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From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: SRC for ORCA APW?
Keywords: ORCA APW SRC SOURCE OPERATING EVIRONMENT
Message-ID: <1991Apr7.064013.7167@ee.ualberta.ca>
Date: 7 Apr 91 06:40:13 GMT
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In article <252u3744.670976231@fergvax> 252u3744@fergvax.unl.edu (Jerry Annin) writes:

>	I own ORCA/pascal but have not used it in a while since I've 
>	been concentrating on C and UNIX for a class I'm taking.  Well
>	today I pulled it out and ran through it again.  I FINALLY
>	found out how to set up a text based system.  That info was
>	kind of brushed aside by the docs.  I was amazed and I'm still
>	not sure why.  The book mentioned it as a unix-like text 
>	environment.  I got right down to alias-ing my frequently used
>	commands in UNIX to theirs.  Like ls for their CAT.  And cat for
>	their TYPE.  Etc.  

Actually, I edited my SYSCMNDS file so I didn't have to do the extra
step of aliasing everything.
>	I was wondering if anyone has tapped the potential for this
>	operating environment.  In particular porting some unix commands
>	that would be useful.  Or making GS specific commands.  How
>	about vi?  Or modem/terminal progs?  I see a great area for
	      ^^
Well, I like vi for a unix editor (never learned emacs) and I can do
just about anything I need to in it.  (Cut, paste, macros, etc, etc)
But I'd rather use an editor without the insert/cursor move modes.  I
would like to see an editor for the Orca environment that fully
supported regular expressions for search and replace, however.

>	experimenting.  I'm SURE that there are unlimited uses.

[... stuff nuked ...]
>
>	I want to know who is using this.  Have you written anything
>	useful yet?  Do you have any advice for me?  Is there anything
>	I could help with?  Am I getting carried away about nothing?
>	Maybe I should just go play frisbee.

There are useful utilities.  There are quite a few on GEnie, a few on
the FTP sites, and probably bunches more on America Online (I don't
have an account on there).  If you want to port a really useful
program, try to port FLEX or BISON.  I'm going to try those this
summer after my upgrade to Orca/C v1.2 arrives.  If you haven't taken
a compiler course, or aren't interested in compilers, those two names
won't mean much to you.

>	Jerry Annin  is  252u3744@fergvax.unl.edu
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    Jerry Penner	alberta!bode!jpenne	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"Old error in new dress is ever error nonetheless." -- Screwtape to Wormwood