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Re: Proposed Extensions for ACEDB Query Builder

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From: Bradley K. Sherman
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 23:39
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In article <2mnvrj$2o6@overload.lbl.gov> bks@s27w007.pswfs.gov (Bradley K. Sherman) writes:
>
>So as not to appear ignorant, I thought that I would find the latest
>documentation on using the query language & the query builder. After
>about an hour I located a tar file in france  that contains some
>PostScript files that expect A4 paper and some .tex files.  I tried
>using the LaTex and dvips that I have access to, but the programs
>complained loudly and I gave up.


Let me be clearer about this.  There is a file called doc.tar.Z
which exists on all four servers:
 lirmm.lirmm.fr (193.49.104.10) in pub/acedb/ace2
 cele.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk (131.111.84.1) in pub/acedb/ace2
 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (130.14.20.1) in repository/acedb/ace2
 bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il (132.76.55.12) in pub/databases/acedb/ace2

This file when uncompressed and untar'ed has a variety of
documentation.  The files syntax.ps and syntax.tex document
the query languate.  But I cannot print them!  My HP laserjet
4M printer which seems happy with most standard PostScript
files complains and will not print the .ps files --though it
does print the Postscript output of ACEDB.   I am not a TeX
maven, but I tried to convert the .tex file to PostScript
using LaTex and dvips but could not as both programs gave
error messages.

So, how do I print these files?  Is there any documentation
for the query builder?

    --bks

p.s. I do have hardcopy of the 10 Dec 92 document
"Syntactic Definitions for the ACEDB Data Base Manager"
but I have a feeling that this was given to me as
hardcopy.

-- 
Bradley K. Sherman               P.O. Box 245                    
Computer Scientist               Berkeley, CA, 94701
Dendrome Project                 510-559-6437 FAX: 510-559-6440  
Institute of Forest Genetics     Internet: bks@s27w007.pswfs.gov
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From: bks@s27w007.pswfs.gov (Bradley K. Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Proposed Extensions for ACEDB Query Builder
Date: 23 Mar 1994 23:39:58 GMT
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