From: Corey <corey@bitworthy.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] first timer - editing plan9.ini
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:08:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200907191708.37577.corey@bitworthy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7d3530220907191625h4baed64cid4d7dfb3dbdd53b7@mail.gmail.com>
On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:25:18 John Floren wrote:
> Run 9fat: first, then run acme in the same window. Or, run acme, then
> do the command "Local 9fat:" inside the editor.
>
On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:28:35 Federico G. Benavento wrote:
> cp plan9.ini plan9.ini.old
>
> acme didn't see /n/9fat/plan9.ini because the 9fat partition wasn't
> mounted in its namespace.
>
Thanks all, much obliged.
On Sunday 19 July 2009 16:25:18 John Floren wrote:
> You need to learn about namespaces. And the task you're setting out to
> perform is not a difficult one, especially considering that a terminal
> boots with Acme already showing the readme file--so READ ME.
>
Yep, I like to read readme's. In fact I read that particular one several
times before querying 9fans.
> The "Local" trick may be the only part that's not obvious.
>
It was also a _key_ part. (c8=
Anyhow, I'm back on track - thanks for the assist, guys.
Also - the following proved useful to me, once I found it:
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/michael/blog/0807/newbie-guide.pdf
Beers!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-20 0:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-19 22:51 Corey
2009-07-19 22:58 ` hiro
2009-07-19 23:02 ` John Floren
2009-07-19 23:19 ` Corey
2009-07-19 23:25 ` John Floren
2009-07-19 23:35 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-20 0:08 ` Corey [this message]
2009-07-19 23:28 ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-07-19 23:30 ` erik quanstrom
2009-07-19 23:04 ` Brantley Coile
2009-07-19 23:18 ` Corey
2009-07-20 2:12 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-07-20 2:29 ` Corey
2009-07-22 18:09 ` J. R. Mauro
2009-07-24 10:49 ` maht
[not found] ` <4B03FCAB-BFF1-483F-BCF8-369F0E6711C9@gmail.com>
2009-07-24 18:05 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2009-07-24 19:18 ` David Leimbach
2009-07-25 9:56 ` Ethan Grammatikidis
2009-07-20 14:40 ` David Leimbach
2009-07-20 2:50 ` Jason Catena
2009-07-20 3:10 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
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