Re: [9fans] Can't start multiple copies of acme

["Bence Fábián" <begnoc@gmail.com>]

Hi!

Thanks for the interest in plan 9.
Three things:
If you have a question try searching http://9fans.net/archives/

To open files with p9p applications use the plumber (acme is much
better when the plumber is running too). Read the manpage and the
paper. There are some pretty cool examples on this list too. And on
some of our blogs.

To open a new acme the quickest way is to change $NAMESPACE. However
there are smoother solutions proposed in the archives.

Sorry for the promiscous mistakes.
Sent from my abacus.

B


2013/12/13, Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>:
> Greetings,
>
> I am using p9p on a Mac.
>
> I am able to start any number of copies of sam as expected.  Acme runs well
> too, but I can only start a single copy.  If I try to start a second copy I
> get:
>
> 9pserve: announce unix!/tmp/ns.blake._tmp_launch-nvfpC3_org.x:0/acme:
> Address already in use
> acme: can't post service: 9pserve failed
>
>
> I understand that acme can display multiple files and that, perhaps, only
> one copy is needed.  I am, however, experiencing two cases where starting
> up an additional copy is advantageous, and not being able to start more
> than one copy is a problem.
>
> I have been able to create a Mac application out of sam & acme.  With that,
> I am able to associate a file extension (txt, etc.) with an application
> such that when I click on the file a copy of sam or acme is started up so
> the clicked-on file can be edited.  This works perfectly with sam, but only
> work for the first file with acme because of not being able to start
> multiple copies.
>
> A second issue is I am sometimes editing multiple files in acme.  Someone
> calls and I have to make a quick edit to another file.  Rather than mess up
> the multi-window setup I have for my current project, I'd rather start up
> an additional copy of acme to edit that one file and then go back to my
> untouched development environment.  (I know about dump/load.  That is very
> useful, and I use it.  But I don't want to go through all those extra steps
> in a quick edit situation.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Blake McBride
>