wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) (04/28/88)
A couple of days ago, I made mention of a new version of the MKS Toolkit
in reply to another posting. Since then, my mailbox has been
overflowing with requests for information. To save some disk space, and
some net costs, I'm going to post this outline of what's in the new
version. I'll try to keep this non-commercial and to-the-point. For
the more commercial stuff, we'll be posting in comp.newprod real soon
now.
Version 2.3 of the MKS Toolkit contains some new commands, and some
enhancements to existing commands.
New commands include:
compress and uncompress - compresses and restores files
diff3 - compares three files for differences
nl - numbers lines
spell - spell checker, including dictionary (compressed)
tty - displays terminal name
yacc - parser generator
Enhancements to existing commands include:
cpio - now includes LZ compression
diff - now handles larger files with more differences
sh - improvements in quoting and parameter expansion, now
works on Novell and PC-NFS networks, better vi and
emacs editing modes
ls - code for the -C (columns) option now built in
init - now reads /etc/inittab to run programs or load
TSRs when system boots, now has -T option to
specify use of serial port instead of console
awk - now faster, with closer conformance to Aho, Weinberger,
Kernighan spec.
misc - many commands altered to work on Novell and other
networks
The list price has gone up slightly. Upgrades for owners of previous
versions are available. Watch for our posting in comp.newprod for
prices, availability, etc.
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Gerry Wheeler Phone: (519)884-2251
Mortice Kern Systems Inc. UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels
35 King St. North BIX: join mks
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