Re: finding files

[tgieske grnskl@xxxxxxxx]

OK, but don't you have to get all your files into this textbase somehow?
Sounds like quite a chore. Plus, what about files you've got stored
off-drive?



At 11:00 AM 11/11/1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, tgieske wrote:
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>> OK, you awesomely dedicated Xywritistes, explain me this: What do you think
>> Orbis can do that Xywrite's find file can't?
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>Orbis creates a textbase index for selected files, which you rapidly
>search for file segments (usually paragraphs, though that and most
>everything else is customizable) that match your complex search
>strategy. From the display of found items, you select the item(s) you
>want, save in a file, or insert into your current editing session. The
>GUI version in NBWin is easier to work with than the text-only version
>in NBDos. You can Orbis different sets of files to create different
>textbases to search on specific topics. The indexed files themselves are
>not modified.
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>Orbis's predecessor, NB TextBase, was a licensed FYI3000, itself known
>in an earlier incarnation as SuperFile. Those who have used either of
>those or some other file or disk indexer such as XyIndex, Magellan, IZE,
>or Gopher, will know how different that is from a simple string search
>through files. Orbis's seamless integration into NB allows you to use it
>without interruption as you write, rather than switching to some other
>application and disrupting your train of thought. Used in conjunction
>with Ibidem, it provides the ability to incorporate extensive notetaking
>with bibliographic management.
>
>	Dorothy
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>Dorothy Day			School of Library & Information Science
>day@xxxxxxxx					   Indiana University
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>	"He also surfs who only sits and waits."
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> Oct 11, 1999: According to John Roth, chief executive of Nortel
> Networks, an estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last
> year as people waited for pages to download.
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Tony G.