[X4U] Just curious, Emptying trash

[Mark Des Cotes]

Call me naive, but what is MPW and what doe the letters stand for?

Mark

On Mar 14, 2006, at 1:04 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> At 15:46 -0800 3/13/06, Daly Jessup wrote:
>> So you are not talking about the OS X GUI interface at all. But you 
>> tweaked my curiosity. Could you explain what you mean by "BBEdit 
>> worksheet"? I've just had a pleasant excursion into BBEdit Help but 
>> don't find the answer there, at least not in those words. I gather 
>> you are using some aspect of BBEdit AS "terminal"?
>
> BBEdit worksheets are the closest one can come to Apple's MPW 
> worksheet (classic only) on OS neXt.
>
> You need a paid version of BBEdit version 6 or higher (8 is current). 
> File_new offers an option to create a worksheet. You specify a shell 
> and you can execute commands by selecting them and ENTERing. The enter 
> key is NOT the same as a return key which simply terminates a line. 
> Output from a tool to stdout is "printed" into the worksheet right 
> after the selection. The first worksheet you create contains 
> instructions and some samples.
>
> Having run all of my classic Macs from MPW I cannot believe that 
> everyone doesn't use a worksheet.
>
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>
> Applescript syntax is like English spelling:
> Roughly, but not thoroughly, thought through.
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