From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200108141501.f7EF1in02121@highwire.stanford.edu> From: "James A. Robinson" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] User Interface In-reply-to: Message from "rob pike" of "Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:54:28 EDT."References: <20010814125559.826F319A3E@mail.cse.psu.edu> <20010814125559.826F319A3E@mail.cse.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2116.997801304.1@highwire.stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 08:01:44 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: dbf40e4a-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > I don't hear many yelps where I work and essentially everyone uses > either sam or acme. I suspect you don't know how to use them. > > A criticism I will accept is that there is inadequate documentation > explaining how to use them well. Try reading the associated papers, > rather than just the man pages. They help somewhat. Actually, the documentation is far better that most I've seen. I'm am talking about the associated papers you mention. That's all I used for awhile when learning to use sam. Combine those papers with the man page and tutorial, and the docs cover everything from concept to execution of command. I'm still working on internalizing the nuances of addresses in ranges like -0+,+0-, but most of the other commands (even 't' and 'm') are comfortable. Jim