Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Luis Rivera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Got any suggestions? opening? A phantasy name? -Andre What about a neologism? [...] On second thought, I checked other options, and `fopen' seems like a good choice. Basically, you made the fopen() function [available in different

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Luis Rivera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Got any suggestions? opening? A phantasy name? -Andre What about a neologism? [...] On second thought, I checked other options, and `fopen' seems like a good choice. Basically, you made the fopen() function [available in different

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre Berger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > > * Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: > > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng > <[EMAIL

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-23 Thread Luis Rivera
Luis Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Got any suggestions? > > > > "opening"? A phantasy name? > > > > -Andre > > > > > > What about a neologism? [...] > On second thought, I checked other options, and `fopen' seems like a good choice. Basically, you made the fopen() function

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Andre Berger
* Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And under OS X, it's called open, but it's not as

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Bo Peng
opening? A phantasy name? Nope, 'opening' sounds like a noun, not a verb. (BTW, I am looking for a job, if your company has an opening, drop me an email. :-) I do not have any good idea either. If I have to choose one, maybe 'invoke'? BTW, all file managers under linux (CDE, konqueror,

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Andre Berger
* Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And under OS X, it's called open, but it's not as

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Bo Peng
opening? A phantasy name? Nope, 'opening' sounds like a noun, not a verb. (BTW, I am looking for a job, if your company has an opening, drop me an email. :-) I do not have any good idea either. If I have to choose one, maybe 'invoke'? BTW, all file managers under linux (CDE, konqueror,

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Andre Berger
* Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005-09-19 08:20 +0200: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > * Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: > > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > [...] > > > And under OS X, it's called

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-19 Thread Bo Peng
> "opening"? A phantasy name? Nope, 'opening' sounds like a noun, not a verb. (BTW, I am looking for a job, if your company has an opening, drop me an email. :-) I do not have any good idea either. If I have to choose one, maybe 'invoke'? BTW, all file managers under linux (CDE, konqueror,

Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
Ok, I know this is a strange place to announce a new Unix tool. But LyX is the inspiration for this, and workinng well with LyX is a high priority. I'd like to get feedback from LyX users early, so please bear with me. To provide some motivation for looking at this, here's an excerpt from my

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Bo Peng
open is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. Without open - or something like it Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how do you determine the application to use? Are you using something like

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: open is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. Without open - or something like it Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how do you

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And under OS X, it's called open, but it's not as powerful as what I've written. Give it a different name to

Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
Ok, I know this is a strange place to announce a new Unix tool. But LyX is the inspiration for this, and workinng well with LyX is a high priority. I'd like to get feedback from LyX users early, so please bear with me. To provide some motivation for looking at this, here's an excerpt from my

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Bo Peng
open is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. Without open - or something like it Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how do you determine the application to use? Are you using something like

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: open is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. Without open - or something like it Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how do you

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: * Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Bo Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: [...] And under OS X, it's called open, but it's not as powerful as what I've written. Give it a different name to

Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
Ok, I know this is a strange place to announce a new Unix tool. But LyX is the inspiration for this, and workinng well with LyX is a high priority. I'd like to get feedback from LyX users early, so please bear with me. To provide some motivation for looking at this, here's an excerpt from my

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Bo Peng
> "open" is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for > dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. > Without open - or something like it Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how do you determine the application to use? Are you using something

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > "open" is designed to provide Unix users with a single tool for > > dealing with the multitude of applications that deal with data files. > > Without open - or something like it > Under windows/dos, this is called start. Anyway, how

Re: Open, take two

2005-09-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > * Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005-09-19 06:40 +0200: > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > [...] > > And under OS X, it's called open, but it's not as powerful as what > > I've written. > Give it a