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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Questions from MAC beginner/computing old timer
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Date: 19 Jun 91 21:25:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jun19.203232.24353@convex.com> graham@convex.com (Marv Graham) writes:
>I have just begun to use a MAC.  I have use UNIX for 8 years and like it.
>How close to a UNIX-like command interface is MPW?

Imagine somebody took UNIX, changed all the command names, changed almost all
the options and metacharacters, and added a few mouse/window-oriented frills.
This is more or less how I view MPW.

Some of the frills (eg, Commando) are kinda nice.  The changed command
names are rectifiable.  The options aren't that important.  The metacharacters
are HORRID, because they're hard to remember how to type. (Option-shift-
scratch-your-underarm-K types of things.)

There are also numerous minor gotchas that sometimes make MPW behave in
ways UNIX never would.

On the whole, it's a livable environment for a UNIX refugee, though I vastly
prefer the real thing.
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner