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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Mon,  3 Sep 2012 09:42:08 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc vs sh
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> > I too believe that unless the mechanism of autocomplete is well-enough
> > resolved, rc won't work for many people. I understand the reasons why

there is no reason to put readline in the shell.  i know i've got at least one
readline implementation kicking around.

> And good user interface is an another thing Plan 9 basically cannot into.

i suppose that's a perfectly valid opinion, but p9p is pretty good evidence
that not everyone agrees.

- erik