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Info-Mac Digest Tue, 08 May 01 Volume 18 : Issue 74
Today's Topics:
[*] 24U C&R Marks
[*] 24U Crop & Registration Marks 1.0.2 CZ
[*] AutoCat 3.0 - Catalog different
[*] Bad Day Simulator 2001
[*] DiskRecall 1.2.8 (submitted by FTP as diskrecall1.2.8.sit.hqx)
[*] NotePad Deluxe 2.2 - Exclusive notepad with many features
[*] NotePad Deluxe 2.2 Sv - Exclusive notepad (Swedish version)
[*] Poltergeist 3
[*] QuizMaker Pro 4.0
[*] Starcraft Guide 3.3
[*] TidBITS#579/07-May-01
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: HOnza Koudelka
To:
Subject: [*] 24U C&R Marks
Crop & Registration Marks is an XTensions software that will help
Quark XPress users to effectively organize film space when exposing
small objects, saving you a significant money on film material.
Crop & Registration Marks will let you easily and quickly generate
crop and registration marks as well as color and black&white gamuts
around selected object, so that you can mix several objects in a
single RIP job. Besides generation of marks, this XTension offers
also creating guides for cutting or folding.
Since the year 2000, 24U s.r.o. is committed to software development,
modification and distribution, creating custom software solutions,
and providing training and consultations for users of Mac OS and
Windows.
We offer solutions for people, not for computers.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/cr-marks-102.hqx; 394 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: HOnza Koudelka
To:
Subject: [*] 24U Crop & Registration Marks 1.0.2 CZ
The "CZ" suffix means it is a Czech localized version of the product.
Crop & Registration Marks is an XTensions software that will help
Quark XPress users to effectively organize film space when exposing
small objects, saving you a significant money on film material.
Crop & Registration Marks will let you easily and quickly generate
crop and registration marks as well as color and black&white gamuts
around selected object, so that you can mix several objects in a
single RIP job. Besides generation of marks, this XTension offers
also creating guides for cutting or folding.
Since the year 2000, 24U s.r.o. is committed to software development,
modification and distribution, creating custom software solutions,
and providing training and consultations for users of Mac OS and
Windows.
We offer solutions for people, not for computers.
[Archived as /info-mac/text/cr-marks-102-cz.hqx; 332 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: Olivier Lebra
To:
Subject: [*] AutoCat 3.0 - Catalog different
AutoCat 3.0 - Shareware $15
Catalog different.
AutoCat Home Page: http://kebawe.com/autocat/
Online Registration: http://order.kagi.com/?OL
Author email: [email protected]
AutoCat got 4 mice at Macdownload and Tucows, and 5 mice at FileDudes.
AutoCat is a very intuitive software for keeping track of your MP3s, videos,
pictures, any kind of files on your CDs, or any kind of disks, by using
aliases. You navigate through your catalog with the best interface: there is
no interface! You just use the Finder, so you can access your catalog via
all the Finder features, and also via Open dialogs, or remotely via the
network.
Highligths:
- Catalog all your CDs, CDRs, DVDs, any kind of discs or folders, in a very
Mac way.
- Navigate through your catalog directly from the Finder.á
- Navigate through your catalog from Open/Save dialogs.á
- No application to launch to navigate through your catalog.á
- Use the Finder's 'Find' command (aka Sherlock) to search your catalog.á
- Navigate through your catalog remotely via the network.
- Work with a super-easy drag & drop interface and in the background.
- Catalog the contents of StuffIt archives.
- Appearance-savvy, Navigation Services-savvy, Aqua-savvy on MacáOSáX.
AutoCat 3 requires Mac OS X or Mac OS 8.6 or later with CarbonLib.
AutoCat can be included in CD-ROMs.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/auto-cat-3.hqx; 912 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: Vince Hodgson
To:
Subject: [*] Bad Day Simulator 2001
System Requirements
Any Mac (68k or PPC)
Plenty of time to waste
********* The Amazing Bad Day Simulator 2001 *********
Copyright (c) Practically Useless Software 1991, 2001
Features:
- Sorrow
- Woe
- Bad Times
New in BDS2001:
- GOOD TIMES!!!!
