Development in Unix Editor.

[Kalan]

Hi,

I'm not fully comfortable to write the program in Unix procedure editor. I used to write the program in Textpad / editplus and later ftp into Unix to compile and execute it further. The reason behind in GUI we have lot user friendly options are there to write it quickly. But I was advised to use Unix procedure editor only. Some how, I have to give the potential reasons to justify that I am writing this program in GUI. Can you please suggest on this?

Thanks,
Alan K

 

[Stefan]

Go one step further and compile on your Windows box too (using the character client _progres).

Simply be aware of the differences between Unix and Windows. A few tips:

1. lower case all files
2. only use forward slashes in file references
3. use ~n as new line separator (unless you have a specific format that is strict on something specific)

Our Linux r-code (32 + 64 bit) is compiled with Windows character clients.

 

[Elod]

Also be aware if it is an old application maybe you'll have to use the V6FRAME option at compilation, so the application will look the same on both boxes.