Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 16 Jan 01 Volume 18 : Issue 9 Today's Topics: [*] ColorCodes 1.0 (MacOS X) - Get the NSColor Code of any Color [*] Mahogany/Chrome kaleidoscope scheme [*] Phonemic Font Pack 1.1.3 [*] QIF Categories 1.6 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description [*] Star Gate 1.3.2 [*] TaskMenuBar 2.3.2 [*] Word Square Builder 3.1.2 : educational word search puzzle software Conflict Catcher reports The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. 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You can choose your color via the color chooser and ColorCodes displays the codes, you have to enter for a new NSColor. hope you like it Jochen (cyclon@kagi.com - http://www.cyclon-softworx.de) P.S: MacOS X rocks! - Freeware!! - [Archived as /info-mac/dev/color-codes-10.hqx; 28 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] Mahogany/Chrome kaleidoscope scheme Mahogany/Chrome is a kaleidoscope 2.0+ scheme reminiscent of vintage luxury car interiors, all posh with wood and chrome...it also introduces transparent pull down menus...an option in kal. 2.3 -Martha Royer See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there [Archived as /info-mac/gui/ks/mahogany-chrome-ks.hqx; 492 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: Horst Prillinger To: Subject: [*] Phonemic Font Pack 1.1.3 This is a new version of my fonts for phonemic transcriptions, Phonemic Font Package 1.1.3 (PFP). It contains two fonts with a full set of phonetic symbols (IPA compatible) for phonemic transcriptions of English. The font is provided in PostScript Type 1 format. A TrueType version can be downloaded from my web site. Starting with this version, PFP is freeware. There is no more shareware fee! [Archived as /info-mac/font/phonemic-font-package-113.hqx; 90 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: John Woodward To: Subject: [*] QIF Categories 1.6 - Adding Categories to QIF Files Based on Description QIF Categories converts Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) banking or credit card transaction files, adding Quicken categories based on the description of each transaction. It is useful for converting QIF downloaded from online banking or credit card web sites before importing them into Quicken. To convert a QIF file, just drop it onto QIF Categories. You can configure QIF Categories as a browser helper application for files of type application/qif to have it invoked automatically on downloaded QIF files. QIF Categories converts each transaction in the QIF file dropped on it by: 1) Deleting any existing category; 2) Adding a category associated with the transaction's description, or getting the category from the user if none is associated; 3) removing the plus sign from transaction amounts (because not all versions of Quicken allow plus signs); 4) optionally adding an indication that the transaction has cleared; 5) optionally extracting a check number from the description (unless the transaction already has a check number); 6) optionally changing the description and category to values associated with the combination of the original description and the amount; and 7) transferring all other parts of each transaction to the output file. You can convert the input file in place or choose a different output filename. System requirements: * System 7 through 8.6; not tested with MacOS 9, but should work For more information, please read the documentation enclosed, or visit the QIF Categories Web page: http://homepage.mac.com/jplw/QIFCategories1.6.html [Archived as /info-mac/app/bus/qif-categories-16.hqx; 112 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: "Kevin Raner" To: Subject: [*] Star Gate 1.3.2 Here is Star Gate 1.3.2, the latest version of my Mac-PC file transfer utility. Star Gate is a utility that allows easy transfer of files between Mac and PC, or PC and PC, via a serial link. If you need to transfer files between computers and don't want to bear the expense of network cards, transceivers and commercial network software then you need Star Gate. Star Gate is easy to configure and requires only a cheap null-modem cable. It can transfer whole directory trees and reconstruct the tree on the receiving computer. It also performs text translation so the line endings of text files are always correct for the receiving computer. The interface is simple and convenient. To send a file to another computer simply drag it to the outgoing directory and it will automatically appear in the incoming folder of the other computer. Forget about protocols, packets, CRCs etc. just drag your files! Note: the software requires a serial port on your Mac. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/star-gate-132.hqx; 239 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: Hugh Kawahara To: Subject: [*] TaskMenuBar 2.3.2 TaskMenuBar is a control panel that uses the empty space on the menu bar for many operations such as launching and switching applications, and opening files. Because it only uses the menu bar, unlike other utilities, it will never obscure or be obscured by other windows. Version 2.3.2 fixes a bug that made the menu bar inactive in the previous version. Requires System 7.1 or later including OS-8 and 9 with a 68K or PPC processor. Shareware fee: $15. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/task-menu-bar-232.hqx; 187 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2001 From: scattersoft To: Subject: [*] Word Square Builder 3.1.2 : educational word search puzzle software Word Square Builder is a PPC Mac program for building word search puzzles where interlocking words are hidden in a grid of letters. It allows the user to enter, save and reuse word lists, control the size and shape of the puzzle, flow the puzzle around irregularly shaped pictures, control the font and letter spacing, select the characters that may appear in the puzzle, select the directions in which words are permitted to run, print puzzles and puzzle solutions, and export puzzles as graphics files for use in DTP or on the web. The software is shareware and may be distributed (unregistered) on CD-ROM. The software is for Mac OS 7.5 or higher and QuickTime 3.0 or better. Some functions are not available without QuickTime 4.0 or better. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/word-square-builder-312.hqx; 2331 K] ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 01:17:36 -0600 From: jatkins To: Subject: Conflict Catcher reports I have two questions related to reports I am receiving from conflict catcher that I am hoping to get some help with. i. When I first open conflict catcher I am getting the message that I now have 2 PrintingLib extensions (one of which has been disabled) and I am being prompted to trash one of them. I have left them as is until now and canceling the operation until I can find out which one to keep. I would have normally trashed the one that CC had disabled except for the fact that it appears to be a newer version (although I am sure they come from different sources and the version numbers may not be an accurate reflection of their usefulness). The disabled ext. is listed as ver. 8.6.5 and has an icon with a little printer with a sheet of paper with a couple of "&" on it. The enabled ext. is listed as ver. 8.5.1 and has an icon with a little printer with a sheet of paper with a big "a" (adobe acrobat ??, recently installed) on it. I don't know if I should enable the "newer" one and send the other one to the trash or keep the existing set-up. ii. The other concern I have is with a warning I am getting from conflict catcher that 3 of my extensions are using more memory in the system heap at startup than they are requesting. They are all necessary extension though and I cannot, as CC suggests, disable any of them. They are Apple CD/DVD Driver, the Control Strip Ext. and the Joliet Volume Access extensions. I would like to know if anyone has had similar reports from CC and if there is anything I can do to more thoroughly investigate just how much more memory they are using and why and if it is a problem that even requires any further attention. Thanks to any and all who can provide me with some direction on these matters. Joseph Pilon N.F.A -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************