You have access to the Settings utility from the Perseus Gateway. The Settings requirements involve choosing to see digitized images, video still-frames, or both; selecting a videodisc player (if used); configuring the primary text display; identifying the location of Perseus files on your hard drive; and setting up a Home Card for easy access to Perseus.
If you are using a locked version of the Perseus Gateway (indicated by a small lock icon at the far right of the menu bar), your changes to the Settings will not be saved. If the Perseus stacks are shared among several people and the Perseus Gateway is not locked, any user may change the Settings.
The Perseus Settings Card appears (figure 9.1).
Figure 9.1 Perseus Settings Card
In figure 9.1, the Path Stack specification instructs Perseus to look for the
Path stack in the Latest Stuff on the Hyperboreus drive. Change this path and
the path specification for the Notebook Stack to the names of your own folders
and drive.
You may use the videodisc images, the digitized images, or both sources. You
must turn on the setting to use videodisc images before you can activate the
pop-up menu for player type.
If no videodisc player is connected to the Macintosh, the pop-up menu will be
inactive.
Perseus 1.0 supports the following videodisc players: Hitachi 9550, Pioneer
6000A, Pioneer 6010A, Pioneer 4200, Sony 2000, Sony 1500, and Sony LDP 1200.
The name of the player selected appears on the pop-up menu.
The Primary Text Display Format (figure 9.2) offers the six format choices.
Figure 9.2 Primary Text Display Format
The Primary Text Display Format is also available directly from the Primary
Texts.
In Perseus 1.0, Apollodorus is currently the only author whose works have
related commentary in the Notes field. If you select a text display format that
shows the English translation and Notes, the Notes field will be empty for all
authors except Apollodorus.
The size of the font selected appears on the pop-up menu.
A directory dialog box appears that you can use to identify the file location
of the Path stack. Repeat the procedure for the Notebook stack.
The original Perseus software contains Path and Notebook stacks. The Path and
Notebook stacks can be shared if the stacks are locked. Sharing these stacks
may be useful if several people will be using Perseus simultaneously. For
example, an instructor could create shared Path and Notebook stacks for use by
students in a class. When the stacks are locked, however, users cannot make
permanent changes to the stacks.
You may wish to copy and rename the Path and Notebook stacks to create custom
paths and notebooks. By renaming these stacks, you can distinguish your Paths
and Notebooks from those of other users. If several people are using Perseus at
one time, a stack being used by more than one person cannot be changed. Being
able to change and annotate the Path and Notebook stacks is very important if
you use these features. Copy and rename these stacks as part of your software
installation.
Either setting can be temporarily reversed by pressing the Shift key while
clicking the mouse or choosing a menu item. For example, as you read a primary
text you may wish to analyze a word while keeping your primary text location in
a background window. If the settings are to go to cards in the same window,
press the Shift key when you click Analyze, and the Morphological Analysis of
the selected word will appear in a new window.
If several users are sharing Perseus in a file server configuration, each
user's Home card must specify the location of centrally used Perseus files. If
you eventually change the names of folders or the file hierarchy of your file
server, you must also change each user's Home card, because the Home card
points Perseus to its files.
Each Notebook has a Notebook Index that lists the cards in that Notebook. Like
any other Perseus card, Note cards can be added to a Path.
If you have not been using the Notebook when you choose this menu item, the
Notebook Index appears (figure 9.3). If you have already used a Notebook, the
most recent Note card in the current Notebook appears.
Figure 9.3 Notebook Index
A dialog box appears requesting you to name the note.
A dialog box appears requesting you to confirm the deletion of the note.
You can also go directly to a note by double-clicking it on the Notebook Index.
You should now be looking at a new card whose name is Note, followed by the
time and date this card was created. If a Note name was selected when you
clicked this button, the selection will be ignored.
The name of the Note is selected when you first see the card. You can change
the name to indicate its contents simply by typing a new name.
Figure 9.4 Note card
You will return to the Notebook Index.
You should now be looking at a new card whose name is Note, followed by the
time and date this card was created.
The name of the Note is selected when you first see the card. You can change
the name of the card to indicate its contents simply by typing a new name.
A dialog box appears requesting you to confirm the deletion of this Note.
Names may not exceed twenty-four characters. Notes may also be renamed from the
Notebook Index.
You may add, delete, copy, and move text on a Note card using the text select
tool.
The Perseus Path stack is designed so that each user can create and save new
paths as well as follow previously saved paths. (The Path stack must be on the
user's hard drive, not the CD-ROM, for any changes to be recorded.) The Path
stack in effect during any session of Perseus is the one specified under
Settings, until you change it through the Settings utility. This section
describes how to create a path and other features of paths.
