From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:52:55 -0700 From: Wendell xe To: 9fans@9fans.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <382936.47212.qm@web57610.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Subject: [9fans] Using the Acme Editor Topicbox-Message-UUID: fef14c28-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Seeking an alternative to vi and emacs, I've been giving Acme a try (acme-sac, actually). After reading the articles and man pages and playing with it for a few days, I'll admit I don't see how Acme could be even remotely competitive with vim/emacs for editing code. Searching the 9fans archive, I found admonitions that you have to learn Acme's very different operating paradigm, but no specific advice. So I'm posting here a list of editor features I miss in Acme. For each item, what is the Acme way of approaching it? I hope that the replys in this thread will serve as a reference for others trying to learn Acme. 01. Toggle on/off line wrapping 02. Toggle on/off EOL character display 03. Display line numbers 04. Display ruler 05. Rectangluar block selection 06. Search and replace with confirmation at each item 07. Automatic insertion of spaces for tabs 08. Syntax highlighting of code 09. Code folding 10. Code clips/completion 11. Bookmarks 12. Display file diff with locked parallel windows 13. Customize the contextual display of commands in the tag line 14. Customize the color scheme 15. Change fonts 16. HTML tag matching 17. Display (in status bar?) the Unicode ID of glyph at cursor 18. Display right-to-left text Also, regarding Acme's use as a file browser: 19. Open new directories in the same window, so that you don't get a desktop full of windows as you drill down through a directory tree.