Ok, so what's it all about?
Don't you just hate it when you aim for a spotted fish, and all you get is a stripey one? (What do you mean, no?). It can really bring your whole day down. Fortunately you can now endure all this heartache in a virtual format, leaving you free to enjoy your real life.
History
=======
Bad Day Simulator was originally written for the Amiga (in AMOS) in 1991 by me, Vince Hodgson. It was soon ported to other popular formats such as 68k Macintosh (by Graham Cox) and Windows 3.1 (by Stephen Baxter), as well as ZX81, Spectrum and so on. Unfortunately these versions are lost to the world (unless Graham or Stephen can put me right on that one).
In 1997 BDS found its spiritual home on the internet and lived there for 4 good years. Now I've changed my ISP I feel it's about time I brought BDS back to the desktop, and here we are! Packed with new features (OK, packed with one new feature, you can now choose how bad you day is going to be) and ready to go, BDS2001 is the future of home despondency now.
This is also my first attempt* at programming since that Amiga version all those years ago, so I'd love to hear any comments. Then I'll start on other useless nonsense such as Washing Machine Emulator and the like. The way I look at it, all the useful software has been written and so I might as well write some useless software.
*This is not strictly true, if you count the times I've re-written BDS for the ZX81 & Spectrum (emulated), but seeing as it's only four lines of code, I don't think it counts
System requirements
===================
Any Macintosh or Windows95+ computer*, plenty of time to waste doing pointless things.
*Depending on which archive you have
Contact me
==========
e-mail: [email protected]
BDS 2001 is mail-ware. If you like it (or hate it, or just use it, or just use it once) please send me an e-mail to the above. Just so I can see where it gets to.
[Archived as /info-mac/game/bds.hqx; 1079 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: "Support Personnel"
To:
Subject: [*] DiskRecall 1.2.8 (submitted by FTP as diskrecall1.2.8.sit.hqx)
Disk Recall is a super-fast disk and FTP cataloger. It creates catalogs of
any type of disk (floppies, hard drives, CD-ROMs, Zips, AppleShare volumes,
etc...). It features an intuitive Finder-like list view for browsing disk
contents, and a powerful multi-criteria search engine. Disk Recall uses a
very fast archiving algorithm to scan Macintosh disks 5 to 10 times faster
than other Macintosh catalogers. Disk Recall aslo catalogs FTP directories
and extracts Info-mac abstracts as well. It can also search for duplicate
files; delete files or folders; scan inside Stuffit files; open, reveal and
copy items in the Finder, and more. Registered users also get the Disk
Recall Extension which automatically scans disks at eject time. Unlike with
other (slower) catalogers, users barely notice the extra delay when ejecting
disks. Disk Recall is $20 shareware. Version 1.2.8 fixes a bug with finding
duplicates, and is Mac OS 9.1 compatible.
[Archived as /info-mac/disk/disk-recall-128.hqx; 1391 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB"
To:
Subject: [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.2 - Exclusive notepad with many features
NotePad Deluxe 2.2 (English PPC version)
NotePad Deluxe is a fast, powerful, multi-purpose notepad for Macintosh.
Features include a page browser with extensive drag and drop, find with
replace, local/global text formats, quick-find, labels, lock, built-in
encryption (Blowfish), contextual menus, a useful tab ruler with real tabs,
a floating database palette, spell checking through the Word Services
system, and web links.
Yet the interface is user-friendly and carefully polished.
