Re: if the network is the computer, is MC the network?

1999-11-22 Thread David Bovill
Hey , that was more than 18 words and I still didn't get the answer -:) Mind sharing some thoughts on how it would be possible to use Metacard to develop "open?" distributed computing, which is (pretty) secure? What techniques could be/are generally used? What features/externals would

Re: Apache no more: Metacard server and and Metacard CGI's?

1999-11-22 Thread David Bovill
Just a thought (while reading up on the shell() function... When considering cross platform authoring, wouldn't it be reasonable to consider AppleScript as the equivalent to DOS, or Unix shell commands?

Re: Apache no more: Metacard server and and Metacard CGI's?

1999-11-22 Thread Tuviah M Snyder
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:32:34 + David Bovill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just a thought (while reading up on the shell() function... When considering cross platform authoring, wouldn't it be reasonable to consider AppleScript as the equivalent to DOS, or Unix shell commands? Yes,

RE: Apache Server and Metacard CGI's

1999-11-22 Thread Marni Centor
Where can I get the mchttpd server? I did a few searches on the web and didn't come up with anything useful. Thanks, Marni -- Marni Centor Summit Systems 22 Cortlandt St. New York, NY 10007 (212) 896-3466 -Original Message- From: Scott Raney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: Apache no more: Metacard server and and Metacard CGI's?

1999-11-22 Thread Andu
Been looking at the scripting in the version of the server I've got. Can't quite see how it is implementiung the CGI stuff: Sorry, we only have spaghetti...;-) Next lines determine if the file the client wants exists at all. If not the server answers 404 error else (getSuffix) the server decides

RE: Apache Server and Metacard CGI's

1999-11-22 Thread Andu
Where can I get the mchttpd server? I did a few searches on the web and didn't come up with anything useful. Thanks, Marni It's in the same directory ("2.3" I think) with the latest 2.3 beta on ftp.metacard.com. Regards, Andu

Re: Apache no more: Metacard server and and Metacard CGI's?

1999-11-22 Thread Scott Raney
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Andu wrote: Also if Mac's won't run .mt scripts the same way as Unix, and following on from Scott's comments on Windows NT servers, wouldn't it be good to implement CGI's in a platform independent way? Who stops you? You just have to build the server to do scripts

Tree list widget

1999-11-22 Thread Blair Moxon
Title: Tree list widget Hello all, I currently need a tree list widget for MetaCard similar to the Win95 explorer tree but with a few modifications. For example:the folder icons would have to be customizable. Also, it does not have to read real directories; only fake lists of things from a

Re: mchttpd server

1999-11-22 Thread Kevin Miller
On Monday, Nov 22 1999, Marni Centor wrote: Thanks, Kevin. I had looked on the Metacard site, but didn't see it mentioned anywhere. Thats probably because its currently only a test release itself. Does it require MetaCard 2.3 to work properly, or can I use it with 2.2.5? It requires the

More questions about mchttpd server

1999-11-22 Thread Marni Centor
OK, so I downloaded it, got it started (looks like it requires MC 2.3; fine). But now I don't really understand how to use it. Scott said I had to change the port from 8080 if I already have another server running. How can I find out what another valid port number is? Also, what's supposed to go

Re: Apache no more: Metacard server and and Metacard CGI's?

1999-11-22 Thread Tuviah M Snyder
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:14:35 -0700 (MST) Scott Raney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not really. The output from DOS or Windows shells is a stream of bytes. I/O from an AppleScript can only be done via the baroque AppleEvent structure. It will therefore never be as easy to use AppleScript for

Re: More questions about mchttpd server

1999-11-22 Thread Andu
OK, so I downloaded it, got it started (looks like it requires MC 2.3; fine). But now I don't really understand how to use it. Scott said I had to change the port from 8080 if I already have another server running. How can I find out what another valid port number is? Also, what's supposed to go

Re: More questions about mchttpd server

1999-11-22 Thread Scott Raney
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Andu wrote: OK, so I downloaded it, got it started (looks like it requires MC 2.3; fine). But now I don't really understand how to use it. Scott said I had to change the port from 8080 if I already have another server running. How can I find out what another valid port