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From: shores@fergvax.unl.edu (Shores)
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Subject: Re: Questions from MAC beginner/computing old timer
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Date: 20 Jun 91 22:56:36 GMT
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In <1991Jun19.212528.24133@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:

>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.

A friend of mine here is working on a command-line interface.  I've
played around with a development version.  I don't really enjoy all the
typing involved with these things, but since most of the few commands
he's implemented perform just as they do in unix, it would probably be a
godsend for unix/DOS diehards.  Myself, I was impressed with being able
to do things with wildcards, about the only thing I envy in unix.

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