New in version 2.2:
- Now uses the WASTE text engine
- Notes are no longer limited to 32k
- More text features available (alignment, line spacing, baseline,
bottom border, hilite color)
- Better world script support
- Unicode aware
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- OSX bugfixes (strange scrolling behaviour, drag and drop, inactive
windows, reveal, Ð)
- Some other small bugs fixed
Distribution: Shareware $25
System Requirements:
System 7.5 or later (Carbon version requires OSX 10.0 or later)
http://www.ibrium.se/npd.html
Copyright 1996-2001 Ibrium HB
[Archived as /info-mac/text/note-pad-deluxe-22.hqx; 940 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: "Andreas Rydh, Ibrium HB"
To:
Subject: [*] NotePad Deluxe 2.2 Sv - Exclusive notepad (Swedish version)
NotePad Deluxe 2.2 (Swedish PPC version)
NotePad Deluxe is a fast, powerful, multi-purpose notepad for Macintosh.
Features include a page browser with extensive drag and drop, find with
replace, local/global text formats, quick-find, labels, lock, built-in
encryption (Blowfish), contextual menus, a useful tab ruler with real tabs,
a floating database palette, spell checking through the Word Services
system, and web links.
Yet the interface is user-friendly and carefully polished.
New in version 2.2:
- Now uses the WASTE text engine
- Notes are no longer limited to 32k
- More text features available (alignment, line spacing, baseline,
bottom border, hilite color)
- Better world script support
- Unicode aware
- Multiple Undo/Redo
- OSX bugfixes (strange scrolling behaviour, drag and drop, inactive
windows, reveal, Ð)
- Some other small bugs fixed
Distribution: Shareware $25
System Requirements:
System 7.5 or later (Carbon version requires OSX 10.0 or later)
http://www.ibrium.se/npd.html
Copyright 1996-2001 Ibrium HB
[Archived as /info-mac/text/note-pad-deluxe-22-se.hqx; 873 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: JJ
To:
Subject: [*] Poltergeist 3
Poltergeist 3
(c) Julifos 2001
This applet is a little applescript-utility that will show or hide
user-selected files or folders.
Open source.
R E Q U I R E M E N T S
It requires the script addition "File Visibility 1.1" (by Mark Aldritt),
"foundable" at "MacScripter.Net" or at my site (above).
U L I F O S
URL: http://www.geocities.com/julifos/
mailto:[email protected]
[Archived as /info-mac/cfg/poltergeist-3.hqx; 36 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: [*] QuizMaker Pro 4.0
MacMuse Software, Shareware for Education, announces the release of version
4.0 of QuizMaker Pro, the all-in-one quiz application for the Macintosh. This
major upgrade to the popular shareware program adds a Short Answer module,
improved printing, an easier student interface, test analysis, and graphical
enhancements. A manual, as well as online help, is included with the download.
Registrations are $18 single, $100 site, and $5 upgrade from version 3.x.
Registation information is included with the program.
System Requirements:
Any Power PC Macintosh
Macintosh Sys 7.6.1 or newer
640x480 monitor or larger
3.8 Meg Hard Drive space
4 Megs free RAM
(optional) QuickTime required for showing .tiff and JPEG formats
[Archived as /info-mac/edu/quiz-maker-pro-40.hqx; 1049 K]
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Date: 8 May 2001
From: Ben Sharvy
To:
Subject: [*] Starcraft Guide 3.3
This is a guide to the game Starcraft (and Brood War, its expansion pack).
It includes descriptions of all the units, strategy tips, build orders,
maps, etc.
Starcraft/BW Guide is a Hypercard stack. It requires Hypercard 2.4.1 but
may tolerate 2.4.
Starcraft Guide is made partly out of interest in Starcraft, and partly out
of interest in testing Infodex. Infodex is a stack format that allows for
easy collection and searching of data. You can make a database like
Starcraft Guide. Use it for notes, journal writing, exporting to Web pages,
etc.
New to Infodex, and hence to Starcraft Guide, is linking to pictures,
movies, and URLs. I've include some examples to demo these features.
Movies and URLs require Quicktime.
I've added information about Brood War, the Starcraft expansion.
Starcraft/BW Guide is free to use and distribute.
