[Discussion] [Linux] Starting the move to MAC

[Douglas Clark]

Bob,

I think LPEX and LxPM are the same thing, or else LxPM is a later version of LPEX. The 
documentation for LxPM still mentions LPEX is some places.

IBM apparently released version 6 of its C++ compiler for MAC OS X - at least for a few 
nanoseconds. I didn't know about it until a month or so ago when I ran across an old 
update package for the product. It appears the product included some preliminary 
Objective C support - although unofficial.

If that package followed the other C++ packages, it might have LPEX in it. My i have a 
MAC book that my daughter is using for school, but I have not tried loading any of this  on 
it yet. You might poke around the IBM support site for VisualAge C++ and look for MAC 
stuff.

Doug


On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:19:02 -0700, Bob Wonderly wrote:

>Doug
>
>You're correct that I didn't hear about LxPM. I did use and like IBM's 
>LPEX on OS/2. I googled "LxPM" but got nowhere and presume there is no 
>version of it available for OS-X. I googled LPEX and got somewhere but 
>no hint of a version for Mac or Linux. CTC's SPF/SE which I used is 
>available only for M$Win (per their web site).
>
>So far my Mac editor of choice is BBEdit. But sometimes I need those 
>"old fashioned" line and block commands.
>
>Bob Wonderly
>
>Douglas Clark wrote:
>...
>> 
>> Bob - you may not be aware of LxPM, the editor included in VisualAge C++ 
>> (versions 3 and 4) which can be configured to act like SPF, i.e. you can "turn 
>> on" line numbers for a file and enter SPF line or block commands -  M C D MM 
>> CC DD, etc. -  in the line number area. And still use the mouse and other more 
>> "modern" commands at the same time. It also outputs messages as readonly 
>> messagelines in the text, just like SPF. Editor macros can be written in Rexx or 
>> C.
>...
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