From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:53:29 -0500 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <5e6c52a6fa80dd8ef807e56e3c27504e@ladd.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <<3aaafc130912041745ub300dc6w498ddedfea62d837@mail.gmail.com>> References: <<3aaafc130912041745ub300dc6w498ddedfea62d837@mail.gmail.com>> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Input/output Topicbox-Message-UUID: a7d25430-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri Dec 4 20:46:19 EST 2009, jrm8005@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Russ Cox 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