Re: [9fans] tab completion and command history in rc

[Jack Johnson <knapjack@gmail.com>]

On 11/3/05, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
> I don't think that rc and the rio interface and all that are the be-all
> and end-all of interfaces. Neither are X11, Emacs, and bash. It's all a
> work in progress, all the time. There are features from each I miss on
> the other.

I've been using a Mac for about six months now, and found that I've
accidentally become an Exposé addict.  Just today I was at work with
way too many windows open, trying to work on one project while my boss
was instant messaging me about some other project, and I flung my
cursor into the upper-right corner, waited three seconds and started
muttering, "What the HELL?!?" before I realized that Windows was not
going to comply with my gesture.

Keeping mouse buttons straight between X, PuTTY, rio, acme, CMD, etc.,
context sensitivities among command/control key options in Aqua, GNOME
and Windows, and command-line parameters between Plan 9, GNU and MS is
enough to drive a person crazy.  I may have chortled a bit too
gleefully at Takeshi's button-3 mishap, laughing not just at him but
with him.

I think I have the most respect for Russ, apparently navigating X,
Qt/GTK+, acme and rio apps simultaneously on a regular basis.  But
perhaps he's still young enough that the hair grows back. :)

-Jack