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From: dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Aztec C/Shell DOES HAVE a 'vi' editor
Message-ID: <4705@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 18 Oct 88 16:56:49 GMT
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Reply-To: dorourke@polyslo.UUCP (David M. O'Rourke)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <15487@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
>Thanks for the response and also to the person who sent me similar
>Email. What I meant by "automatic editing" is that in UNIX I can
>write a shell script to use ex for complex changes to many files.
>Can MPW Shell do that, too?

  Yes!!!  MPW has a full scripting language with variables, piping, redirection
of input/output, ect..  MPW is a very close copy of the Unix shell type
operation.  Having learned UNIX it took me about three days to pickup on 
MPW.  MPW has aliasing, .login type files, search paths, command files, ect,
most of the good things of UNIX have been duplicated in MPW.  I haven't found
any command language type things availible in UNIX that aren't in MPW. The only
visible thing missing is Multitasking.

>into the right software) is a good and very general spelling
>checker (by good I mean that it shows the context, permits a
>typed in substitution, permits adding a new word to a dictionary,
>and checks files from all word processing programs without
>problems. I've used SpellsWell and the built-in checkers in
>Microsoft Word 3 and WriteNow and haven't been impressed. But
>then UNIX spell isn't too hot, either.)

  I haven't checked it extensively but I've been VERY impressed with Coach
professional.  It's a DA with spelling features all over the place.  It does
everything you mentioned above and more!!!   I'd recommend checking it out.
-- 
David M. O'Rourke                                  dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu

"If it doesn't do Windows, then it's not a computer!!!"
Disclaimer: I don't represent the school.  All opinions are mine!