RE: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread tom farrell
searching this list's archives. - I have looked at the revolution for newbies bulletin board. - and generic google searches. thanks again for any help for which you might have time. tom --- historical text below --- From: Ken Ray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: newbie: OS X and answer

Re: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Scott, ... answer file sdsdsdd with filter *.jpg does not work at all on OS X (not that that would have surprised me ;-) answer file sddsd of type JPEG really shows some files and others not... Can anybody shed some light on this, please? But looks like: answer file sdsdsdd with filter GIFf

Re: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 6/3/03 11:56 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Klaus Major wrote: - I am using answer file of type and/or answer file with filter along with parameters like JPEG or JPEGPICT or GIFf or JPEGPICTGIFf to try to display to the user a directory listing in which only directories and files of

Re: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread Klaus Major
Hi Jaqueline, ... Probably the engine needs to be updated to look at both extensions and types for OS X files. Seems to be the best (and most necessary) solution... :-) Are you listening, Mr. Snyder? ;-) Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software |

Re: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread Dar Scott
On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Klaus Major wrote: Probably the engine needs to be updated to look at both extensions and types for OS X files. Seems to be the best (and most necessary) solution... :-) I like it. Maybe this can apply to all files, not just to OS X files. On some

RE: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread Monte Goulding
Probably the engine needs to be updated to look at both extensions and types for OS X files. Seems to be the best (and most necessary) solution... :-) I like it. Maybe this can apply to all files, not just to OS X files. On some systems the extension or the type is simply ignored. I

Re: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-04 Thread Dar Scott
On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: I think this is already being worked on as it was discussed quite some time ago. I remember suggesting a combined syntax like: answer file Open file: with filter *.txt of type TEXT I think I made a similar suggestion at one point or

RE: newbie: OS X and answer file ?

2003-06-03 Thread Ken Ray
Look at the answer file command in the Transcript Dictionary. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tom farrell Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003