14-Aug-83 23:33:00,432;000000000000 Date: 14 August 1983 23:33 EDT From: Herb Lin Subject: is this list still alive? To: ANETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC, AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC and other questions.. anyone know how much a MINCE source license costs? also, anyone have any experience in adapting the MINCE system to serve as the editor within other programs (e.g., I have a lot of WP to do, but I want to do it within another program.) tnx... 20-Aug-83 20:18:00,626;000000000000 Date: Sat, 20 Aug 1983 20:18 EDT Message-ID: <[MIT-OZ].DCB.TECH.20-Aug-83 20:18:42> From: DCB.TECH@MIT-OZ To: Herb Lin Cc: AMETHYST-USERS@MIT-MC, ANETHYST-USERS@MIT-MC Subject: is this list still alive? In-reply-to: Msg of 14 Aug 1983 23:33-EDT from Herb Lin You've probably got all the answers you need/want, but... you normally get full source code when you but mince (well, 80% of the code) and are free to do what you want except make a profit from it. contact mark of the unicorn folks -- i know they've had a problem getting ibm-pc sources out at first... -rich $alz 23-Aug-83 03:07:00,555;000000000000 Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1983 03:07 EDT Message-ID: <[MIT-OZ].RG.JMTURN.23-Aug-83 03:07:51> From: RG.JMTURN@MIT-OZ To: AMETHYST-USERS@MIT-MC, ANETHYST-USERS@MIT-MC Subject: FW Update In-reply-to: Msg of 20 Aug 1983 20:18-EDT from DCB.TECH Was talking to a Unicorn marker who showed up at work today. There is evidently a brand-new FW version which implements (tah dah!) control-K! Just though you might like to know. He also stated that multi-font (fixed and variable width) capabilties will have to wait for the next major release. James 26-Aug-83 22:38:00,772;000000000000 Date: 26 August 1983 22:38 EDT From: Michael C. Adler Subject: Dired To: AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC I'm writing a routine to read a directory into a buffer and have a couple questions about Mince internals: 1. If I set the DMA address to some random location, will it be set to something valid when Mince attempts to do I/O? Experiments seem to indicate yes. I use my own DMA buffer (not 80H) to be safe in case the buffer routines start swapping while I'm creating the directory buffer. 2. Can I set the modified flag to false after writing to it? It would be nice to have Mince think that the directory buffer was never changed (avoiding the flush changed buffers questin on ^X^C). Anybody interested in the routine? -Michael 27-Aug-83 01:10:00,373;000000000000 Date: 27 August 1983 01:10 EDT From: Herb Lin Subject: making new MINCE commands? To: AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC In-reply-to: Msg of 26 Aug 1983 22:38 EDT from Michael C. Adler can someone give me a one paragraph overview of how one can string together different mince commands into one "macro" command? than I can hack the manual. tnx. 29-Aug-83 08:59:00,269;000000000000 Date: Monday, 29 August 1983, 10:59-EDT From: Cliff Lasser Subject: Dired To: MADLER@MIT-MC, AMETHYST-USERS@MIT-MC In-reply-to: The message of 26 Aug 83 22:38-EDT from Michael C. Adler Yes, I would be interested in such a thing. 29-Aug-83 13:42:00,1015;000000000000 Date: Monday, 29 Aug 1983 12:42-PDT To: Herb Lin Cc: AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC, bridger@rand-unix Subject: MINCE macro commands From: bridger@rand-unix A "keystroke macro" facility can be added to mince by intercepting the routine that retrieves input from the keyboard input queue and diverting it to read from a queue containing the macro. To make this repeatable (with ^U) requires careful attention to the mince console-status routine also. I've been working on a different approach that's now being tested on the KayPro--adding a shellto CP/M that supports downloadable strings for the keypad/function keys that are redefinable within the user program. This feature, optionally bound to BeginMacro/EndMacro commands added to the editor, works nicely and gives the editor a "stored macro" capability--definitions can be saved and reloaded for specific editing tasks. Because it's in the shell, this keystroke macro capability is available for any program. --bridger 30-Aug-83 00:29:00,365;000000000000 Date: 30 August 1983 00:29 EDT From: Herb Lin Subject: MINCE macro commands To: bridger @ RAND-UNIX cc: AMETHYST-USERS @ MIT-MC In-reply-to: Msg of 29 Aug 1983 12:42-PDT from bridger at rand-unix hmmmm. i should have thought of that. in fact, the config file should help be able to help with the downloading of programmed function keys.