On 8/10/99 1:51 PM UCSD CONNECT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>Analog on the Mac converts drag and drop config files into the equivilant
>>Unix command line. It uses the command line option for an additional
>>configuration file. You probably want to delete most of what is in the
>>default config file ('analog.cfg') which will be read first. Future Mac
>>versions will only read the manditory config file when you drag and drop
>>a config file, but for now it works the other way.
>>
>>Why you are getting the command line too long error, I have no idea.
>
>I've spent quite a bit of time testing different setups of drag-and-drop
>config files. I get the "too long" message even if it's just a couple of
>short parm lines (or even a command line string of 12 characters). Never
>have I been able to get my log file read properly (that is, it always shows
>up as %%% in the error report), despite putting its specification in the
>drag-drop config file, the default file, or the mandatory file -- even
>repetitively in combination.
>
>The documentation doesn't help in working around the program flaws/bugs. It
>would be great if this feature worked, but it seems pretty much unworkable.
It looks like you found a bug. Apparently drag and drop stoped working in
Analog 3.3 and newer. There should be a patch out soon.
The file name will always show up as '%%%', that is unfortunate but it
results from how the drag and drop interface works with the Unix code.
Jason
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