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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
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Subject: Re: Is there a newer version of Inside Mac DA?
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Date: 26 Sep 89 05:05:32 GMT
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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.

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