From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 01:33:50 +0100
From: Pete Fenelon pete.fenelon@zetnet.co.uk
Subject: porting linux programs and drivers to plan9
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At 03:46 PM 4/17/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I see many people share your views on unix software. Without digressing
>into a unix vs. plan9 spam match, if sam is to plan9 as ed is to unix
>then what would be  the emacs of plan9? (I'm sorry Mr. Pike but I can't
>believe anyone could write code in sam as fast as in emacs.)

acme.

>
>how is this for a start:
>a sam where you can define keystrokes.
> 	eg. ctrl-x-f would run ">ls", or whatever you do to put ls in a new
>file
>	or ctrl-c would run ">make"...
>	and of course working arrow keys!

it's been done (on the unix version of sam, the samx2 patches).

pete
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