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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online
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AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
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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. 7, No. 11
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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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November 15, 2004
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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The Observation
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The Walk
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KansasFest
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
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New Uploads to the A2 Library------------------------------------[NUL]
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Juiced.GS V9 I4 Approaching Final Production---------------------[JFP]
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ImageMaker 2.2 Released------------------------------------------[IMT]
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DiskMaker 1.4 Available------------------------------------------[DMA]
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SideClick Contextual Menu Manager Continues to Evolve------------[SMM]
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TextEdit Control-------------------------------------------------[TEC]
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Managing Web Sites-----------------------------------------------[MWS]
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Subdomains and Parked Domains For WebSites-----------------------[SPD]
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ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]
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An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
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To be Continued
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HCGS ANNOUNCEMENT-----------------------------------------------------[HCG]
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HyperCardIIgs Version of _The Lamp!_ Available
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
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To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
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November 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available------------------[NSA]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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Letter to the Editor
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An Invitation
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KFEST 2005------------------------------------------------------------[KF5]
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KansasFest 2005 to be Held July 19-24th--------------------------[TBH]
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KansasFest Website-----------------------------------------------[KFW]
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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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""""""""""""""""" your reading easier. To use this system, load this
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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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To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
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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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The Observation
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From the patio High Above The Rock River we see the results of the
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recent windy days... most of the leaves have fallen from the trees. With a
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forecast for a high of 60 on this sunny day with a gentle breeze, it will
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be a good day for a walk through a nearby neighborhood with lots of large
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trees... it will be a Crunchy Leaves Day.
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The Walk
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Some places leaves are on the sidewalk... the crunch of leaves under
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foot is very special. And look... a mother and father and their three
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young children have taken time out from raking leaves... they have created
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a huge pile of those dry, crispy leaves... and the children are taking
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turns Jumping Into The Pile Of Leaves... oh, the crunching sound as they
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land... the smile on their face as the peek out from that pile of leaves.
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Those who have never jumped into a pile of crunchy leaves will not
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understand what is so special about it. But we all have times, places, and
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experiences that are special to us... such as working with the Apple II
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computers.
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Further along in the walk we encounter a gentleman planting Spring
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flowering bulbs. It is always wonderful to see the blooming crocuses,
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tulips and daffodils early in the Spring after the bleak landscape of
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Winter. This is one of those cases where planning ahead and taking action
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pays off in the future.
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KansasFest
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Planning ahead and taking action can pay off next Summer when it is
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time for KFest. Mark you calendar, ask for time off from work, and save up
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some money.
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You might also want to begin planning a presentation for KFest 2005.
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Most likely you have something you especially like to do with the Apple
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computers... tell us about it at KFest.
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See the KFest section of this issue for more details.
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[EOA]
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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ASCII ART ENDS
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[EOA]
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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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[NUL]
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NEW UPLOADS TO THE A2 LIBRARY
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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There is a new upload in the
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system_software/misc_16-bit/desk_accessories/nda directory:
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File: MailChec1b1.BXY
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Size: 14720
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Date: Oct 7
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MailChecker.NDA is another New Desk Accessory from Ryan Suenaga. This NDA
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will check a POP3 email account and report back to the user how many pieces
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of mail are in the mailbox. Requires System 6.0.1 and a working TCP/IP
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connection using Marinetti 2.0.1 or later. Freeware in public beta.
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Uploaded by Ryan Suenaga.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 41)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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There is a new upload in the programming/debugging_tools/misc directory:
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File: ORCADisasm.bxy
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Size: 163840
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Date: Oct 10
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ORCA/Disassembler v1.2, which has been freeware for a couple of years but
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somehow never got uploaded here.
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Uploaded by Eric Shepherd.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 42)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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There is a new upload in the a2central.com_archives/Chat_Transcripts
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directory:
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File: A2Pgrmr1011.bxy
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Size: 49178
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Date: Oct 11
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This text file contains the transcript of the October 11, 2004 Programmers
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RTC. If you missed this informative and entertaining discussion, this is
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the next best thing to being there.
