Re: [9fans] rio & acme & plan9

[Wes <anomaly256@gmail.com>]

I've had some success compiling a cpu+auth+term plan9 kernel for a
learning box before, worked really well too.  I would ask why it's not
done by default but then I remind myself 'thats not the plan9 way to
think!' and ignore my own question. :)

Wes

On 5/5/07, Federico Benavento <benavento@gmail.com> wrote:
> hola
>
> you can also run caerwyn's acme sac on windows, which
> is an inferno that runs acme, it might look overkill to install
> inferno just to have acme, but it isn't, just 25mb in my HD
> and it uses less ram that most gtk apps.
>
> http://caerwyn.com/acme/
>
> On 5/4/07, Tom Simons <tom.simons@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have had trouble getting a handle on Plan9.  I got it working on an
> > old PC, but didn't understand if I had a file server, cpu server,
> > terminal, or all 3.  The screens looked great, but I never quite got
> > the hang of using it.  Can Rio/Acme run under Windows or Linux?  I'd
> > love to give it another shot. Must/should you have separate file/cpu
> > servers?
> >
> > I also really would like to see an SF-bay meeting, if only to see
> > Plan9 in action. I've been using command-line interfaces since
> > teletypes & 026 keypunches, and I remain convinced that I could learn
> > another one.
> >
> > >
> > > I've been trying to think of ways to evangelize rio and acme.  It's a
> > > tough sell - there is no "new user" subset.
> > > In particular, to be at all effective with rio (and especially acme)
> > > you need to be a capable command-line user and understand how to
> > > compose those primitives.  This means that no beginner will be able
> > > to pick up our beloved interface and get work done, even after giving
> > > them the 3-button low-down.  There just aren't any training wheels,
> > > and these days even expert users use the training wheels when in
> > > parts of the system they aren't familiar with.
> > >
> > > I think it's a losing battle.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Federico G. Benavento
>