> I don't believe it's easier to find a command in an acme window and
> then flaff around with mouse button 2 to execute it (trying not to
> accidentally execute half of the next line, too!)  than it is to hit
> the cursor-up key in old fashioned shells like tcsh.

I keep the commands in a text file.  I don't use Win that much.

>   It's not a
> question of tyranny of the old ways, rather it's a question of ease of
> use, sometimes at the end of a hard day, and the number of muscles you
> need to use to perform a common operation.

I kind of like moving my arms.

> Also, the virtual roll of terminal paper has a splendid audit trail
> capability.  There's no chance of looking back in a Plan 9 window to
> see what you did previously because you've probably edited half the
> commands to make new ones!
> Dave Atkin

I suggest using ed(1) then, you even get an audit trail of your
editing. :-)

  Brantley Coile