To: wais-talk@Think.COM Subject: New Open windows wais client for testing Date: Tue, 11 May 93 19:19:30 -0400 From: Simon E Spero Available by ftp from sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/wais/olwais-0.1.tar.Z URL: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/wais/olwais-0.1.tar.Z README follows.. --------------- Announcing OLWAIS - a new OpenLook wais client. Tar Heel Information Services are pleased to announce OLWAIS, a new Openwindows WAIS client for testing. This release is binary only for sparc. Next release will include C++ source. There are still a few missing pieces, but I wanted to get it out so I could get some feedback. This version is mostly complete- the missing features are relevance feedback (nearly there, but not quite), graphical configuration for result types; searching when return is typed, plus some changes to the way that double clicking works. This client bears no releationship with the other open look wais; it uses a multi window interface, and is less cluttered than other X interfaces. Make sure that olw.rc and help.au are in the current directory. When viewing an item, make sure that the item you wish to view is not selected before you double-click; otherwise you'll just de-select and then re-select the item. This is done to help prevent accidental retrievals when all that was wanted was the popup menu, but I'm tempted to disable the check, as it seems to cause confusion. The background noise in the help file is Jon Magid doing his best to make me laugh. Please send bug-reports to ses=olwais@tipper.oit.unc.edu --------------------------------------------------------- Tar Heel Information Services - Masters of the Jump Hack, Nothing but Net! From mdavies@CNRI.Reston.VA.US Tue May 11 17:02:25 1993