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Uploaded by Kirk Mitchell.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 43)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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There is a new upload in the utilities/16-bit/applications directory:
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File: imaker22.bxy
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Size: 28928
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Date: Oct 31
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ImageMaker 2.2 is the latest version of Syndicomm's utility for creating
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disk images. The new version improves handling of 5.25" disks, allowing
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them to be created in a single pass, with greater reliability. ImageMaker
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2.2 also supports the .po (ProDOS order) disk image format.
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Uploaded by the author, Eric Shepherd.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 44)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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There is a new upload in the utilities/16-bit/applications directory:
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File: dmaker14.bxy
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Size: 26752
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Date: Nov 9
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DiskMaker 1.4 is an update to the popular disk image-to-disk conversion
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utility for the Apple IIgs. This new version fixes a few bugs (including
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problems not being able to identify images based on their extensions) and
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adds support for the .po file format.
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Uploaded by the author, Eric Shepherd.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 45)
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[EOA]
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[JFP]
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Juiced.GS V9 I4 Approaching Final Production
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Juiced.GS Volume 9 Issue 4 is approaching final production status right on
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schedule and is hoped to ship around the 15th of the month, just in time to
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read at your family's Thanksgiving party.
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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 632)
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[EOA]
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[IMT]
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ImageMaker 2.2 RELEASED
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"""""""""""""""""""""""
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I've released ImageMaker 2.2, which has better support for 5.25" disk
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images. It'll be up soon here, but if you can't wait, you can visit
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<http://www.sheppyware.net/products/a2/imagemaker>.
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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 24, Top 9, Msg 3)
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[EOA]
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[DMA]
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DiskMaker 1.4 Available
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"""""""""""""""""""""""
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I uploaded DiskMaker 1.4 last night; it's available on the SheppyWare site,
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or you can wait and get it here, although either works. :)
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The new version supports .po images, fixes a few bugs, and I think handles
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newly-inserted disks faster although I don't really remember for sure; I
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wrote that code months ago. :)
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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 24, Top 8, Msg 2)
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[EOA]
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[SMM]
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SideClick Contextual Menu Manager Continues to Evolve
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Yes, a given client can add multiple items to the menu if it wishes to do
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so.
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As for the length of the string, pretty much anything you might normally
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use in a menu. You don't want to go nuts, but any length that can be
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handled by the Menu Manager is allowed.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 5)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Any other feedback at all about the SideClick API? I have a minor new
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version, but it's just some added explanatory text, not any substantive
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changes.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 6)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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My only concern is the control-click to bring up the menu. Since the Apple
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IIgs only has one mouse button, I used the control-double-click sequence to
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bring up selections in SIS that would show up with a right-click. I chose
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the control key as identified by the Mac OS 8 User Interface Guidelines.
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Since the control-double-click shows options that can not be accessed by
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any other method, I want to verify that sideclick does not conflict with
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the operation of SIS.
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Perhaps SideClick can use Option-click to avoid any potential confusion?
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Geoff
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(GEOFF, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 7)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I seem to recall there being several applications that use option-click to
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accomplish tasks though.
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I chose control-click because that's what the Macintosh uses to simulate a
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right-click when you're using a one-button mouse, which makes it, in my
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mind, a standard I should follow.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 8)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Yeah. A program like Platinum Paint uses all the modifier keys with
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clicking to extend functionality. There is no one good modifier key with
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clicking to guarantee compatibility across the board. Stuff will break.
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Maybe it is time to go in the business to sell two-button mice for the GS
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to extend functionality :)
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Geoff
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(GEOFF, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 10)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Well, SideClick will support two-button mice, assuming the GS actually
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really does report the button number like it claims it does in the Event
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Manager documentation. :)
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 11)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I have a new version of the SideClick specification uploaded:
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http://homepage.mac.com/sheppy/projects/sideclick/SideClickAPISpecs.pdf
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This version corrects some errors in the definitions of structures, and
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adds the values for most of the IPC calls; only a couple of them had
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numbers assigned previously.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 9)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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A little status report on SideClick; I've sent a version to my regular test
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crew to try out. I believe it's essentially finished at this point.
