Betreft: Re: [Papyrus-L] Future Papyrus

[Jean-francois Royer]

Dave and fellow Papyrus users,

I fully agree with Andrew McLachland's suggestion, and would in fact
be rather happy to be able to switch to Linux if a Linux version of the retriever
were available, and occasionally start a DOS session when updating of the
database is needed.

> 
> Hi All
> 
> I too am saddened by Dave's announcement.
> 
> Regarding Windows, Linux etc. versions, I have often wondered whether 
> it would be possible to develop a native Windows (or Linux) front-end 
> that acts much like PAP_RES does in DOS. That is, just does simple 
> searches (or even more complex searches) and then allows pasting into 
> a document. A native Win32 program would eliminate some of the 
> difficulties of upgrading to WinNT, Win2k etc. It would seem that a 
> program that can read and search a Papyrus database would be 
> relatively simple to create compared to a Windows/Linux version with 
> new features etc..
> 
> The excellent Papyrus DOS program would remain for creating and 
> editing the database (albeit with some of the problems mentioned by 
> earlier correspondents).
> 
> Does this sound feasible, or a workable solution to keeping Papyrus 
> useable for a few more years?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -- 
> Andrew McLachlan,  PhD.  <MCLACHLA at lincoln.ac.nz>
> Ecology & Entomology Group,  P.O. Box 84,  Lincoln University,   
> Canterbury,  New Zealand.  ph. +64 3 325-2811, fax. +64 3 325-3844.
> 
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> 

regards

Jean-Francois

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