Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!lim From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Is there a newer version of Inside Mac DA? Message-ID: <5433@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 05:05:32 GMT References: <1771@tekno.chalmers.se> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 30 In article <1771@tekno.chalmers.se> d83_sven_a@tekno.chalmers.se (Sven (Sciz) Axelsson) writes: >I've been using the Inside Mac DA some, and it sure is a handy utility, but >since it only deals with Inside Macintosh vol. 1-4 I'd like to know if: >1) there is a newer version including vol. 5 and more, or >2) there is some way (with aid of another program) to add to the index-file and >text-file so I could include my own stuff. (A version with C-interfaces would >be great.) > Do you really have one with volumes I-IV? The ones I've seen only have I-III and were based on the phone book version. This may sound unbelievable but I actually sat down and edited the entire contents of mine to confirm to the released versions of I-III and added the entire volume IV. You can simply add to the text with Word or some other program that can handle huge text files and reindex with the indexer that comes with the DA. I use the DA all the time and rarely have to look in the real IM anymore. I am currently considering writing my own Inside Mac DA to fix some bugs in the current version and add stuff like a C copy command. What kind of interest would there be in this? This would eat up my time and I don't think shareware would cut it. I sent the double the shareware fee to the original author with a request for information about the source and possible bug fixes. However, he just sucked up my money without even replying. +++ Lloyd Lim Internet: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (128.120.57.20) Compuserve: 72647,660 US Mail: 146 Lysle Leach Hall, U.C. Davis, Davis, CA 95616