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When I do release it, it will include sample code and the SideClick.h
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header file so programmers can interface with it from C; I'll see if I can
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get interfaces done for other languages.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 12)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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FWIW, I would be willing to try to do the Pascal headers for ORCA/Pascal.
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I also have to work on ones for Geoff's TimeZone Tool.
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Of course, I think I'm the only person in the world who uses ORCA/Pascal,
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so it's really a selfish project :-)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 13)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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That would be helpful. Shouldn't be hard; it's pretty simple. :)
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 14)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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>> Of course, I think I'm the only person in the world who uses ORCA/Pascal
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<<
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No, it's actually my GS language of choice, too.
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 15)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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SideClick 1.0b1 has been posted as a public beta release. The package
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includes the SideClick init, three sample inits that use SideClick, and API
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documentation and headers for C and MPW IIgs assembly.
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The source code for the three sample inits is included.
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For details, visit: http://www.syndicomm.com/products/sideclick/
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 16)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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No bug report, but just a comment and a question.
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SideClick is great!
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(That's the comment)
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Question: Do you think a FExt could be written so that if a file or folder
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is selected and SideClick is activated, one of the options could be "Move
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to Trash"?
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I have not done a FExt, so hence my question :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 17)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Yes, I think it could be done. I'm actually planning to do an update to
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SideClick (probably not until after 1.0 though) that will provide
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additional information if you're in Finder and the right-click is on an
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icon, but even without that change, the FExt could figure that out on its
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own.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 18)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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>> Question: Do you think a FExt could be written so that if a file or
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folder is selected and SideClick is activated, one of the options could be
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"Move to Trash"? <<
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A few years ago, I wrote a finder extra which added a menu item/command-key
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equivalent to delete a selected file. The file gets deleted, but the
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window doesn't get updated to reflect that.
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Finder 6.0 (and 6.0.1) included a request to notify Finder that the
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contents of a window have changed. IIRC, Sheppy told me that the request
|
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is ignored by 6.0.1, and the folder modification date/time is used to
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automagically know when a folder is updated. However, ProDOS has a 1
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minute granularity for when a file/folder was last modified.... so if you
|
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try to delete 2 files within the same minute, the window won't be updated
|
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for the 2nd file's deletion.
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I don't recall if I tested it with HFS or not.
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Kelvin
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(KWS, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 19)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Making SideClick able to detect if there are icons selected and add items
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to the menu if there are is trivial -- but it should be possible with more
|
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work to add them if you right click on an icon or a group of selected
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icons.
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The latter is a capability I hope to add directly into SideClick at some
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point.
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 20)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Any ideas for possible uses for SideClick? I'd be interested in
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suggestions. :)
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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 24, Top 21, Msg 21)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Aside from the one I gave re: moving an item to the trash. . .
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Connect/disconnect TCP/IP;
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Show clipboard;
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Open a list of predetermined applications to launch.
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|
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|
Would it be possible to use Hierarchic with SideClick?
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|
Ryan
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Chief Sysop
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 22)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I haven't tried using Hierarchic with SideClick yet, but I'm fairly
|
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confident it will work. If not, I will make it work, because I see a huge
|
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advantage to being able to add submenus to it. I'll check on it.
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|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
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|
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 21, Msg 23)
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[EOA]
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|
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|
[TEC]
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TextEdit Control
|
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""""""""""""""""
|
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I understand that if my TextEdit Control is readonly, TEInsert will not do
|
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a thing to put new text into the control. My question is how do I lock and
|
|
unlock the readonly flag?
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|
|
|
Thanks.
