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From: jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Mac to UN*X and back
Message-ID: <16880003@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 90 18:25:40 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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I work with IBM PC AT compatible machines and HP 9000/300 workstations
here at HP Cupertino, but I have a Macintosh Plus at home.  For some
time, I have been searching for ways to simplify the task of transferring
work on disk between my home and work environments.

I have solved the physical problems of disk transfer.  Both the AT-type
machines and the workstations can read, write, and format 720K MS-DOS
3.5" disks, and I have installed a Kennect Technologies Rapport unit
on the Mac Plus, which enables its external drive to read, write and 
format the same disks in the same way.  I can transfer files (somewhat
clumsily) via Apple File Exchange, and later this month I will try to
automate the whole business by adding Dayna's DOS Mounter utility, 
which apparently works with the Rapport device.

I am still stuck on the software side, though.  I do most of my editing
on vanilla ASCII files at work, and I prefer using GNU Emacs rather
than vi on the workstations.  At home, the only editor I have is 
MacWrite II.  It's a bit clumsy for my work.  I'd prefer a Mac editor
that can:

      * work with large files (up to 500K-600K)
      * allow regular-expression search/replace capability
      * understand Unix file conventions (Control-J is the line-end
	character, for example)
      * display all characters (including control characters) in
	some literal form

It doesn't have to be fancy in terms of things like displaying zillions
of fonts -- 9-point Monaco would be fine.  I wonder if the editor that
comes with the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop would be a good choice.

Any ideas?

Jim McCauley
Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino CA

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