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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] invisible prompt in win
Date: Sun,  5 Oct 2008 09:52:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3412dba204516dfaf8f48232113c17b7@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081004195823.GA990@shodan.homeunix.net>

> To me it looks more like a consequence of Plan 9's treatment of files as
> sequences of bytes/chars/runes rather then sequences of lines as is common
> in Unix. Basically, you can't scroll beyond the end of the file, and if the

unix and plan 9 agree: a file is an ordered sequence of bytes. unix
read/write/seek are measured in the same units as plan 9
pread/pwrite/seek: bytes.

but i think you may be talking about vi.  but even here,
the problem only happens on the first line.  i think it's just
a garden variety bug.  no philosophy need apply.

> Rio and sam show the same behaviour, by the way.

indicating exactly where to look.  (libframe.)

- erik




  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-05 13:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-03 17:50 erik quanstrom
2008-10-04 19:58 ` Martin Neubauer
2008-10-05 13:52   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2008-10-05 15:07     ` Pietro Gagliardi
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-10-05 15:22 erik quanstrom
     [not found] <c0b32b43ea34dbdeab36f74bab861b88@quanstro.net>
2008-10-03 13:53 ` Robert Raschke
2008-10-03 13:28 erik quanstrom
     [not found] <4140ffe20ee64117b535a4311e7dced9@quanstro.net>
2008-10-03 13:11 ` Robert Raschke
2008-10-03 12:19 erik quanstrom
2008-10-03  6:14 Michael Brown
2008-10-03  8:27 ` Robert Raschke
2008-10-18 17:18 ` Russ Cox

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