From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3C4BED3B.3E9FA79B@strakt.com> From: Boyd Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Getting started in Plan9 - help References: <760246034@snellwilcox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 11:28:11 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3f828c34-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 steve.simon@snellwilcox.com wrote: > I think that input prediction, if done well, is a beautiful feature, and > one that would fit very well with acme, or maybe as a kind of plumbing. I > used to use a unix thing called "rk"; a markov chain style thing that > continuously prompted you with a line or two of predicted input. You > used the arrow keys or tab or ctrl-m to accept the next char/word/line > of the prediction. It was uncannily good. In Japan they have a similar style of thing for typing Kanji. The pronounciation stem is typed (in kana) and you flip through a list of choices. If it's smart it should remember the kanji-frequencies on a per-user basis. I never knew if the ones I saw ever did.