From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Don Message-ID: <8f6cf824.0206111454.3c0209bb@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit References: <3161d0f6a9cccd28b088652f2467f32c@caldo.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: [9fans] Emacs Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:54:16 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: aa0e525e-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > >>to research the reasoning and theory behind plan9 and acme? I realize it > >>is rather different style from traditional UNIX editing as well as the > >>Emacs style of editing, ... > > i'd hope so after all this time. > *snicker snicker* Cute, forsyth ;) read as "I understand it is easy to be preconditioned by confident utilization of UNIX/Emacs style editing over long periods of time, but, there is no reason to dismiss a new environment without first learning how its theory works relative to the environments you are already 'settled' in to. Putting the effort in to doing the research, despite the possible time factor, is imperative to achieving a global view of not only the new environment, but, also the old environment as well." summed up in a somewhat (sympathetic?) context. hohoho! lol Don