info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/07/84)
From: winkler@harvard.ARPA (Dan Winkler) From OR.LUSTIG@SU-SIERRA.ARPA Fri Nov 2 19:04:18 1984 Date: Wed 31 Oct 84 15:38:17-PST From: Irvin Lustig <OR.LUSTIG@SU-SIERRA.ARPA> Subject: Re: Manx C To: winkler@HARVARD.ARPA In-Reply-To: Message from "winkler@harvard.ARPA (Dan Winkler)" of Sun 28 Oct 84 22:31:04-PST Is the fact that the editor is not mouse driven a problem? I've also heard that segmentation (as defined in Inside Mac) is not supported. Is this true, and, if so, will it matter? Is there anything that you can think of that would limit development capability on the Mac with Manx? I've bought systems for other computers before, and found out, after writing a lot of code, that a real needed feature is not available. Unfortunately, I didn't recognize the need for that feature when I purchased the product. Could that happen with the Manx compiler? Thanks for your help. -Irv ------- 1. The editor is just like vi. If you like vi, that's not a problem. If you prefer mouse based editors, then it's still not a problem because you can just invoke your favorite editor from the Manx shell. 2. The Manx system does supports segments as defined in Inside Macintosh. You can call the UnloadSeg routine just as you would from Pascal. 3. There is no resource editor or compiler with the Manx system. Jim Goodnow (who is the super-human programmer that wrote the entire Manx system single handedly) is hard at work on a resource editor which he claims will be much better than the one from Apple. Until then, you can't really use resources from a Manx program. Dan.