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From: anothy@cosym.net
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [9fans] User Interface
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:25:45 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010820162628.E194819AA0@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)

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ew! okay, so 8½ didn't _force_ one to read the
docs, but it sure as hell encouraged it.
-α.


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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [9fans] User Interface
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:28:48 -0400
Message-ID: <20010820152850.EE4FA19A96@mail.cse.psu.edu>

> i think the ½ required to start the wm was a good idea - it required people to
> at least read _something_ before getting started.

not true.

cp /bin/8? /tmp
rm /tmp/8[acl]
/tmp/8*

that's how i did it when i booted plan 9 the first time. 
brute force and ignorance.


             reply	other threads:[~2001-08-20 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-08-20 16:25 anothy [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-20 15:28 Russ Cox
2001-08-20 15:02 anothy
2001-08-20 21:01 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-20 21:10 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-15 15:56 Scott Schwartz
2001-08-15 12:56 forsyth
2001-08-15 12:56 forsyth
2001-08-15  5:07 David Gordon Hogan
2001-08-15 17:15 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-08-14 17:13 anothy
2001-08-14 17:24 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-17  8:48   ` Chet Ramey
2001-08-14 13:15 John Murdie
2001-08-14 14:11 ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-14 10:27 Lucio De Re
2001-08-14 12:45 ` pac
2001-08-15  8:34   ` Eric de Redelijkheid
2001-08-15 10:29     ` Re[2]: " Matt
     [not found]   ` <200108151619.MAA07420@augusta.math.psu.edu>
2001-08-16  8:28     ` Eric de Redelijkheid
2001-08-16 10:26       ` Re[2]: " Matt
2001-08-16 11:10       ` Matt

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