From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:37:52 +0100 From: lejatorn@gmail.com To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] interesting potential targets for plan 9 and/or inferno Message-ID: <20070312173752.GC7790@gluon> References: <20070312100628.GD3982@gluon> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Topicbox-Message-UUID: 207a4a22-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 08:55:42AM -0800, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > -the fact I find the documentation unreadable in a term so I have to > > read the docs in a browser on my other comp, > > man -P man > > > -obviously the fact that it's quite a different system from unix, > > -the lack of completion with tab (I know it can be done with another > > key, but it's hard to break the tab habit), > > -and last but not least, getting used to edit with sam or acme > > (which of course means using the mouse) while I'm working all day with > > vim without ever using the mouse. > > these all say the same thing: the environment is different than what > you're used to. it is well worth the time to learn the new > environment. Sure, that's why I'm far from having given up, I'm just going really slowly. And the problem with that is I forget almost everything I learned between two plan9 "sessions" since I don't have time to play with it often enough. But I figured if I started using acme from the plan9port at work, that at least would be acquired. :). > i suspect the cost will be less than learning Vista's > quirks. *gasp* Fortunately I have enough freedom at work so that I don't have to use microsoft "products". Cheers, Mathieu. -- GPG key on subkeys.pgp.net: KeyID: | Fingerprint: 683DE5F3 | 4324 5818 39AA 9545 95C6 09AF B0A4 DFEA 683D E5F3 --