Garbo/Garbo.cdr/mac/comm/msg10.sit/MSG Read Me

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MSG is a Mac Workstation exec to watch incomming and outgoing Mac Workstation
message traffic.  It also lets messages be sent to the control host or
mac workstation for test purposes

MSG was written by Aaron Wohl a Carnegie Mellon University employee
while atending the Apple MacWorkstation class.  It is not warentied or
guarentied.  No body assumes any liabilty for it.  Apple has not
taken any position conerning its use and is not connected with it
in any way.

Installation:
Run RESEDIT copy the resource "CMU Message Watcher" from MSG.EXEC
Paste it into the desired mac workstation document or macworkstation itself

Startup:
To see all of the messages sent and recieved MSG needs to be loaded
before any other exec (particuarly Event Hander or Event Player).
This is typicaly done by adding the line:
Exec 200
To a startup ccl logon script before loading a
transport to invoke MSG.

You may WANT to load it after some other execs are loaded to reduce the
clutter displayed.  In this case don't load it in startup script but
later load it with something like X001 3;200

Use:
Mostly you just read the message window to see what is going on.  You may copy
messages out of the window to paste them into code you are constructing.

You can
paste into a msg window in order to transmit a message.  Cmd-V (paste) will
transmit the data in the scrap into mac workstation as though it had
been recieved by mws from your host.  If the shift key is down when pasting
the scrap will be transmited to your host as though mws had sent it.
Paste is used during debugging to try sending a message one time.

Cmd-H will display this help text:
 ! CMU Mac Workstation message watcher
 ! by Aaron Wohl, [e-mail] [phone]
 ! cmd-c       => copy to clip board stripping leading '<' and '>'
 ! cmd-c-shift => copy to clip don't strip leading '<' and '>'
 ! cmd-v       => Paste to local macworktation
 ! cmd-v-shift => Paste to server host
 ! cmd-h       => This help message
 ! start me in ccl logon script to see all messages eg 'Exec 200

MSG processes the command keys itself.  Thus it will function before the standard menu
is installed.

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Below this point we discuss the MSG sources and rebuilding from source.  If you
only want to use MSG and not change it you need read no further.

MSG is built using THINK c v.4.0

Here is how to set up the project file to build.  Note:a project
file is sent with the sources so this is only needed to start from
scratch.
The project type must be code resource
Check the box for custom header in the project type
The resource type should be MWSX
The resource ID can be anything, 200 is recomended.
Note:ID 0 is special and is loaded automaticaly by mws when a connect
happens.  Apple's Event Handler/Event player are ID 0, so don't use that
number unless you don't use them.
Multi segment should not be set
Resource atributes:locked
File Type and file creator are not important

Debugging tip:While doing development compile directly into a mac workstation
document by setting the merge check box on the build code resource dialog.
Obviously the document shouldn't be open by mws at the time.

Created 12:45:39 AM  10/26/89 by Aaron Wohl, [e-mail]
 Aaron Wohl
 6393 Penn Ave #303
 Pittsburgh PA,15206
 home:[phone]
 work:[phone]
 Do what you will with it
 Probably needs LightspeedC 4.0, haven't tried 3.xx