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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online
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"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 9, No. 1
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Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
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Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
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Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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January 15, 2006
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center
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Apple Computers
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
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MPW IIgs ORCA/C compiler-Runs on Mac-Builds GS code!-------------[MPW]
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Volume 10, Issue 4 of Juiced.GS Ready----------------------------[JGR]
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Juiced.GS - Thanks, Ryan, for a Job Well Done--------------------[JWD]
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Daily History Email From the Apple Matters Web Site--------------[DHE]
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Spam - Where to From Here----------------------------------------[WFH]
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Success Speeding Up the IIc+ ------------------------------------[SSU]
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Picking up on Some Text Parsing Again----------------------------[TPA]
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More TextEdit----------------------------------------------------[MTE]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
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To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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No Letters to the Editor This Month
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An Invitation
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KFEST 2006------------------------------------------------------------[KF6]
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KansasFest 2006--------------------------------------------------[KFS]
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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[*] [*] [*]
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READING THE LAMP! The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
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issue into any word processor or text editor. In the index you will find
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something like:
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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[INN]. There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].
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[OPN]-------------------------------
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
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From The Editor
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center
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From High Above The Rock River we can see the building housing the
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Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center
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Founded on October 4, 1884, this organization is the oldest,
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continuous community music organization in the United States.
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They offer season tickets to a wide variety of music programs... some
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made up of local performers and some by artists from throughout the world.
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They maintain the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, the Mendelssohn
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Choral, and several children's choirs.
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They publish an annual directory listing all of their Performing
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Members with contact information... in case you would want to arrange a
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special program for an organization or a party.
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To be a success for so long a period of time they have done a good job
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of evaluating how things are going and making changes when they are called
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for.
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Apple Computer
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Apple Computer has drawn a lot of interest and controversy with its
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decision to use Intel processors in its new models of computers. Some
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people are optimistic about this change... others are predicting all sorts
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of trouble.
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Every organization makes good and poor decisions as they move along.
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I suspect Apple will be around for a long time to come. After all, they
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made the Apple II's we are still enjoying many years after they were built.
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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[DAS]----------------------------------------------
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DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com |
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(A2Central.com) |
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
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[MPW]
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MPW IIgs ORCA/C compiler-Runs on Mac-Builds GS code!
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The MPW IIgs ORCA/C compiler. Runs on the Mac in MPW, but builds GS code!
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I downloaded and installed Free Pascal on my Mac this week. It is largely
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(although not completely) compatible with MPW Pascal.
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So now I'm trying to build MPW IIgs ORCA/C using it. My goal is to try to
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make a version of it that I can run from the command line on my Mac. Of
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course, a linker is still needed.
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The source for Byte Works' linker is included on Opus ][, although it's in
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assembly. Anyone feel up to converting that to C? ;)
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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You're a better man than I am ;-)
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Ryan
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 2)
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>> I downloaded and installed Free Pascal on my Mac this week. <<
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Sheppy, where did you get that?
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_________
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 3)
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"""""
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Free Pascal is at http://www.freepascal.org.
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There's an Xcode integration kit, but it hasn't worked for me. I'm having
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to compile from a Terminal window.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 4)
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When I saw Free Pascal was released (or maybe it was another free pascal),
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I thought about converting the MPW Orca/Pascal. I'm glad you're doing it
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:)
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I think if you root through the Opus ][ CD you'll also find a (very old)
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version of the Orca/Linker written in Orca/Small C. I think it would
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probably be faster to rewrite it completely than to convert either the
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Small C or Asm versions. OMF is fairly well documented.
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Kelvin.
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(KWS, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 5)
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Well, OMF is well-documented, but that's exactly the kind of code I suck at
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writing.
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I'm still trying to deal with Free Pascal issues that are preventing me
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from building MPW IIgs ORCA/C, though.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 9, Msg 6)
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[EOA]
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[JGR]
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Volume 10, Issue 4 of Juiced.GS Ready
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Earlier today I declared Volume 10, Issue 4 of Juiced.GS final.
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It's also my final issue.
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I haven't heard from the publisher yet, but it will hopefully ship in
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relatively short order.
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Mahalo...
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Ryan
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Editor-in-Chief for a few more days
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 696)
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I hope to get Volume 10, Issue 4 out into the mail sometime this week.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 697)
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I picked up the issues today from the printer. My parents are in town the
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next few days, but I'm going to try to get them mailed anyway. :)
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 700)
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[EOA]
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[JWD]
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Juiced.GS - Thanks, Ryan, for a Job Well Done
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Ryan,
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Let me be the first to say (okay maybe not the first) thank you for all
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your hard work on Juiced.GS over the last few years. The publication has
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had two great hard working and dedicated editors in a row.
