Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #386 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Fri, 17 Dec 99 Volume 16 : Issue 386 Today's Topics: [*] Smart Scroll 3.6b6J - Japanese Version [*] AppearanceHopper 1.9 Fr [*] CD File 99 Fr [*] Itivuttaka--Sayings of the Buddha [*] KanjiCPreProcessor 1.2 [*] Polish Adjectives 1.0.3 - foreign language learning [*] WolfEdit 2.0.4 1st/2nd Encounter Patch AVI to QT problems BIG ICONS Help!!! Need scanner driver how to configur different Internet-connections iMacs iMovie problem Info-Mac Digest V16 #384 LCII set-up for email Powerbook 100 sadmac problem USB-Serial adapter for G4 & HP LaserJet4MP Using icons. 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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Info-Mac volunteers include Adam C. Engst, Demitri Muna, Hugh Lewis, Tom Coradeschi, Shawn Bunn, Christopher Li, Patrik Montgomery, and Ed Chambers. The Info-Mac Digest is sponsored in part by AOL who is responsible for our having the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V16 #386" ------------------------------ Date: 17 Dec 1999 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com Subject: [*] Smart Scroll 3.6b6J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the Smart Scroll package. Smart Scroll enhances scrollbars for most apps, including Netscape, Emailer, Eudora, ClarisWorks... (Mac OS 8.5, 8.6, & 9.0) only enhance the Finder's scrollbars) Proportional Thumbs: The size of the thumb relative to the scrollbar shows how much of a document is displayed in a window! Live Scrolling moves the window contents while you drag the thumb. Power up your scroll bars! Scrolling Speed may now be adjusted for all scroll bars and menus! *New!* Scrolling Speed may be adjusted to your preference. If your windows are too fast for your taste, this will let you set a comfortable scrolling speed. The setting is applied whenever you click in a scrollbar and hold the button down, but full speed is available at any time by clicking repeatedly instead. *New!* This feature controls Menu Scrolling too! Keep the cursor pinned to the edge of the screen (above or below the menu) for full speed, or bring it in a few pixels to slow down the scrolling to the rate selected in the Smart Scroll control panel. This control panel works on any Mac introduced since 1990, running System 7.0 through Mac OS 9.0. New in version 3.6: *Scrolling Speed may now be adjusted for all scrollbars, as well as menus *Support for Mac OS 9.0 *Many internal changes and fixes Mac OS 8.5 and later provide applications with the possibility of displaying proportional thumbs, but applications will need to be updated to take advantage of the new feature. Among applications included with Mac OS, so far only the Finder and a couple others uses this feature. Smart Scroll provides proportional thumbs for "the rest of apps" today, without updating applications applications such as Netscape, Emailer, AppleWorks, Word or system add-ons such as control panels! Smart Scroll communicates with Kaleidoscope so scrollbars using the new color schemes can be proportional and have active scrolling! [Archived as /info-mac/gui/smart-scroll-36b6-jp.hqx; 178 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: Weedhopper Press Subject: [*] AppearanceHopper 1.9 Fr AppearanceHopper comble des trous dans la personnalisation de MacOS, en vous donnant accès à des options non activables depuis le tableau de bord Apparence. Avec AppearanceHopper, vous pouvez : régler la police et le corps de chaque entrée de la liste des polices Système, ainsi que le style utilisé pour les en-têtes des petites polices Système; accès au options "cachées" des barres de défillement; choisir le style des noms d'alias, désactiver la flèche sur les alias; et modifer la palette du sélecteur d'application, le tout dans un tableau de bord simple d'emploi. AppearanceHopper est un shareware à $9 disponible en anglais,en français, et en suédois; après dix essais, vous devez enregistrer le logiciel pour pouvoir continuer à l'utiliser. Mac OS 8.6 ou ultérieur et AppleScript sont nécessaires. AppearanceHopper a été testé avec MacOS 8.6 et MacOS 9. Pour plus d'informations, visitez le site web de Weedhopper Press à : http://www.whpress.com/fr/ [Archived as /info-mac/gui/appearnce-hopper-19-fr.hqx; 1255 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: William Perier Subject: [*] CD File 99 Fr CD File, la nouvelle gestion de discothèque autonome au design irréprochable. Look iMac. Toutes fonctions utiles incluses, sauf gadgets. En Français. CD File, the new Hi-Tech CD database. Look iMac. With runtime. All functions. No gadgets. In French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD File 2.0 (Mac/PC) - Shemes Kaleidoscope (Mac) Belles images - Téléchargement MacPix (Mac) http://cd.file.free.fr/indexfr.html http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Salon/9990/indexfr.html [Archived as /info-mac/data/cd-file-99-fr.hqx; 4119 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: Brian Kelley Subject: [*] Itivuttaka--Sayings of the Buddha Itivuttaka--Sayings of the Buddha The Itivuttaka is a collection of 112 short sutras from the