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From: drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Aztec C/Shell DOES HAVE a 'vi' editor
Message-ID: <6075@claris.com>
Date: 17 Oct 88 14:57:06 GMT
References: <1988Oct10.145745.2790@mntgfx.mentor.com> <967@oswego.Oswego.EDU> <5606@hoptoad.uucp> <10402@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <15424@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <6412@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA
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In article <6412@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes:
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>I've never seen anything that comes even close to UNIX(R)'s regular
>expression matching when it comes to complex search and replace algorithms.
>

Rich, haven't you ever looked at MPW?  Its regular expression, search and
replace algorithms are at least those of ex's.  All the wildcarding, tags,
and so forth.  Further, you can keep the commands in the worksheet or store
them in a script file for future use without having to retype the little
buggers, copy and paste, etc.  In short, it gives you the ex capabilities
with the Mac UI enhancements.

Dennis Cohen
Claris Corp.
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