From: jskud@wv.MENTORG.COM (Joseph Skudlarek)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 22:51:09 -0700
Subject: missing posting?
I think I sent this message to you about 12Aug93, yet I have not
seen it posted yet. I may have sent it to the wrong address
(info-mac-request instead of info-mac maybe), or I may have missed
the posting, but would you please check to see if you got this
posting? If so, please let me know. If not, please consider this
a request to post. Thanks. /Jskud
In-reply-to: info-mac-request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU's message of 12 Aug 93 06:09:16 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.digest
Subject: info-mac CD II OnLocation Summary
References: <9308120609.AA22691@SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU>
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This is a follow up to my original posting:
>------ Begin Included Message ------
> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 93 10:46:15 -0700
> From: jskud@wv.MENTORG.COM (Joseph Skudlarek)
> Subject: info-mac CD II OnLocation Index
>
> Is there any reasonable shareware/freeware for using the OnLocation
> index that is included on info-mac CD II? The index itself is about
> 7.3MB, and is reputed to have both filenames and text within files
> indexed, which should make searching much easier.
>
> OnLocation itself costs about $129 retail, and about $75 from
> MacConnection or MacWarehouse. That's really more than I want to
> spend for something I only expect to use very occasionally, and with
> low priority.
>
> I don't know much about easy-view, but I wonder if the OnLocation
> index can be massaged into something that easy-view can use
> effectively.
>
> I will post a summary of the e-mail I receive. Thanks. /Jskud
>
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I received only two replies and one inquiry. Here are the edited
summaries.
William Horwarth (howarth@phoenix.Princeton.EDU) wrote in to say
On Location is the single most valuable utility I own. The August
MacUser gave it a 5-mouse rating and a strong rave review; it's
the very best text-searcher and retriever now on the market. If
you use large text files and want to be able to open files
quickly, find relevant strings of text, and copy or paste them
elsewhere, this is the software to use. It also has
file-manipulation ability, so you can move, copy, or delete files
without returning to the Finder.
My one disappointment with On Location is that its publisher
apparently has no current plans to upgrade. Maybe the strong
MacUser review will help them change their minds.
Anyway, if you buy it, you will use it often and happily, I
guarantee.
Given the glowing recommendation, I expect I will purchase On Location
eventually, but I'm still waiting for the price to come down.
Mike Cohen (isis@netcom.com) wrote in to suggest
If you want to get On Location, buy the All Of MacTutor (excuse me...
MacTech) CD. Besides the complete set of articles and source code,
various demos & shareware stuff it includes licensed copies of Think
Reference 2.0 and On Location.
You can order the CD directly from MacTech magazine at (310) 575-4343
or custservice@xplain.com. The CD is $299 or an upgrade for $150 if
you have an older MacTutor CD.
Given that it's $300 for the CD, I'll pass on this offer, although
Think Reference and On Location have gotten high marks.
Cliff Miller of info-mac CD II fame (miller@defun.cs.utah.edu) wrote
in to ask what I learned. I summarized the above, and went on to
suggest that Free Text, rather than Easy View, might be a better
format, since both On Location and Free Text are indexers by design.
So, score at the bottom of the seventh,
0 runs no solution for initial request -- cheap way to use On
Location index on info-mac CD II rom
2 hits On Location comes highly recommended, is available for $75
Free Text rather than Easy View, looks like better target
1 error On Location was available _last_ August for $29.95 from
T/Maker, but that offer is long expired; they were kind
but amused when I called about it.
/Jskud