RE: Open architecture for recording/editing Macros, etc.

[Dick Gaskill <dgaskill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Been using FM and other tools on both NT and Unix for a long time.
Currently use only NT.  Works fine.  Cannot imagine why anyone would say it
isn't a good platform for publishing.  Also don't recall any Adobe people
saying anything negative about NT, but something could've slipped by (lotsa
messages on this list).  

Dov, your comments regarding that would be appreciated here.

Re Macros, you can do this on NT, but you need either a 3rd party app or a
programmable keyboard such as the Avant Stellar.

-dg

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Burnfield [mailto:stuartb@tpg.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 6:45 PM
To: John Keim
Cc: Framers; Free Framers
Subject: RE: Open architecture for recording/editing Macros, etc.


Hi John -

my heart is still with UNIX, but my head says you should be able to
do everything you want by sticking with NT. Try looking into these
and see if they're up to your reqs:

Macros: FrameScript http://www.frametools.com/
fmbatch: DZbatcher http://www.miramo.com/dzbatcher
Frame Developers Kit
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/framefdk/main.html
UNIX text processing tools (sed, gawk, grep ...) :
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin
Indexing tools:
    IXgen http://home.pacifier.com/~franks/ixmid.html
    Index Tools http://www.kagi.com/SPSoftware/


BTW the Adobe people on the list frequently say NT 4.0 is not a
suitable platform for publishing, but Win 2000 is, so if you can
swing an upgrade you might avoid some production problems down
the track. (They also say under no circumstances use the buggy
upgrade feature -- installing Win 2000 from scratch is much
cleaner and more reliable.)


Now my stomach is saying it's time for a coffee, even though my
head says I only had one an hour ago...

Regards
---
Stuart Burnfield
Gentoo Communications
mailto:stuartb@tpg.com.au


-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-framers-28220@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:bounce-framers-28220@lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of John Keim
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 12:18 AM
To: Framers List
Subject: Open architecture for recording/editing Macros, etc.


Framers,

The reason I write is that I need an objective, non-salesman's
perspective:

Having used Frame 6.0 for about half a year, I am at the point where I
need to record macros, work with MIF, text insets, perform custom
functions on indexes, interface with batch files, etc., but I find about
the only thing that affords this kind of flexibility is the UNIX version,
(according to the Help) and I am running Frame on NT 4.0, with no hope of
changing OS.

I know the batch and MIF utilities are out there for the Window's version,
but I need open architecture for recording/editing Macros, etc.  Is SGML
the answer, or is there some type of developer's kit I can add on?


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