Frank Tomazin asks:

> what do you use as a basic editor program to enter java code and
> keep it as a byte stream file for the java complier to use on a
> hp machine ?

In addition to the bundled 'vi' editor (suggested by Gary Paveza),
Qedit supports byte stream format, made even easier by the new
"set keep bytestream on" option.

Be careful if trailing spaces are important to you, though:
a quick test of Qedit 4.7.01 showed that it can delete some
trailing spaces.  (Oddly, it doesn't happen on every line.)

--Glenn