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Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 15:51:16 EDT
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Ashwin Ram mentions 'apropos' and case-sensitive names.

I used Aegis for 2.5 years without case-sensitivity, so the only
reason I see for needing this is for Unix-compatibility.

Apropos in Aegis would be nice, but on the other hand, Uni* could use
a meaningful index that one can read and understand.  The permuted
index is dreadful and practically unusable.

On the discussion of pathname features, I agree with Ashwin Ram's
comments about the Aegis '...' and the Un*x '~username' stuff.  I
would add that I prefer Aegis' `\` parent directory thing as being
more intuitive than Un*x's '..'.

'Again' vs. history:  I have a customized 'again' that grabs the last
command executed from the transcript pad without needing to move the
cursor to the line, basically identical to '!!'.  It works on Aegis,
Un*x, and debugger prompts.  The thing I like about it over '!!' is
that I can edit the command once I grab it, without remembering the
history hacking parameters.  I probably use history and a combination
of the standard and custom 'again's.

Robert Reed writes:

> ... simple functions that are easy to produce in other macro
> processors are impossible to do in the DM.

Unless I misunderstand your definition for 'macro processor', the DM
is not and does not claim to be a macroprocessor. It is a window-based
editor, and a pretty basic one at that, but one that applies anywhere
on the screen: edit windows, input pads, command line, etc.  If I want
more, I can run and do run a window with Emacs.  I really like Emacs,
but given that I have both, I don't see a problem.  Especially, when
Emacs has my Apollo keys defined for it, which our version does.


--Brett Slocum, Honeywell Corporate Systems Development Division