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Article #750Re: Auto Translation protocol (TransLink)
From: Andy Mell
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:26
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:26
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In article <1993Jan18.232637.14383@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA) writes: > >OK. So we have Alias$@ImportType_695 for GIF, which says "Run Translator". >This is all fine, but what if Translator can't translate a GIF into the >form that we need? For example, if you drag a GIF file to a text editor, >should Translator be run? Because after running, it will still be unable to >supply a translated form of the GIF that the text editor can read. Have a look at the 'Datatypes' system implemented in the commodore amiga WB3 OS. It is rather nice, and i would like to see something similar implemented on the Arc. A -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andy Mell, Applied Physics Department, | andy@santafe.edu University of Hull, Hull, HU7 6RX | amell@nyx.cs.du.edu England. | torq@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!fmsrl7!lynx.unm.edu!SantaFe!laguna!andy From: andy@laguna.santafe.edu (Andy Mell) Subject: Re: Auto Translation protocol (TransLink) Message-ID: <rv=s22@SantaFe.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 02:26:52 GMT Organization: Santa Fe Institute References: <1993Jan18.232637.14383@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> Lines: 18