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Re: Sam (was Re: sam and cursor control)

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From: John Mackin
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:45
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In article <BzGzGM.1uJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>,
	ejk@ux2.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Kubaitis - CCSO) writes:

>  o  It is a pleasure to point with a mouse when I notice a typo 40 lines
>     away from '.'. When I have to go back to vi (on systems with no ANSI C
>     and therefore no sam) I find myself unconsciously moving the xterm
>     cursor and clicking and wondering momentarily why nothing happens;-)

I just wanted to make everyone aware that an ANSI C compiler is not needed
to compile sam.  I have had fine results compiling it with non-ANSI
compilers using the wonderful `unproto' preprocessor package by
Wietse Venema (comp.sources.misc, Volume 27, Issues 85 and 86,
with an official patch in Volume 28, Issue 69; also fully patched
by anonymous ftp from ftp.win.tue.nl [131.155.70.100], file
/pub/unix/unproto4.shar.Z).  It's great software and frees us (largely)
from the need for ANSI compilers.  Give it a try.

I'd hate to see anyone put off from trying out sam merely because
they thought they couldn't compile it.

-- 
John Mackin <john@civil.su.oz.au>
Knox's box is a 286.                 Fox in Socks does hacks and tricks
Knox's box is hard to fix.           To fix poor Knox's box for kicks.
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References: <1992Dec14.133826.7789@alw.nih.gov> <1gpj37INNj6t@nemesis.muppet.bt.co.uk> <BzGzGM.1uJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>

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From: john@physiol.su.OZ.AU (John Mackin)
Subject: Re: Sam (was Re: sam and cursor control)
Message-ID: <1992Dec22.054536.19933@physiol.su.OZ.AU>
Summary: ANSI C: So What?
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References: <1992Dec14.133826.7789@alw.nih.gov> <1gpj37INNj6t@nemesis.muppet.bt.co.uk> <BzGzGM.1uJ@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:45:36 GMT
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