Hi again!

I wrote:

> First question:  I had a paper in my files...

Well, it seems there are quite a few papers on this subject (refer to
Alfredo's post on Eugene V., etc.)  Jeff Vance (of HP) and Ken Robertson
(of Robelle) have both offered assistance and a review of whatever I
come up with, and David Largent, as the last presenter on the topic, as
thrown a lot of support my way as well!  (it seems he won an award for
his presentation - it'll be a tough act to follow!)  In a couple of days
I'll probably submit my proposal to Interex, and we'll see what happens!
(I still need to talk to David some more, too.)

> Third question:  Would anyone like to contribute...

Glenn Cole was the first to reply with this neat little command:

> One that's handy in general, but even more so if alot of :FILE
> equations are used, is CHKEQ:
>
>       ANYPARM string
>       # Author: Glenn Cole
>       # Function: Search for an existing :FILE equation
>       listeq > temp
>       grep.hpbin.sys "-i '!string'" < temp
>
> where '-i' says to be case-insensitive, and the first "real" parm is
> the string to search for. GREP also recognizes a second parm -- the
> file in which to search -- but POSIX doesn't know about temp files;
> fortunately, "< temp" works fine.

Works great!  I've already installed it on *my* systems!

> Fourth question:  Is there any third-party vendor...

I think I'll probably create a "hidden" web page (several suggestions
for this solution) under www.denkor.com, as soon as it's available, and
publish it in my .Sig, as well as in the paper for this tutorial.  I'd
still like to be able to offer diskette versions for those attendees
that don't have web access, though.  I've heard that Interex may do this
- I'll have to check with them!

> Last question:  Is this a valid idea?

Whoa!  Did I ever receive a lot of "You bechas" and "Go for its" on this
one!  So, look for future requests (begging, pleading, whatever) for
your favorites - just as soon as I know that Interex approves of my
proposal!

Thanks to everyone that responded!

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