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From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim)
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Subject: Inside Mac DA
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Date: 27 Sep 89 04:22:42 GMT
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Some clarifications of earlier posts:
The version I have is 1.2 with copyright 1987.  My version did not come with a
complete volume IV.  I can't give you files sizes or dates on my version
because mine has been heavily modified and I no longer have the original.

Inside Mac DA can be obtained via anonymous ftp from sumex.  Another copy is
on rascal which someone else edited to add error codes.  I did this also, among
other things.

The indexer is a separate program that comes with the DA.  The indexer reads
a modified manual file and creates a new index file.  If you don't have the
indexer then you're probably missing the documentation too.

I know some of you are missing the docs because you don't know that
command-shift-C does a special copy that copies the just the routine and its
arguments.  You can paste this into your program file, change the variable
names, and that's it!  Saves a lot of typing even though it uses Pascal calling
conventions.

I haven't seen Programmer's Online Companion so I can't compare the two.  The
IM DA can be invoked by a FKEY number if desired, BTW.

Hope that answers all your questions.  If someone really has a version with
a complete volume IV, i'd like to hear about it.

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Lloyd Lim     Internet: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (128.120.57.20)
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