Figure 9.5 Path icon (the meander)
As you walk a path, you may choose to investigate something that causes you to
leave your location on the path. If you decide to add the new location to the
path, follow the instructions below.
A dialog box appears asking you to name this "footprint" or path location.
This footprint is added to the card of the current path.
Any Perseus card or a selection on a Perseus card can be added to the Path.
A dialog box appears asking you to name this "footprint" or path location.
This footprint is added to the card of the current path .
This menu item bypasses the Path Index. A dialog box appears that lists the
Paths in your current Path stack. Click the name of the path you wish to
follow.
The Path Index for the current path appears (figure 9.6).
Figure 9.6 Path Index
A dialog box appears requesting you to name the path.
A dialog box appears requesting you to confirm the deletion of the Path.
You can also go directly to a path by double-clicking it on the Path Index.
You should now be looking at a new card whose name is Path, followed by the
time and date this card was created. If a path name was selected when you
clicked this button, the selection will be ignored.
The name of the Path is selected when you first see the card. You can change
the name to indicate its contents simply by typing a new name.
A typical Path card is depicted below (figure 9.7). Each Path card can contain
up to twenty-seven locations. The locations are shown by icons indicating the
Perseus resource in which they are located--for example, Primary Texts and the
Atlas.
Figure 9.7 Path card
Names may not exceed twenty-four characters. Paths can also be renamed from the
Path Index.
You will return to the Path Index.
A dialog box appears requesting you to confirm the deletion of this path.
There is a protection mechanism in Perseus that prevents you from deleting a
path if it is the only remaining path left in the current stack. If you attempt
to delete this path, a dialog box appears with the message "Can't delete last
card of protected background."
You should now be looking at a new card whose name is Path, followed by the
time and date this card was created.
The name of the Path is selected when you first see the card. You can change
the name to indicate its contents simply by typing a new name.
An X appears in the check box next to Rearrange, and the three buttons to the
right--Rename, Delete, Go There--disappear. In Rearrange mode, each Location
icon can be dragged around the Path card.
You do not have to drag the icons to the exact positions where you want them
to end up. Positions are relative. If you drag an icon below or to the left of
the rest of the icons, it becomes the last one. When you leave Rearrange mode,
the icons realign.
The check box no longer has an X in it.
You must finish rearranging by clicking Rearrange to deselect it before you can
do anything else to the Path. If you decide to leave the Path card or perform
other functions, the Path card will take a minute to finish the rearrangement
automatically, displaying a dialog box with the message "Have to finish
rearranging."
A dialog box appears asking you to enter a new name for the location.
A dialog box appears asking you to confirm the deletion of the location.
You should now be at the Perseus card for the selected location.
When you click a location, the title of this field changes to "Notes for,"
followed by the name of the selected location. Any notes for that location
appear in the field.
The annotations for a location also appear when you are walking a path. When
you arrive at a location, its note appears in a floating window that can be
closed or repositioned on the screen.
You may create or edit the annotation for a location by typing in the Notes
field at the lower right-hand corner of the card.
The Notes field is now labeled "Notes for" and the name of the selected
location, for example, "Notes for Olympian 1." If notes for this location
already exist, they appear in the field.
NOTE: Do not click another location icon before clicking somewhere else on the
card to save the new note. The safest way to ensure that the new note is saved
is to press Enter on the keypad.
A sample Current Assignment is depicted below (figure 9.8).
Figure 9.8 Sample Current Assignment
To create a Current Assignment stack, use HyperCard to create a stack,
including buttons and fields, as necessary. (Consult the HyperCard
documentation for more information on creating HyperCard stacks.) Name your
stack "Current Assignment," and place it in the same folder as your other
Perseus files. When a user chooses Current Assignment from the Perseus Menu,
your stack will appear.
SELECT PLAYER TYPE
Perseus offers the user two types of photographic images. One set of images is
on the Perseus videodisc. These require the use of a videodisc player
controlled by the Macintosh. The second set of images has been digitized from
the Perseus slide archive and stored on the Perseus CD-ROM. The digitized
images require an eight-bit video board in your Macintosh and 32-Bit QuickDraw
in your system software. See chapter 1, "Setup," for more information on
requirements for using digitized images and the videodisc.
CONFIGURE PRIMARY TEXT DISPLAY
Primary texts are displayed in one of six possible formats. If no display
format is specified, Perseus uses the default text display format.
Select format
Six formats are offered. Two formats juxtapose the primary Greek text with its
English translation, in column or row format. These two formats also provide
the capability to toggle between the English translation and Notes that provide
commentary on the text. One format provides only Greek text. Two formats
juxtapose the English translation with Notes, in column or row format. One
format provides only the English translation.