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|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop
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|
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|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
|
|
There's a bit in the TextEdit control's flags that controls this. Simply
|
|
twiddle the bit. I'm not at my desk at the moment or I'd look in the TBR
|
|
to get specifics. It's not in the moreFlags, it's in the longword TE
|
|
flags.
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|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
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"""""
|
|
Yeah, the bit is in the textFlags field of the TextEdit control record.
|
|
|
|
Just toggle the value of the bit fReadOnly.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Using SetCtlMoreFlags?
|
|
|
|
There doesn't appear to be any other call, but I've never done this before
|
|
:)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
No, there's not a tool call for it. You need to directly access the field
|
|
in the record.
|
|
|
|
flags : longint;
|
|
|
|
flags = myTEHandle^^.textFlags;
|
|
|
|
(* modify the flag here, I don't remember the Pascal syntax to change the
|
|
value of one bit in an integer *)
|
|
|
|
myTEHandle^^.textFlags = flags;
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 5)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Thanks, Shep. I'll work on it this week, I think.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 34, Msg 6)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[MWS]
|
|
MANAGING WEB SITES
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Can anyone recommend a hosting company where I can store my web site? I
|
|
currently use softcomca.com (aka myhosting.com), which offers 100 MB of
|
|
storage, 5 GB of bandwidth, and 20 email addresses for $10/month, which is
|
|
a great deal - but their tech support is laughable. Their "help" is
|
|
usually undetailed and/or incorrect, and I'm tired of dealing with people
|
|
(I wonder if this job has been outsourced?) who don't know their CAT5 from
|
|
their elbow.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 92)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I've been using LunarPages.com for a web site for our dog training club.
|
|
For $7.95 per month, you get:
|
|
|
|
PHP, JSP*, ASP*, & PERL
|
|
1000 Megabytes Storage
|
|
40 Gigabytes Data Transfer
|
|
Priority Toll-free Telephone Support
|
|
FTP Access
|
|
Fantastico Script Library
|
|
Microsoft Front Page (not sure what use this is, but they have it)
|
|
|
|
When I first signed up two years ago, it was 500 GB they provided for this
|
|
price, and the size has just gone up since then, with additional features
|
|
added now and then, including the increased capacity. They have telephone
|
|
tech support that usually helps quite a bit.
|
|
|
|
The $7.95 per month, if paid as 1 year at a time, has no set up charge. If
|
|
you get 3 or 6 month durations, there is a $30 setup fee.
|
|
|
|
You can also get a MySQL database for no additional charge, and additional
|
|
databases are $1/month.
|
|
|
|
I don't know how it compares to others, but it's been quite good. You don't
|
|
get command-line access to your account, but the online Control Panel does
|
|
everything you might need.
|
|
|
|
Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
|
|
Apple II History
|
|
http://apple2history.org
|
|
|
|
(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 93)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
But wait there's more! (I just read the other page about the account):
|
|
|
|
You also get:
|
|
|
|
unlimited e-mail accounts
|
|
unlimited e-mail forwarding
|
|
unlimited e-mail auto responders
|
|
web mail
|
|
CGI-BIN
|
|
PHP, Python & PERL
|
|
ASP, JSP 7 Servlets available
|
|
add-on domain available
|
|
3 parked domains
|
|
15 sub domains
|
|
ftp account
|
|
SSI - server side includes
|
|
online user statistics
|
|
DreamWeaver compatible
|
|
POP3, SMTP, IMAP
|
|
|
|
(ABC, 1-2-3, Do-Re-Mi available for an additional fee...)
|
|
|
|
Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
|
|
Apple II History
|
|
http://apple2history.org
|
|
|
|
(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 94)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Steve,
|
|
|
|
Wow! That's quite a setup. Compared with my current package, detailed at
|
|
<http://myhosting.com/HostingPlans/basic.asp>, I see very few reasons to
|
|
switch; the availability of PHP, Python, Perl, ASP, and cgi-bin is very
|
|
attractive, and all for a lower price than I'm paying now. The only item I
|
|
didn't see listed at LunarPages.com was mailing lists (I currently have
|
|
one), but I would be willing to give that up and find an alternative for
|
|
mass emails.
