5.0477 Qs: Hypertext S/W; Quote; Unix; Newport News (4/74)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Tue, 26 Nov 1991 16:11:30 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0477. Tuesday, 26 Nov 1991.
(1) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 19:32 EST (31 lines)
From: Christian Koch <FKOCH@OBERLIN.BITNET>
Subject: Seeking HyperText Software Information
(2) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:25:17 ECT (16 lines)
From: Martin Raish <MRAISH@BINGVMB>
Subject: Spanish quotation
(3) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 18:07 GMT (16 lines)
From: ENG0997@vax2.queens-belfast.ac.uk
Subject: Concordancing in UNIX
(4) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1991 14:15 EST (11 lines)
From: WATTS@BUTLERU.BITNET
Subject: Q: Newport News
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 19:32 EST
From: Christian Koch <FKOCH@OBERLIN.BITNET>
Subject: Seeking HyperText Software Information
A friend is about to begin work on a Ph.D. dissertation which he would like to
structure in some sort of hypertext format. He plans a Latin text, an English
translation, commentary, and a few other related items which slip my mind now
(provision for a full-blown critical edition of the Latin text should be
allowed for). He is currently an MS-DOS person, working with an XT clone. He
is wondering if hypertext software for the Mac is such that it would warrant
buying a Mac or if hypertext software for MS-DOS machines is available that
would serve his purposes. I am, in general, a Mac person, so I am inclined to
tell everyone to get a Mac. However, I am not all that familiar with what
hypertext software is available for the Mac and what it costs, and I am even
less aware of what is available in the MS-DOS world. While this person is good
with computers and uses one a lot, he is not a programmer and would not care to
take the time to learn, not even to the extent of being able to use HyperTalk.
I think, however, that he is looking for more hypertext sophistication than is
possible with HyperTalk. Money is an object for him.
Would any of you be able to give me some suggestions as to what I might advise
this person?
Many thanks!
Christian Koch
Computer Science
Oberlin College
Internet: chk@occs.cs.oberlin.edu
Bitnet: fkoch@oberlin
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 17:25:17 ECT
From: Martin Raish <MRAISH@BINGVMB>
Subject: Spanish quotation
Can anyone help me with the source (and actual wording) of this
quotation? It is something like
French is the language of love.
German is the language of scholarship.
Italian is the language of [I forgot].
Spanish is the language to speak to God.
Thanks.
Martin Raish
SUNY Binghamton
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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 91 18:07 GMT
From: ENG0997@vax2.queens-belfast.ac.uk
Subject: Concordancing in UNIX
Can anyone advise on a package which will run in UNIX (including the
AUX 3.0 environments of the new Mac Quadra 900) and do concordances
which have CONTEXTS SORTED BY RIGHT OR LEFT OF KEYS, just like OCP;
and also, like OCP, select from only certain parts of a text and
give COCOA-defined references in the concordance output? Am I right
in thinking that, for all its merits, PAT does NOT do this? Perhaps
what we need now is a UNIX version of OCP: any plans out there??
With many thanks,
JOHN KIRK
The Queen's University of Belfast
E-mail: ENG0997@QUB.AC.UK
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1991 14:15 EST
From: WATTS@BUTLERU.BITNET
Subject: Q: Newport News
Can someone tell me, and other members of the list
eager to know, how the city of Newport News in
Virginia got its name? What does the "News" signify?
Bill Watts
Bulter University
(watts@butleru)