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- From: jbowyer%ovc.vutbr.cs%CSBRMU11.BITNET@aearn.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at (Jeff Bowyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: UNIX Philosophy
- Message-ID: <32352@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 16:10:23 GMT
- Sender: news@adm.brl.mil
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- I am very new to UNIX, having worked with DOS for the last 5
- years.
-
- I want to find an editor to use under UNIX (HP-UX 8.02) on our
- computer (HP 9000/807).
-
- Although I have located the source code for several editors
- throughout Internet, I cannot get a clean "make" out of any of
- them.
-
- Coming from the DOS world, where source code seldom accompanies
- a program, I am quite hesitant to start whacking away at someone
- else's code in order to get a clean "make."
-
- Will someone with more experience please explain to me the UNIX
- philosophy? Should I only look for software with documentation
- that explicitly states that it will run under HP-UX 8.02? Should
- I get used to the idea of changing the source code every time
- I want to use a new program?
-
- Jeff Bowyer
-