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From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] A few more questions about sam
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:04:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D16C844452D60A3B65C62587C724AE3@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16281799570.EA8Bba.31857@composer.9fans.topicbox.com>

Quoth revcomninos@gmail.com:
> I am running sam as a standalone on Debian 10:
> https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/
> I have found this version to be stable and would not like to change it.
> I also like the visual display. 
> I start up sam from the terminal with a single option:
> font=/mnt/font/GoMono/14/font sam
> In this scenario, i.e. not running sam on plan9 itself, does
> 
> - (plumb) perform any useful action?

It sends data to the plumber. Plan9port comes
with a plumber, though it doesn't run by default.

> - Is there a way to customise the starting layout of sam? Someone recommended this link:
> http://runjimmyrunrunyoufuckerrun.com/rc/s
> However, I have had difficulty running this script in my setup.

It will not run in your setup. The version of sam you
decided to use does not support the operators in that
script.

> - Does sam have any such a thing as a customisation file, such as .emacs or .vimrc? If so, where can I find any documentation on it? 

No.

> - sam's regex seem to lie somewhere between ed and more recent structural regular expressions, yet is not synonymous with either. Can someone point me to a specific resource that explains these expressions in more detail than does the sam man and sam tut?

man 6 regexp: http://man.9front.org/6/regexp


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-06 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-05 16:12 revcomninos
2021-08-05 19:42 ` umbraticus
2021-08-06  0:22   ` fwrm via 9fans
2021-08-06  7:45     ` revcomninos
2021-08-06  9:20     ` revcomninos
2021-08-06 15:04 ` ori [this message]
2021-08-06 17:22   ` revcomninos
2021-08-06 19:20   ` Stuart Morrow

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