From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 14:13:29 -0800 Message-ID: <13426df10903031413n13e53b8bxef266c2551aa8abd@mail.gmail.com> From: ron minnich To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] command repetition in sam/acme Topicbox-Message-UUID: ad22a364-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This discussion strikes me as coming from a different galaxy. It seems to me that Acme and Sam clearly don't match the task at hand. We're trying to use a screwdriver when we need a jackhammer . I don't see the point in complaining about file formats. The scientists in this case don't much care what we think. They're not going to rewrite their formats so someone can use Acme. Here's my suggestion: vi ron