gwyn@BRL.ARPA (03/15/87)
We have recently installed Dave Prosser's "myx" environment, which includes a port of Rob Pike's "sam" text editor to System V. It's great; I don't know how we lived without it! Anyone who has the full DMD host environment (including the Development package) should get this this package (ordering information given later in this message). Basically "myx" looks a lot like Rob Pike's "mux" environment; it takes over the resident terminal emulator functions and provides many improved features similar to those built into the new model 630 terminal, such as scroll bars, text repainting after reshaping, downloadable fonts, etc. "sam" is basically a superset of the "jim" mouse-oriented editor, with a more extensive command language and many improvements. "myx" layers and "sam" can exchange text via a terminal-global snarf buffer. There are other nice utilities in the package, but those are the biggies. This software pacakge, which goes by the name "dmd-pgmg", is available from the AT&T UNIX System ToolChest, which can be accessed by 1200 baud dialup at (201)522-6900 (password "guest"). The package was updated some time after December 1986 (earlier versions didn't have "sam"). Unlimited use of the sources at your site costs around $200 including transmission fee. This has to be one of the best software deals ever!