Pali Canon in mixed prose and verse, covering a wide range of the Buddha's teachings in a form that is accessible, appealing, and concise. This application randomly generates one of the verses each time it is opened, making it a nice addition to the Startup Items folder. Additionally, clicking on the quotation will generate a new verse. The verses can be saved as text files, and printed from the "File" menu. If you encounter any unfamiliar terms, there is a "Useful Definitions" item under the Apple Menu. This application is offered as a free gift of Dharma. May all beings attain Perfect Peace. Brian Kelley mailto:bkelley1@nycap.rr.com CompleatMac Software http://home.nycap.rr.com/compleatmac/ [Archived as /info-mac/app/itivuttaka.hqx; 891 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: Mikaeru Subject: [*] KanjiCPreProcessor 1.2 KanjiCPreProcessor: Japanese Shift-JIS C/C++/Rez pre-processor - free source code KanjiCPreProcessor.c is the source code of a basic filter for C, C++, and Rez source files, which strips all the comments, and replaces in strings all the Shift-JIS double-byte characters whose second byte happens to be a backslash with their equivalent octal escape sequences, so that the source files can be successfully compiled even when the compiler is not truly multibyte-savvy, or when the Japanese script is not supported by the system the compiler is running on... Note: This code has been successfully compiled with CodeWarrior Discovery Programming Edition 4, using the following project stationery: MacOS : C_C++ : Standard Console : Std C Console 68K In addition, "ANSI strict" must be explicitly turned *off* in the C/C++ Language Settings Panel. Disclaimer: This source code is provided "as is" and is free for you to use, at your own risk. Please let me know of any bugs or suggestions for improvements. --Michel MARIANI (a.k.a. Mikaeru) Mikaeru Software: [Archived as /info-mac/dev/src/kanji-c-preprocessor-c.hqx; 6 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: Jacek Iwanski Subject: [*] Polish Adjectives 1.0.3 - foreign language learning 'Polish Adjectives' helps Macintosh users to learn and practise declension and comparison of adjectives. You can use it for looking words up and practising vocabulary. The module already contains more than 9,000 Polish adjectives, with English translations (partially). You can add extra adjectives, and change or delete the existing entries to suit your own needs. You can create special groups of adjectives for practising on (ready made groups include colors, shapes, and much more). The unregistered version has limitations. To use the module you need to have the parent program 'Verbs & Nouns' available from the Info-Mac mirror sites. To get more information please visit: http://users.netmatters.co.uk/dandaforbes Jacek Iwanski. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/lang/polish-adjectives-10.hqx; 1186 K] ------------------------------ Date: 16 Dec 1999 From: greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: [*] WolfEdit 2.0.4 1st/2nd Encounter Patch This is a patch for WolfEdit 2 to enable the creation of scenarios that can be played with the 1st or 2nd Encounter versions of Wolfenstein 3D. Full instructions are included. WolfEdit 2 can be downloaded from the Info-Mac Archive. To install the patch, you will need ResEdit, which can be downloaded from Apple's web site. What is WolfEdit 2? WolfEdit 2 is a complete scenario editor for the Macintosh version of Wolfenstein 3D. With WolfEdit 2, not only can you design your own maps, you can replace the artwork for walls, doors, objects, weapons and more. Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg [Archived as /info-mac/game/com/wolf/wolf-edit-1e-2e-patch.hqx; 14 K] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:51:04 -0800 From: Bob Wall Subject: AVI to QT problems I can download an avi file with QuickTime. It plays until it completes downloading. Then suddenly the picture is gone (white screen) but I still have sound. Any suggestions? MacOS 8.6. QT 4.03. Netscape 4.7. Thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 23:17:08 -0700 From: "Dibbern.David" Subject: BIG ICONS Thanks to all who helped me with this. I feel like an idiot. I am always worried about the "high end" mods in the newest OS that I overlook the simple stuff. Thanks again and Happy Holidays da\/e ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:45:01 -0500 From: jeff_billman@hp.com Subject: Help!!! Need scanner driver Have you tried the HP web site(www.hp.com)? If they are not there they don't exist. I kinda doubt that ther are any. Jeff > I have an HP PhotoSmart S20 scanner - the kind that does 35mm slides. I > can't find Mac USB drivers for it. I've been using it under Virtual PC, but > wouold love to use it natively. > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 00:15:17 +0100 From: Dirk Schoofs Subject: how to configur different Internet-connections Hello, Is there any shareware, freeware to configure easily several Internet-connections, with different TCP/IP ? Thanks Dirk ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:54:34 -0600 From: "Robert P. Lenk" Subject: iMacs I just got back from a