|
|
|
|
Thanks. I'm going to forward this information to two web programmers who
|
|
have worked on my sites, and get their opinions.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 95)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
My first question would be, when you say they offer:
|
|
|
|
> CGI-BIN
|
|
> PHP, Python & PERL
|
|
> ASP, JSP 7 Servlets available
|
|
|
|
Does that mean that you can write your own servlets/scripts and install
|
|
them, or does it simply mean that they offer a set of pre-fab servlets that
|
|
they have concocted?
|
|
_________
|
|
| homas
|
|
|
|
(TCOMPTER, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 96)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Thomas,
|
|
|
|
I'll look into that. The further information provided on their web page
|
|
says only:
|
|
|
|
"Asp is available for an additional $1.00 a month per domain or sub domain.
|
|
You can also add JSP and Servlet support to your domain name or sub domain
|
|
for only $2 per month. We use Resin. for serving fast servlets and JSP.
|
|
Resin is a cutting-edge XML Application Server. It serves the fastest
|
|
servlets and JSP. Resin's fast Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 engine beats
|
|
mod_perl, mod_php, and other servlet engines in performance. J2SETM 1.4.1
|
|
is installed."
|
|
|
|
They also provide 37 prefab Fantastico scripts, as detailed at
|
|
<http://lunarpages.com/desc/fantastico.htm>.
|
|
|
|
Another exciting feature is 15 free subdomains. That means, for example,
|
|
instead of telling people to go to gamebits.net and click on the
|
|
PlayStation link, or giving them gamebits.net/psx as a URL, I can send them
|
|
to psx.gamebits.net. Neat!
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 97)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> You can also add JSP and Servlet support to your domain name or sub
|
|
domain for only $2 per month. We use Resino?= for serving fast servlets and
|
|
JSP. Resin is a cutting-edge XML Application Server. <<
|
|
|
|
Yeah, that sounds like you can write your own apps for use in their
|
|
container. That's pretty cool.
|
|
|
|
Of course, since I've discovered that I can serve my own apps on my own OS
|
|
X box, I don't really need that at the moment. :)
|
|
_________
|
|
| homas
|
|
|
|
(TCOMPTER, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 98)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
In signing up for Lunarpages, I learned that PHP, Python, and Perl come
|
|
standard, but ASP is an extra $1/month, and Java/JSP is an extra $2/month.
|
|
That's disappointing.
|
|
|
|
I still made the switch, but had to pay more than the $7.95 I was hoping
|
|
for, since I use ASP scripts on my site.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 99)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[SPD]
|
|
Subdomains and Parked Domains For WebSites
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Could someone explain to me what subdomains and parked domains are?
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 100)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
From the Control Panel manual at LunarPages:
|
|
|
|
"An addon domain is a domain name that points to a subdirectory within your
|
|
account. For example, you may want innovation.org.nz to point to
|
|
business.org.nz/innovation/. Addon domains must be registered domain names
|
|
that you own and configured to point to your web site's servers."
|
|
|
|
So, if you registered "www.gagne.com", you could configure it to point to
|
|
"www.gamebits.com/gagne".
|
|
|
|
Regarding parked domains:
|
|
|
|
"You can set up a domain name that you own to point to another domain name.
|
|
This is known as "parking" a domain.
|
|
|
|
"Example: You own the business.co.nz and innovation.co.nz domain names. You
|
|
already have a web site for business.co.nz, but you do not want to create a
|
|
new web site for innovation.co.nz at the moment. By parking
|
|
innovation.co.nz on top of business.co.nz, all URLs for innovation.co.nz
|
|
will automatically go to business.co.nz instead."
|
|
|
|
On the other hand, a Subdomain is just another way of accessing part of
|
|
your web site. You could have "gagne.gamebits.com", which would be its own
|
|
folder within the public_html folder for your site. This is just an
|
|
alternate way of subdividing the contents of your site, if you wish. You
|
|
could just as easily do "www.gamebits.com/gagne" if you wanted. Note that
|
|
this does not require registering another domain name with any DNS service
|
|
(thus costs nothing extra).
