From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4f542be0a2004c8871dc43eb299901e6@quintile.net> From: "Steve Simon" Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:17:24 +0100 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Sam Rewrite (Was: SAM snarf with X) In-Reply-To: <4347bf3c.jG0d8omwXYyqNEYo%yard-ape@telus.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Topicbox-Message-UUID: 97632ee4-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Click to type is a concept that starts religious wars. Howver rio (and 8=C2=BD) are use it, to change sam would mean plan9 would have mixture of modalaties. Changing X sam only would mean switching between Unix and sam would become painfull. A mouse chording cut and paste interface exists, I saved the details in /n/sources/contrib/steve/doc/sam-chord-patch.txt Russ reworked this for p9p but discovered deep problems as I rembember, the archives have the detail. Configurable mouse - well, it wouldn't be my choice. Unshared mouse buffer - well this is an artifact of history but I for one am so used to it I find it strange when I use Acme to find its not there. Select whilst scrolling - I don't know this one. A breakaway, more X11 style of sam was produced in 1993 odd. I don't know how bit-rotted it would be, but the code probably exists somwhere in: ftp://ftp.sys.utoronto.ca/pub/sam/sam-fans-list/ -Steve