From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, PLING_QUERY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,895204ae0233a33c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: evans@evans.pgh.pa.us (Arthur Evans Jr) Subject: Re: HELP! Meridian OpenAda for Mac, do MEL Docs exists ? Date: 1996/03/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 144040544 references: <4ibo7n$fd2@info.estec.esa.nl> organization: Ada Consulting newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4ibo7n$fd2@info.estec.esa.nl>, mzundo@mail-gw.esoc.esa.de (Michele Zundo) wrote: > OK, to anybody owning the Meridian Open Ada (4.1.4) for Mac. > > I just bought the old MPW based Meridian OpenAda for Mac, > however I cannot find in the docs anything about the MEL > (Mac Bindings with Toolbox) although the related libraries > (and floppies) are included in the package. > > It seems to me reading from the manual that a chapter about it > should be included in the manual after the Getting Started and > the Meridian Ada User Guide. > > Since the manual came as a bunch of disassembled sheets > I seriously think that a part is missing. > > Please e-mail me if you can clarify this point. > > Thanks in advance. > > Mike I bought the product in Feb 91. I've gotten updates since, but the documentation is still the original. I have an 8.5"x11" looseleaf binder with about 3/4 inch of paper. There are three major parts: - Getting Started, Macintosh (22 pp) This explains how to install the product, troubleshooting the installation, and such. - Compiler User's Guide, Macintosh (186 pp) This is the reference manual on using the entire product. Part I talks about compiling, linking, non-standard aspects of the language supported, debugging, implementation details, and lots more. Part II is a command reference, listing each command and telling how to invoke it. Then an Appendix provides the "LRM Appendix F" details. - Mac Environment Library, User's Guide (73 pp) First there are a few chapters of introduction, including installation and an overview. The there's a chapter for each volume of Inside Macintosh. Finally there is information on MPW interface and HyperCard interfacing It sounds like you didn't get the last part. Perhaps the reason is that the material is so out of date -- for example, it includes nothing about System 7. Might you be able to get this from Meridian (that is, Rational)? Who knows? It can't hurt to try. Good luck! Art Evans Arthur Evans Jr, PhD Phone: 412-963-0839 Ada Consulting FAX: 412-963-0927 461 Fairview Road Pittsburgh PA 15238-1933 evans@evans.pgh.pa.us