Subject: MacOS side programs
To: None <macbsd-general@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: CS major) <kxn3796@hertz.njit.edu (NAKATA Ken>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 05/31/1994 21:05:26
Hi,

I've been waiting for source distribution I can build from scratch,
but I guess I won't get it any time very soon...

So, in the meantime, I think it would be nice to improve MacOS side
programs (i.e. Installer and MKFS) as I got Symantec C++ 6.0 for
academic discount price.  Particulary I think the Installer could use
some improvements in the way it treats multiple partitions (i.e. exits
when it finds user partition but not /usr directory), and adding Apple
File Exchange style dialog for moving in/out files to it would be
nice, too (I'm a bit tired of dealing with command line interface with
no wildcard expansion).

The biggest problem is that the source is not yet made publicly
available, and (even worse?) I'm a Macintosh (or any other kind of
GUI) programming beginner 8-) (I'm not a C newbie, though).  But I
have little problem getting this relatively new knowledge (of course,
new only to me) from Mark&Reed's _Macintosh C Programming Primer_,
Vol.1, 2nd Ed. (if that helps...)

Can I help you in this field?  If you could send me the source,
uuencoded gzipped (or compressed) tarred files by email(s) would be
fine.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Ken

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