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Date: Wed,  1 Jul 2009 14:56:19 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?
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On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM, erik quanstrom<quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
>> Umm, Plan 9 relevance: I don't have to fingertwist in Plan 9! Actually
>> I can't remember using Esc anywhere,
>
> esc selects typing since last non-typing
> repositing of the tick or deletes selected
> text in acme. =C2=A0esc toggles hold mode in
> a 9term window.
>
> - erik
>
>

*That's* where I'd been using it, I thought for some reason I was
oversimplifying when I said I hadn't used Esc. Didn't know about the
first trick, but I do use hold mode... usually after I have typed a
few lines and want to edit them.

John
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