From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <000801c2e3a9$36cf2b00$2a8be793@gli.cas.cz> From: "peter a. cejchan" To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2E3B1.9888BD90" Subject: [9fans] Re: \n\n\n to \n\n Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:25:42 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7b02a806-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2E3B1.9888BD90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> I just wonder why Edit is a built-in... I would prefer piping to = (streamed) sam... >> wouldn't that be a cleaner solution? > First, there isn't a streamed sam, and second, streaming only works > for one file. Second, you *can* stream text through commands; I do = it > all the time. (|fmt, |sort, |tr A-Z a-z, etc. etc.) So do I. I was just curious why there is a built-in Edit instead of = having "a better sed" ... I thought of Acme as of an environment (say, glue), not a text teditor. Would love to have = Plan 9 like a "LEGO" (TM), and more: single=20 piece for every "task".... maybe stupid, but I would love sed with = capabilities of Edit... PS: I'm going to test the posted wrappers to Sam, and then, hopefully, = forget of Edit, and |sed ;-) ++pac ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2E3B1.9888BD90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>> I just wonder why = Edit is a=20 built-in... I would prefer piping to (streamed) sam...
>> = wouldn't that=20 be a cleaner solution?

>  First, there isn't a = streamed=20 sam, and second, streaming only works
>  for one file.  = Second,=20 you *can* stream text through commands; I do it
>  all the=20 time.  (|fmt, |sort, |tr A-Z a-z, etc.  etc.)
So do I. I was just curious why there is a = built-in Edit=20 instead of having "a better sed" ... I thought of Acme
as of an environment (say, glue), not a text = teditor.=20 Would love to have Plan 9 like a "LEGO" (TM), and more: single =
piece for every "task".... maybe stupid, but I = would love=20 sed with capabilities of Edit...
 
PS: I'm going to test the posted wrappers to = Sam, and=20 then, hopefully, forget of Edit, and |sed   ;-)
++pac
 
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