|
|
|
|
By the way, mailing lists ARE possible with LunarPages, with no extra cost.
|
|
This is also accessible from the Control Panel.
|
|
|
|
Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
|
|
Apple II History
|
|
http://apple2history.org
|
|
|
|
(A2HISTORY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 1010
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[ITL]------------------------
|
|
ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |
|
|
-----------------------------
|
|
|
|
An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
To be Continued
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
|
Note from October 2004 issue:
|
|
|
|
I'll say goodbye for now, but I'm not fading away as I did in 1995.
|
|
I'll return some time next year to do another couple of Illuminating The
|
|
Lamp columns for 2003 and 2004.
|
|
|
|
Steven Weyhrich
|
|
a2history@syndicomm.com
|
|
http://apple2history.org
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[HCG]------------------------
|
|
HCGS ANNOUNCEMENT |
|
|
-----------------------------
|
|
|
|
HyperCard GS Version of _The Lamp!_ Available
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
This issue of _The Lamp!_ is available in a version for HCGS.
|
|
(HyperCard IIgs)
|
|
|
|
Look for it in the HyperCard_IIgs directory.
|
|
|
|
If you would like future issues of _The Lamp!_ available in the HCGS
|
|
version please email me at:
|
|
|
|
Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[ANS]-------------------------------
|
|
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
|
|
|
|
[TSU]
|
|
TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or to
|
|
sign up!
|
|
|
|
(Logon message)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[NSA]
|
|
November 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
The November 2004 (Volume 3, Number 11) issue of Syndicommotion has been
|
|
emailed to subscribers. The HTML edition can be found online at the
|
|
following URL:
|
|
|
|
http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/v3n11.html
|
|
|
|
or by selecting menu option #1 from Page 155 on Syndicomm Online (type
|
|
"m155;1" without the quotes at any menu prompt).
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 25)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[LTE]-------------------------------
|
|
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
Letter to Editor
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:23:23 -0500 (Central Standard Time)
|
|
From: Bruce Baker (email)
|
|
To: lyle@foxvalley.net
|
|
Subject: good job
|
|
|
|
As Steve says, you really are doing a great job on the lamp. Thanks for
|
|
all you do. We still have a nice community.
|
|
|
|
Bruce Baker
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Thank you.
|
|
|
|
Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net> Editor, _The Lamp!_
|
|
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AN INVITATION
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
|
|
Apple II computers.
|
|
|
|
Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
|
|
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[KF5]------------------------------
|
|
KFest 2005 |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
|
|
[TBH]
|
|
KansasFest 2005 to be Held JULY 19-24th
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Mark your calendar and start saving some money.
|
|
|
|
|
|
[KFW]
|
|
KansasFest Website
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Is located here: http://www.kfest.org
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[INN]------------------------------
|
|
EXTRA INNINGS |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month on
|
|
""""""""""""""" the WEB at: http://lamp.a2central.com/
|
|
|
|
This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
|
|
using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever!
|
|
|
|
* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2004 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
|
|
rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
* To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to
|
|
thelamp@sheppyware.net
|
|
|
|
* All issues of The Lamp! are available at The Lamp! Home Page,
|
|
http://lamp.a2central.com/
|
|
|
|
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
|
|
necessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi Online
|
|
Services, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson. Forum messages are
|
|
reprinted verbatim and are included in this publication with permission
|
|
from the individual authors. A2Central.com, Delphi Online Services,
|
|
Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee the accuracy
|
|
or suitability of any information included herein. We reserve the right to
|
|
edit all letters and copy.
|
|
|
|
Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without the
|
|
expressed written consent of the publisher. Registered computer user
|
|
groups, not for profit publications , and other interested parties may
|
|
write the publisher to apply for permission to reprint any or all material.
|
|
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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[EOF]
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