From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Input/output
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:53:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5e6c52a6fa80dd8ef807e56e3c27504e@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <<3aaafc130912041745ub300dc6w498ddedfea62d837@mail.gmail.com>>
On Fri Dec 4 20:46:19 EST 2009, jrm8005@gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> wrote:
> > Why not just highlight the section you want to edit
> > and then type commands into the ~~sam~~ window?
> >
>
> You can't select more than a screenful with the mouse, and sometimes
> it easier to use the mouse for large selections than it is to write an
> x/.../ expression.
i general that's true, but double clicking at the start of a c block (or any
other set of matching delimiters) is a notable exception.
which brings us around to acme. i was a devoted sam user for
many years until the day i switched back to sam after a few days'
trying acme. the mouseing in sam just felt clunky after that.
- erik
next parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-05 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <<3aaafc130912041745ub300dc6w498ddedfea62d837@mail.gmail.com>
2009-12-05 1:53 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-12-05 4:16 ` Jorden Mauro
[not found] <<hf8tg7$hed$1@ger.gmane.org>
2009-12-03 19:34 ` erik quanstrom
2009-12-04 13:13 ` Maurício CA
2009-12-04 18:51 ` Russ Cox
2009-12-04 22:44 ` Maurício CA
2009-12-05 1:45 ` Jorden Mauro
2009-12-03 17:45 Maurício CA
2009-12-03 18:27 ` Russ Cox
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