[comp.misc] Programming on the MAC

emuleomo@paul.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) (12/15/89)

Hi there,

I am about to start work on a Database (Foxbase+/Mac) programming project
on the Mac and I would like to have a Unix-like environment which I
can work in.  I need tools like

a) frep/grep/egrep
b) vi (or a good text-editor)
c) sh (or csh or ksh)  work-alike
d) rm,ls,mkdir   etc...

Is there any hope that I might find these tools anywhere??
(I don't mind paying a reasonable fee for a commercial product
 that is as good as the MKS toolkit)
Also is it possible to get rid of the Mouse interface on the mac
and use a unix like shell?

And what does the extension  hqx mean?  I saw that when I ftp'd over
to sumex.stanford.edu.  What do I do with hqx files.

Your help and e-mail is mucho appreciated.
Thanx

--Emuleomo O.O. (emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu)
-- 
** The ONLY thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history!

km@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu (Ken Mitchum) (12/16/89)

>I am about to start work on a Database (Foxbase+/Mac) programming project
>on the Mac and I would like to have a Unix-like environment which I
>can work in.  I need tools like
>

>b) vi (or a good text-editor)

I don't know about vi, but MacJove and MicroEmacs are available. Jove
supports standard emacs key bindings in addition to a Mac-like interface.
The current version is 4.12, and is available in pub/jove/4.12/ from
cadre.dsl.pitt.edu for anonymous ftp transfer.


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