From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4e0b373257252957feb1e239d6e08614@quintile.net> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:46:26 -0800 Message-ID: <3e1162e61001241146v37d238e3ob0780aba56a3a54c@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd29a58e988a4047dee4e6b Subject: Re: [9fans] find command reloaded Topicbox-Message-UUID: c620a5c2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd29a58e988a4047dee4e6b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Tim Newsham wrote: > I have never felt the need for tools like these, I use the mouse to edit >> the text on the screen (changing history), I then double click to the >> right >> of the line and click send which resubmits the text. >> >> The idea that any text on the screen may be used to form a new command is >> very powerful, but takes some getting used to. >> > > the " command works with the grain here. It brings text > on the screen that may be further away closer. > Actually, I've never used those scripts... mainly because I'm not really sure I "get it". I've just always typed what I wanted in, and a lot of times, my work patterns involve invoking the same pretty recent steps over and over. Snarf buffer often works just fine for me. I guess I should learn to try out the " command sometime. I mean like pretty much everything else Russ has done :-) Dave > > -Steve >> > > Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com > > --000e0cd29a58e988a4047dee4e6b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Tim Ne= wsham <newsham@lav= a.net> wrote:
I have never felt the need for tools like these, I use the mouse to edit the text on the screen (changing history), I then double click to the right=
of the line and click send which resubmits the text.

The idea that any text on the screen may be used to form a new command is very powerful, but takes some getting used to.

the " command works with the grain here. =A0It brings text
on the screen that may be further away closer.

Actually, I've never used those scripts... mainly because I'= ;m not really sure I "get it". =A0I've just always typed what= I wanted in, and a lot of times, my work patterns involve invoking the sam= e pretty recent steps over and over. =A0Snarf buffer often works just fine = for me.

I guess I should learn to try out the " command so= metime. =A0I mean like pretty much everything else Russ has done :-)
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Dave
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-Steve

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