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Re: E/L questions.



>>>>> "Gavin" == Artlite  <- Gavin Donaldson-Selby <artlite@iafrica.com>> writes:

    Gavin> A few quick questions for E/L gurus.

    Gavin> 1.  How do you get HFS_Xfer to work? I find it somewhat
    Gavin> inconsistant, sometimes operating while another program is
    Gavin> running, mostly not at all.

In general, doing things with the browser is preferred to using
HFS_XFer.  However, if you've reinstalled HFS_XFer (by dragging it
into the hot-band and then running any program), and can point to
specific combinations of programs and HFS_XFer usage that fails, we'll
try to fix it.  However, we need bug descriptions that say *exactly*
what you did when it died.  Even if you can't reproduce those crashes,
if you can at least tell us what you did when it failed once, that's a
start -- a traceback is a help, too.

    Gavin> 2.  Has anyone found that one can de-hqx files in E/D, but
    Gavin> gets an error message (file corrupt) in E/L? Also some
    Gavin> programs will run in E/D, but not E/L? I've resorted to
    Gavin> he-hqx'ing files in E/L, and then copying them to E/L.

Try using Stuffit Extractor -- I think it will work no matter what.
If you want to continue using BinHex, however, fiddle with the
"Newline Mapping" option in the preference panel (Cmd-Shift-5).  Linux
and DOS handle newlines slightly differently, so E/D has different
prefs for each.

    Gavin> 3.  Are HFV's of use under Linux? I've made one to see if I
    Gavin> can fix problem 2 (above) - but no joy.

Toss it into /usr/local/lib/executor and if it's readable and
writable, it should "just work".

    Gavin> I must say that Executor is a remarkable product, and runs
    Gavin> the program which I bought (licensed?) it for perfectly -
    Gavin> (Vision3D).

Great to hear.  Add that to the unofficial ARDI web pages if you have
WWW access (we don't).  The URL is http://vorlon.mit.edu/pub/arditop.html.

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com


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