Set text font size
Four font sizes are offered for text display: 10-point, 12-point, 14-point,
and a display size. The display size is useful if you are using a projection
system or if several people are using Perseus together with a Macintosh
monitor.
Restore Original Settings
PATH AND NOTEBOOK STACKS
You can customize your configuration by establishing specific locations for
user paths and user notebooks. (The Notebook and Path utilities are described
later in this chapter.)
WINDOW CONTROL
Perseus can be set up to go either to cards in a new window or to cards in the
same window. Going to cards in a new window means that when you go to a new
card, your previous location in Perseus remains on the screen in a window
behind the new window. If you exceed the number of open windows allowed by your
system's memory, a dialog box will ask you to close some of the windows. Going
to cards in the same window means that your previous location in Perseus is
replaced by the card of the new location.
SET UP HOME CARD
An easy way to ensure that Perseus will find all its required elements is to
set up a Perseus button on your Home card. Perseus will create the button and
add the paths for Perseus files to the folder paths specified in your Home
stack. This automatic installation directs Perseus to look for files on the
Perseus 1.0 CD-ROM.
9.2 NOTEBOOK
The Notebook is a HyperCard stack for taking notes while browsing through
Perseus. The original Perseus software includes a Notebook stack that you
should copy and rename to create as many personal Notebooks as you like. Until
you change it, the Notebook in effect is the one specified under the Settings
utility.
NOTEBOOK INDEX
The Notebook Index contains a list of the names of all Note cards in your
Notebook stack. You can see all your Note cards from this Index. You can also
create new notes, rename notes, or delete notes. The buttons at the upper
right-hand corner of the Notebook Index provide access to four utilities:
Rename Note, Delete Note, Go to Note, and New Note.
Rename Note
Delete Note
Go to Note
New Note
NOTE CARD
A typical Note card is depicted below (figure 9.4). Each Note card can contain
up to approximately 350 words. Three utilities are available in the upper
right-hand corner: Note Index, New Note, and Delete Note.
Note Index
New Note
Delete Note
Change the Note name
Add or change the Note text
Modify text style and font
9.3 PATHS
A path is a sequence of locations in Perseus. Any Perseus card or selection on
a Perseus card can be considered a location. A Path card shows all the
locations in a given path, in sequential order, reading from left to right; the
first location is in the upper left-hand corner of the card, the last in the
lower right. Each path location is represented by an icon indicating the
Perseus resource in which that location is found.
HOW TO USE PATHS
Use the Path Icon on the Navigator
There are two ways to use the path features in Perseus: through the Path icon
on the Navigator and through the Path items on the Perseus Menu. The active
points on the Path icon are depicted below (figure 9.5). If you are currently
walking a path, you can move forward and back on it using the arrows on the
Path icon (the meander) on the Navigator. You can also add a location to a path
by clicking the center of the meander on the Navigator.
Use the Path Items from the Perseus Menu
The four Path items on the Perseus Menu provide another way to use the path
features. Add a new location to a path by choosing Add to Path from the Perseus
Menu. Go to your current Path card by choosing Current Path Card. Go to the
Path Index by choosing Path Index, or use another path without going through
the Path Index by choosing Change Path.
Add to Path
Current Path Card
Path Index
Change Path
PATH INDEX
The Path Index lists the names of all the paths in your current Path stack. You
can see your Paths from this Index. You can also create new paths, rename
paths, or delete paths. The buttons at the upper right-hand corner of the Path
Index provide four utilities: Rename Path, Delete Path, Go to Path, and New
Path.
Rename Path
Delete Path
Go to Path
New Path
PATH CARD
The Path card provides access to every location in the path. On this card you
may also rename, delete, annotate, and rearrange path locations.
Change the Path Name
Path Index
Delete Path
New Path
Rearrange
After you create a number of locations, you may wish to rearrange them in a
different order on the Path card. You can change the order of your locations by
rearranging their icons on the Path card.
Rename
Rename allows you to change the name of a location (available when Rearrange
mode is off).
Delete
Delete allows you to delete a location (available when Rearrange mode is
off).
Go There
Go There allows you to go directly to a location (available when Rearrange mode
is off).
Annotate the Path Card
About this Path
The text in the "About this Path" field in the lower left of the Path card can
be annotated with comments that are relevant to the entire path.
Individual location annotations
A note is attached to each location in a path. The annotation box at the lower
right-hand corner of the Path card allows you to annotate individual locations.
When you first open a Path card, this field is titled "No Notes" and is empty.
9.4 CURRENT ASSIGNMENT
Current Assignment is a utility designed especially for the use of Perseus in
instructional settings. This utility enables an instructor to install an
assignment stack into Perseus. Students can see the assignment by choosing
Current Assignment from the Perseus Menu.