Fwd: portable issues with zip files
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg38483] Fwd: [mg38464] portable issues with zip files
- From: "Philip M. Howe" <pmhowe at lanl.gov>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:24:25 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>Hi Ted, On my MacIntosh G4 I have no problem downloading and installing zip files. The procedure I use is to download the zip file by double clicking on the appropriate link and unzipping the file using Stuffit Expander. Some of the notebooks come through as Mathematica files, some come through as text files. For example, at David Park's website, the folder "ConicSections.zip", when unzipped, yields two Mathematica notebooks, "ConicSections.m" and "BrowserCategories.m". The rest of the files, even those with .nb endings, are text files. Mathematica (version 4.2) typically cannot open the text files. I then either 1. Drag the text file to an application downloaded from Wolfram, "Text to Mathematica", which immediately converts the file to a Mathematica notebook, or 2. Open the file in Microsoft Word, save it as a text file, and then reopen it with Mathematica, which converts it to a notebook. Both approaches work fine. Regards,, Phil >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 01:53:51 -0500 (EST) >From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Subject: [mg38483] [mg38464] portable issues with zip files >X-Perlmx-Spam: Gauge=, Probability=0%, Report="" > >Hello, > >David Park (djmp at earthlink.net) has Mathematica packages posted as zip files >at http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/Mathematica.html >and he recommends that I use the same approach for packages I post on >mathsource. I have been able to download and install his packages on my PC >without problem. However can Mac and Unix users handle the zip files? If >they can't, can I create the compressed files Mac and Unix users need using >my PC? > >Thanks, > Ted Ersek > ersektr at navair.navy.mil -- Philip M. Howe Program Manager, Stockpile Surety Los Alamos National Laboratory (505) 665-5332 (505) 667-9498 Fax: 505-665-5249 email pmhowe at lanl.gov Mail Stop P945