business to trip to Paris and was delighted to=20 see that several boutiques along the Avenue des Champs =C9lys=E9es had=20 iMacs displayed. What popped my o-rings was that in some of the stores the iMacs were=20 used as chic props in the displays. Not as computers, mind you, but=20 as trendy objets d'art, suspended at odd angles to highlight other=20 merchandise. Now doesn't that just encapsulate the genius of Apple's=20 morphogenesis? Can you imagine doing this any other computer? Sqwak away, critics, you will help make Apple better, but you just=20 gotta love the vision thing. Robert P. Lenk, PhD. Inspired Therapies(TM) for the Next Century ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:49:20 -0500 From: "Quattlebaum.Bill" Subject: iMovie problem I have a new iMac SE with iMovie. I had this problem with version 1.0 and now with 1.0.1. If I am capturing DV that includes the sounds of a water fall, or waves crashing the sound gets clipped and distorted both on the iMac and when I Print to Video. This occurs with at least two different scenes on two different mini-dv tapes. I have tested the following: Loaded iMovie onto my G4 tower with the same sound clipping and distortion. This shows the iMac is not at fault. Using Final Cut Pro 1.0.1 on the G4 give perfect sound quality. This is important because it shows the camcorder and the firewire cable are not at fault. Has anyone seen this? I am also trying to get through to Apple since this should be covered in the 90-day tech support. thanks, bill qb quattlebaum NIEHS ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:38:52 -0600 From: punster@canville.com (Barry M. Austern) Subject: Info-Mac Digest V16 #384 info-mac@starnine.com writes: >> Why would I wish to make a visible file invisible, or vice versa? >> The most obvious reason seems to be to provide an additional level of >> security. Would an invisible file appear in dialogs? > >Well, security (hiding a file) might be one reason. Of course, you would >need to remember where you put it, so you could later make it visible. Actually, there is a way in the find-file dialogue box of finding files with an invisible attribute. I am still using 7.5.x, so I am not sure if it still works with Sherlock, but the method is to hold down the option key while selecting other things to look for. You will get more choices, one of which is the visibility attribute. Check invisible and it will give you all the invisible files on the volume, etc. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:57:05 +0000 From: "Simon" Subject: LCII set-up for email My girlfriend has an LCII which she can't as yet afford to replace. She would, however, like to be able to use it for email at least. Is it too old a machine to do this effectively? If not, which hardware/software is the most appropriate for a machine of this vintage? TIA Simon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:44:21 +0100 From: muki pakesch Subject: Powerbook 100 sadmac problem hi! all of the sudden my good old trusty powerbook 100 refuses to boot and presents a Sad Mac error: 0000000F 00000002 has anybody any idea what this means? more information: troubles began, as saving onto the internal drive gave me i/o errors (error -36) i then connected the pb100 to my desktop (660av) backuped the drive's contents reformattet the pb100 drive copied all files from the backup to it then, suddenly the pb100 refused to boot with the above sadmac error booting from an external floppy does not work (same sadmac error) connecting the pb100 to the desktop still works which would indicate that the harddrive itself seems to be o.k. since then i've tried to find & understand the Sad Mac error codes but with no real success i.e.: most lists quote "0000000F" as "reserved for macintosh compatibility" whatever this is supposed to mean... TIA for any help cheers, muki muki pakesch mailto:mpakesch@t0.or.at http://www.t0.or.at/~mpakesch ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:28:42 -0800 (PST) From: "P. Ton" Subject: USB-Serial adapter for G4 & HP LaserJet4MP Hello, We have a G4 running OS 8.6 and an old HP LaserJet 4MP. We bought an Entraga USB-serial adapter but found out that didn't support Geoport, Midi or AppleTalk (LocalTalk) networking. Our printer didn't work. The Keyspan US-serial adapters don't support HP laserjets. With our old mac, we were able to plug in the PC and the mac and the printer was peacefully shared. Now we can only print from the PC. Our PC "friends" are laughing. Does any one know what we need to do to make our HP laserjet 4MP print? Thank you. Phil pton1999@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:33:33 EST From: Luskin@aol.com Subject: Using icons. >From: JIM BRUNSWICK >Subject: making my own icons It is easy to install icons. First select and copy the icon you want to install. Then, do a getinfo of the file you want to install the icon onto. Then select the icon in the upper left, and paste. Be aware that "custom" icons do not have all the properties of the originals, at least without a bit of resedit support. And icons cannot be of arbitrary size... Michael B. Luskin -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************