READ ME 1.0a17

What Content —> Content About This Archive This is an archive of the PREP Editor, a collaborative (Version 1.0a17) writing environment. PREP is a Macintosh application, compatible with System 6.0 and higher, including System 7. About PREP The PREP project is funded by the National Science Foundation and Apple Computer (ATG/ER). Our goal is to develop a system that encourages and facilitates collaboration in writing, without imposing requirements on connectivity and concurrency. Therefore, PREP requires no central server, and is not a synchronous "shared-screen" word processor. PREP provides a column based interface where related information is linked across columns. To some degree, PREP provides an unlimited amount of "virtual margins" to take notes in. Installing PREP If you have gotten this far, you have unpacked the archive and correctly launched the PREP Editor application. PREP requires no special folder or files. It will create a preferences file in your system folder or preferences folder. Comments about the It is common for first-time users of PREP to feel that PREP speed of PREP is very slow because of the amount of time it takes to open the tutorial files. The PREP Editor is a research prototype, and thus we have concentrated on speed issues to the best of our ability. However, large files, such as the tutorial files, can take up to 60 seconds to open on slower machines such as the Macintosh Classic or SE. Please note that once they are open, these large files can be edited and viewed with a quick response time. We have chosen to optimize the incremental editing behavior at some price at “document open” time (We also realize, of course, that PREP will never be “fast enough”, by definition). About Claris XTND The latest versions of PREP use the Claris XTND technology to make it easy to import documents for annotation in PREP (and export them afterwards with the annotations stored as footnotes). How to tell if the XTND You can tell if the XTND technology was installed correctly system is installed if, when you start up the PREP editor, there is an expanded dialog box when you use the Open, I…