From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Martin Wyser Message-ID: <408550d7$1@pfaff2.ethz.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <40850780$1@pfaff2.ethz.ch>, <5ac0e057485fe0e345384e49e632132f@tombob.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] p9 mice Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:40:48 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6383f0f2-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 plan9@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: >>How many hours will it take me get proficient with ACME? I mean >>proficient, so I do not have to resort to my previous editor again. > > > It took me about a week and a half real time (so, maybe 20 odd hours) > to get to the stage where using any other editor was a royal pain in 20 hours turns into 20 weeks at the rate I use plan9. And if it makes other editors a pain in the ass, I may be too risky to learn - too much need of other editors :-) . But I to admit that acme is powerful, once you are used to it, it looks like a powerful tool, and I will try wily, as suggested by Axel Belinfante. > the arse. That time did involve growing my own guide file and writing > a couple of "have to have" scripts for stuff like ctags and the like > (this was wily under Unix at the time). > > Robby