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Go buy yourself some Krispy Kreme doughnuts and a gallon of milk. Then go
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buy a Diet soda and have that instead ;)
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Seriously, Thank you.
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Dain Neater
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Reader
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(A2.DAIN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 698)
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Thanks, Dain.
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It's been a long road, sometimes rewarding, sometimes less than. It's
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always been the opposite of boring, however. :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 699)
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[EOA]
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[DHE]
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Daily History Email From the Apple Matters Web Site
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Sign up to receive a daily history email from the Apple Matters web site
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and be entered to win an iPod, an Apple Newton, or an Apple II:
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http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/win_a_custom_engrave
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d_5g_ipod_newton_or_apple_ii/
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 138)
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[EOA]
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[WFH]
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Spam - Where to From Here
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This article reviews what steps were taken against spam in 2005, why they
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didn't work, and where we can go from here:
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http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/3571946
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(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 26, Msg 155)
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[EOA]
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[SSU]
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Success Speeding Up the IIc+
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I have also got my //c+ running at 8 mhz... When Jameco finally sends me
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the right parts and WDC sends me my new Processor. I will try higher
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speeds..
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(TECHNERD, Cat 17, Top 33, Msg 5)
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[EOA]
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[TPA]
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Picking up on Some Text Parsing Again
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Picking up on some text parsing again (as I work on some things in my head)
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for a possible RSS Reader NDA that I have on paper.
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Given that this is not going to be a full on Web browser by any means, but
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simply a TextEdit control which has some text displayed...
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Here's some typical XML from a RSS feed:
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<p>Listener Links:<br />
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<a href="http://www.thecitizenreport.com">www.thecitizenreport.com</a><br
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<a href="http://www.thecitizenreport.com">Ebay Podcasting</a><br />
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href="http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/podcasting/server.html">Appl
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<a href="http://www.podcasteredge.com/">PodcasterEdge</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php">Track Santa Clause</a></p>
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Which, in most RSS readers looks something like (comments in brackets):
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Listener Links:
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www.thecitizenreport.com [clickable link to
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http://www.thcitizenreport.com/]
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Ebay Podcasting [clickable link to http://www.thecitizenreport.com/]
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Apple Podcasting Server [clickable link to
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http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/podcasting/server.html]
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PodcasterEdge [clickable link to http://www.podcasteredge.com/]
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Track Santa Clause [clickable link to http://www.noradsanta.org/index.php]
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Any ideas how to best portray these on a IIgs using a standard TextEdit
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control? I'm thinking I want to make the links copyable, so that they
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could go into a Web browser like SIS, but not sure how best to format them.
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Ideas welcome :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 20)
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I'd format links like this:
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<a href="http://www.foo.com">Visit the Foo site</a>
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And be sure to go to the <a href="http://www.apple.com">Apple</a> site too!
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As:
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Visit the Foo site <http://www.foo.com>
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And be sure to go to the Apple <http://www.apple.com> site too!
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Something I'd suggest is putting a popup menu in your RSS reader's reading
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page, where it could have items for all the URLs that appear in the
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message. Choosing the item would place the corresponding URL in your
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clipboard. So the menu would have:
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Visit the Foo site
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Apple
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Selecting an item would place the appropriate URL in the clipboard, for
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pasting into a browser.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 21)
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[EOA]
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[MTE]
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More TextEdit
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More TextEdit (happens from time to time):
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I'm trying to load and save data to a TextEdit control as a text file;
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however, the only sample code I have available right now is Mike
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Westerfield's text editor in the Toolbox programming series, which saves as
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a non-standard format (not Teach, not text, but it still saves as "styled
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text"). How do I load and save as plain ole text?
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 17)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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If I was in your shoes, I would do something like the following:
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Look at the TERecord at $2c and get the 4 byte text length.
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Allocate a block of memory of that length.
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Use TEGetText to copy a block of unformatted text to this newly allocated
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memory block. Make sure you specify that you don't want to copy any style
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information (i.e. pass nil for style stuff).
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You have the length and the memory address of unformatted text. Now, just
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write it to a file.
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Holler if you need any more specifics.
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Geoff
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You can also ask TEGetText to allocate the memory for you, in which case it
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returns a handle to a memory block containing the text data.
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You can then GetHandleSize to get the size of the memory in the handle,
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dereference it, and write the text to a file.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 19)
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[EOA]
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[ANS]-------------------------------
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
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[TSU]
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TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
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Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or to
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sign up!
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(Logon message)
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[EOA]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
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The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
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[EOA]
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AN INVITATION
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Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
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Apple II computers.
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Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
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The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
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unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
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[EOA]
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[KF6]------------------------------
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KFest 2006 |
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[KFS]
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KansasFest 2006
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is scheduled for July 18th-23rd, 2006
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Mark your calendar... start saving some money. :)
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[EOA]
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