RE: what's III+ suffixes for use in organizing program

["Harrison, Shawn" Shawn_Harrison@xxxxxxxx]

Bill Troup asked, regarding OS & application scripting:

> What about for Linux?

Linux, like all UNIX flavors, is more powerfully scriptable than DOS or
MacOS every dreamed of being. In Linux, you run a "shell", which is a
command line program similar to COMMAND.COM -- but much more powerful.
The shell is fully scriptable -- you can run commands one at a time, or
you can write a "shell script", which is like a batch file. Shell scripts
can include control structures such as IF..THEN...ELSE and WHILE and so
forth. That's just the tip of the iceberg, friend. Learning shell syntax
takes a bit of work, but once you've got it, you can do most things --
most of the programs in Linux/UNIX use the same syntax and paradigm, so
once you get acclimated the learning curve drops off suddenly.

If you do get interested in using Linux, Arthur Steinberg (on this list)
has successfully set up XyWrite to work under Linux using dosemu (DOS
EMUlator). There are also several decent editing packages available for
Linux itself -- you don't have to learn vi or emacs. For instance,
there's NEdit (ftp.fnal.gov), StarOffice (www.stardivision.com), and
WordPerfect (www.corel.com), all of which can be had for free. (NEdit is
truly free, while the other two are free for "personal use".)

Cheers,
Shawn

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