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From: "Ethan A. Gardener" <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] how to undo in Rio shell window and Acme editor?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 10:04:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1526979858.4051574.1380416640.587D8E37@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3c66d11f-1912-f6a5-e521-55bf89d9aed7@yingmi.cn>

As a small extra hint if you ever need to work outside Acme, any delete of selected text is effectively a cut. You can paste it back in. I used to use that like undo all the time.

On Wed, May 9, 2018, at 7:32 AM, 刘宇宝 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Recently I started an adventure to 9front and found Plan 9 very 
> interesting.  I have thoroughly read the FQA and manual pages at 
> 9front.org, and searched the web, but still don't know how to undo wrong 
> typing in Rio shell window and Acme editor's tag line,  I'm surprised 
> and not so used to the facts that:
> 
> * I can edit the output of a command in shell window, no way to undo
> 
> * I can change or delete the tags for Acme editor and its column, no way 
> to undo,   although the tags for Acme window can't be edited.
> 
> I miss much the *universal* shortcut Ctrl-z on Window and Command-z on 
> macOS,  does Rio and Acme have the equivalent?
> 
> 
> And one more question about Acme: how to quickly enter command? In VIM, 
> I can enter <ESC>...comand<Enter>, in Acme I have to move cursor to 
> command area and click, input command, press <ESC>,  click middle mouse 
> button on the highlighted command, is this the fastest way to input 
> command in Acme?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Yubao Liu
> 
> 


-- 
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. -- Chaucer



      parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-22  9:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-09  6:32 刘宇宝
2018-05-09  7:04 ` Kurt H Maier
2018-05-09 10:55 ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-09 11:42   ` hiro
2018-05-09 11:45     ` hiro
2018-05-09 15:33       ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-09 14:14   ` Steve Simon
2018-05-09 15:40     ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-09 22:37       ` Chris McGee
2018-05-10  5:57         ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-09 23:02       ` Raingloom
2018-05-10  6:05         ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-10 12:18           ` cherry
2018-05-14  3:05             ` 刘宇宝
2018-05-10  6:13 ` [9fans] What's the fastest way to input command in Acme? 刘宇宝
2018-05-10  7:08   ` Rudolf Sykora
2018-05-10  8:05   ` fgergo
2018-05-10 10:09     ` hiro
2018-05-10 10:17       ` Mark van Atten
2018-05-22  9:04 ` Ethan A. Gardener [this message]

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