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Article #2583Re: Sam (was Re: sam and cursor control)
From: John Mackin
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:45
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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Newsgroups: comp.editors Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!physiol.su.OZ.AU!john 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? Organization: TNS 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 Lines: 24