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- From: chandhok+@cs.cmu.edu (Ravinder Chandhok)
- Newsgroups: comp.groupware
- Subject: Announcing PREP 1.0a8
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.193405.123732@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 19:34:05 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cs.1992Jul27.193405.123732
- Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
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- Nntp-Posting-Host: gnome.cs.cmu.edu
-
- In honour of Rain Day (July 29th), I am pleased to announce the release of
- version 1.0a8 of the PREP Editor. The instructions for anonymous ftp
- follow. Most notable in the new release is the support for voice
- annotation, we would especially be interested in comments on the playback
- interface.
-
- You want version 1.0a8, which is stored in prepva8.sea.hqx
-
- Enjoy!
- Rob
-
- * File /usr/chandhok/public/prep/readme ************************************
-
- This is an archive of the PREP Editor, a collaborative writing environment.
- PREP is a Macintosh application, compatible with System 6.0 and higher,
- including System 7.
-
- The PREP project is funded by the National Science Foundation and Apple
- Computer (ATG/ER). Our goal is to develop a system that encourages and
- facilitates collaboration in writing, without imposing requirements on
- connectivity and concurrency. Therefore, PREP requires no central server,
- and is not a synchronous "shared-screen" word processor. PREP provides a
- column based interface where related information is linked across columns.
- To some degree, PREP provides an unlimited amount of "virtual margins" to
- take notes in.
-
- The latest versions of PREP use the Claris XTND technology (provided) to
- make it easy to import documents for annotation in PREP (and export them
- afterwards with the annoations stored as footnotes).
-
- PREP is available via anonymous ftp on the internet (those instructions
- follow). If you cannot use ftp, please send mail to
- <prep-project@andrew.cmu.edu> and we will forward instructions on how you
- can get a physical copy in the mail (for a small fee to cover our expenses).
-
- Please try PREP, and let us know what you think!
-
- * Anonymous ftp instructions ***********************************************
-
- The archives are stored as a "binhex'd self-extracting archive". It
- is available for anonymous ftp via gnome.cs.cmu.edu, and the EXACT
- instructions for getting the release package follows:
-
- 1) open an anonymous ftp connection to gnome.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.254.185)
- That is, do a "ftp gnome.cs.cmu.edu", and login as "anonymous",
- a password of your userid.
-
- 2) As your first ftp command after the login, issue the following:
-
- cd /usr/chandhok/public/prep
-
- !!! IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW STEP 2 EXACTLY, YOU WILL GET AN ERROR !!!
-
- 3) Next, issue the following command (in ascii mode, BTW), and substitute
- the version number for the ??
-
- get prepv??.sea.hqx
-
- 4) On your macintosh, use binhex or Stuffit to un-binhex the file.
- You will end up with an application, which, when double clicked,
- will unpack itself as (at least) two files:
-
- * The Prep Application
- * The documentation in PREP format
-
- The unpacking may result in a release folder containing all the files,
- depending on what version you are retrieving.
-
- Please send bugs and comments to prep-project+@andrew.cmu.edu
- We will only allow for anonymous ftp access to this application if
- we get feedback from people, otherwise it is not worth it to us.
- See the About Box of the application for more info.
-
- The PREP Editor is Copyright (c) 1990
- by the PREP Editor Group of Carnegie Mellon University.
- All rights reserved. Do not distribute without permission.
-
- All trademarks are property of their respective owners.
- --
- Ravinder (Rob) Chandhok Internet : chandhok+@cs.cmu.edu
- Carnegie Mellon University AppleLink: A14
-