Re: [9fans] Acme tag scrolling/expansion

[Uriel <uriell@binarydream.org>]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 06:19:38AM -0700, Paul Lalonde wrote:
> Ah - I forgot to mention; ever since my shuttle turned into an  
> unresponsive pile of silicon, I've been working in plan9port under OS  
> X; patch doesn't exist there :-(
Oh, well, that still should let you upload stuff to a sources/contrib
dir using 9p(1) or the python 9p client. Or you can drawterm to a 9grid
node.
 
> I used to think that too; but I found myself using the longer tag to  
> hide less-frequent commands, especially with my debugger.  I know I  
> can use "Send" to bridge from a guide file, but then I can't also  
> chord in a parameter.  So, debugging with GDB in particular, I need  
> break, display, print,  and so on, in my tag if I want to chord  
> parameters.  Now I keep them tucked on the second line, and find  
> myself opening my tag, chording the command, and closing it up, all  
> in one "gesture".  Incidentally - you can already cut and paste  
> newlines into the tag.
I agree, but still I'm unsure \n should be accepted in the tag just
making the text flow into the following line when it doesn't fit in the
current one should be enough... but I can't think of any strong reason
to avoid \n except simplicity as things like dump assume a single line.

It would be nice if there was a way to see that there are more lines
than what is visible... not sure how that can be done without an extra
scroll bar, but that I think would be a bad idea.

But I should try the patch before commenting so much :)

uriel