Ben Sharvy
[email protected]
http://www.efn.org/~bsharvy/
[Archived as /info-mac/game/com/starcraft-guide-33.hqx; 1091 K]
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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 21:00:00 -0700
From: TidBITS Editors
To: [email protected], [email protected],
Subject: [*] TidBITS#579/07-May-01
TidBITS#579/07-May-01
Lusting after Apple's new iBooks? Join the crowd, but then read
through Matt Deatherage's in-depth look at the new machines to
make sure it's precisely what you want. We also continue to
distill the most important news about Mac OS X, including a
look at the recently released Mac OS X 10.0.2, a sudo security
concern, and a few noteworthy Mac OS X-compatible software
releases. In the news, we're pleased to note the release of
an old friend - Fetch 4.0.
Topics:
MailBITS/07-May-01
TenBITS/07-May-01
The Incredible Shrinking iBook
[Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-579.etx; 28K]
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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 22:00:03 -0400
From: Allan Hunter
To: [email protected]
Subject: Hickory Dickory.
Yesss! What's not up, Dock? Heh heh...easier than I thought...
To go Dockless in OS X, you need the following functions accomplished
by other means:
* An application launcher. There are already myriads of launchers
available for Mac OS X, and the Dock makes a miserable launcher
anyhow. I use the above-mentioned X-Assist (available at
VersionTracker) and I use an alias to my OtherMenu folder from Mac OS
9 as my X-Assist Items folder, so I have the identical menu of
applications in both operating systems. Other people prefer
something that looks and feels more like Apple's classical Launcher.
(No accounting for taste. I don't want anything cluttering up my
screen when not in use). Another popular choice is Drop Drawers.
* An application switcher. A means of switching between open
applications and seeing at a glance what applications are running.
Again, there are many choices and, again, I'm using X-Assist for that
as well. X-Assist is amost exactly like the classical Applications
menu except that it contains a user-configurable launching menu
within it, so it accomplishes both tasks to my distinct satisfaction.
* Access to the trash. Yeah, the bloody trash resides by default in
the Dock. Well, you can put anything INTO the trash with a simple
Command-Delete keystroke, whether you can see it or not. Or, if you
prefer the thrill of dragging something onto the Trash icon, the
freeware item TinkerTool (once again available at VersionTracker)
lets you put the Trash on the Desktop where it belongs.
Unfortunately, the Trash-on-the-Desktop doesn't OPEN when you
double-click it; only the Trash-in-the-Dock will open properly on
request. And if you can't open it, you can't pull something OUT of
it if you change your mind, see? So what you do is, you make a
folder and give it a distinctive name like "This is X Trash, dummy"
and drag it into the trash, then you reboot in Mac OS 9 (or 8 or 7 or
whatever, any Mac OS you use that ain't X). Do a find in Sherlock (or
Find File if you are using elderly Mac software) for the
distinctively named folder you trashed, and you'll find that it is
located in an invisible folder named ".Trash" (notice the period).
Use any of the many available tools that let you change a folder's
characteristics from invisible to visible. (I used DeskZap, a System
6 era Disk Accessory believe it or not.) Make ".Trash" visible. Go
to the surrounding folder (it bears your logon name and resides in
the Users folder) and make an alias to the now-visible folder
".Trash". Name the alias "Trash". Put it somewhere you can find
easily when you reboot into X. Reboot into X. Place alias you
created on your Mac OS X desktop. If you have trash in the trash
can, you can double-click the Trash alias and it opens. To throw
away the first item, you'll need to use Command-Delete, but if the
trash is occupied by at least one item, you can drag things into the
Trash alias as well.
* Nuking the Dock. Boot into Mac OS 9 (or 8, etc). Double-click the
Mac OS X bootup volume and drill your way down to
System/Library/Core Services and there you will find a folder named
Dock.app (Mac OS X "Cocoa" applications may look like folders under
classical pre-X versions of Mac OS) or else an application named Dock
(Mac OS 9.1 only and depending on your settings). Either way, drag
it out of Core Services and put it somewhere in case you ever want it
back. Reboot into Mac OS X. No dock! You can no longer minimize
windows using the yellow window widget, but unless that bothers you,
you have nothing to lose but an eyesore eating up your screen real
estate.
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