first TSR (terminate and stay resident) program
is loaded the environment is frozen at the size of the
environment _in_use_. Since MODE, PRINT, and network drivers
go TSR many people have frozen environments without
knowing it. To make space available, an inelegant hack
is to put some fluff into the environment early, as:
autoexec.bat
path=c:\dos;c:\utils;e:\wp51;d:\fox
prompt=$P$G
set fluff1=I'm a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle
set fluff2=here is my spout. Here we go gathering nuts in May
set fluff3=and speaking of May, what is so rare as a day in June
mode lpt1:=com1:
rem that just went TSR
set fluff1=
set fluff2=
set fluff3=
rem that just released the environment space taken up by fluff
rem it may now be re-used

subsequently releasing the space used by the fluff, making it available
for re-use for some serious purpose.
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