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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed,  9 May 2012 08:09:13 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Starting a blog on plan 9
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> Out of the two editors available I would really opt for using Acme

there are three (ed).

> instead. If you happen to find yourself newly installing plan 9 then
> someone might suggest Sam to use and you will be stuck trying to learn
> everything about Sam before you can start. Learning only the basics of
> Sam is enough for the new user, and learning it without the mouse
> seems like a really good idea. I agree with you sam -d is not an entry
> level choice, Acme is best for this. In my next post I showed how to

using sam without the mouse to edit a file without -d is not possible.  even
sticking to ed-style commands in the command window, the mouse
is needed to select a frame to display the edited file in.

- erik