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From: "Matt" <matt@proweb.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sam vs acme
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:14:45 +0100
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acme is available in inferno which can be hosted on an OS.

www.vitanuova.com/inferno



----- Original Message -----
From: "andrey mirtchovski" <aam396@mail.usask.ca>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:04 AM
Subject: [9fans] sam vs acme


> hello,
>
> would anyone recommend using 'sam' as the editor of choice for p9? the
> problem with acme is that it's not generally available for other
platforms,
> and if one chooses to use acme as the $EDITOR, s/he is stuck with
switching
> back/forth to something else for all other platforms.
>
> i know there's wily for linux/bsd and i've already happily compiled sam on
> my irix box, so before i jump into learning it i'd like to know how useful
> it is for managing relatively large and numerous source files.
>
> is sam good for medium/semi-large projects?
>
> i myself am a 'vi' user so the 'regular expresiveness' of sam is ok with
me.
>
>
> thanx: andrey
>
> ps: i guess my question is geared towards non-bell-labs people, since they
> would be the ones useing other OS's
>
>