From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <2814F26DA6908F41927A81C410C4991A02079BE7@siamun.server.bl.corp.intranet> From: Gabriel Cosentino de Barros To: 'Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs' <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: RE: [9fans] 9term customization Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:21:07 -0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C4DE34.FF6DD430" Topicbox-Message-UUID: 13f967f0-eace-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4DE34.FF6DD430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > From: Andrew Simmons [mailto:andrew.simmons@monitorbm.co.nz] > >To be honest, i got this some months ago, just before i installed plan9 > >distro at home. And only now i'm back to using it. so i don't realy > >remember where i got it :) Here's the readme.txt: > That would be the port of the second edition tools, which as far as I know > doesn't include acme. hum.. true... what's the acme thingy i'm running here? maybe it's inferno indeed. It's just that after i instaled those things the workload just got high. > On the up-arrow thing, I used to find it disconcerting at first, but now I > wouldn't want to go back. It's really liberating to be able to use the > whole area of the 9term window as a scratchpad in which to assemble > commands, highlight them, and execute using the right mouse button and > "send" command. Try it a bit more, and you might get to love it. yeah, that way is not all that bad. I was snarfing, pasting, clicking on the end, pressing return. but i still think that that taking the hands off the keyboard is pointless here. maybe something like csh's !! and history would do the trick... > I don't know about the prompt - I prefer it without the path, which takes > up most of the line these days, especially if, which God forbid, you're in but if you really need to know the path, not having it in the prompt (or how i set my xterms, in the window title) is a little dangerous while doing ten things at a time... specialy if you have memory like mine :) Gabriel ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4DE34.FF6DD430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [9fans] 9term customization

> From: Andrew Simmons [mailto:andrew.simmons@mon= itorbm.co.nz]
> >To be honest, i got this some months ago, = just before i installed plan9
> >distro at home. And only now i'm back to = using it. so i don't realy
> >remember where i got it :) Here's the = readme.txt:
> That would be the port of the second edition = tools, which as far as I know
> doesn't include acme.

hum.. true... what's the acme thingy i'm running = here? maybe it's inferno indeed. It's just that after i instaled those = things the workload just got high.

> On the up-arrow thing, I used to find it = disconcerting at first, but now I
> wouldn't want to go back. It's really = liberating to be able to use the
> whole area of the 9term window as a scratchpad = in which to assemble
> commands, highlight them, and execute using the = right mouse button and
> "send" command. Try it a bit more, = and you might get to love it.

yeah, that way is not all that bad. I was snarfing, = pasting, clicking on the end, pressing return. but i still think that = that taking the hands off the keyboard is pointless here. maybe = something like csh's !! and history would do the trick...

 
> I don't know about the prompt - I prefer it = without the path, which takes
> up most of the line these days, especially if, = which God forbid, you're in

but if you really need to know the path, not having = it in the prompt (or how i set my xterms, in the window title) is a = little dangerous while doing ten things at a time... specialy if you = have memory like mine :)


Gabriel

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