From: Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] carriage returns and other characters in acme/rc
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:51:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOw7k5gRQ=pRCdaJWY2TmyyHwaRq4FhYFPniPYJ_3B7LLzYDsQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9708812.HpYX0RglHP@coil>
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I have a script "u" that does just that, allowing "u date", "u man", "u
./configure" and so on.
% cat bin/u
#!/bin/rc
SHELL=/bin/sh
path=(/usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /sbin /bin
/usr/bin/X11 /usr/games)
MANPAGER=/bin/cat
exec $*
On 10 September 2012 10:45, dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 10 of September 2012 10:42:12 Charles Forsyth wrote:
> > From GNU programs you will then get moans about the terminal:
> > %TERM=dumb
> > % man date
> > WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
> > - (press RETURN)
>
>
> % TERM=dumb
> % PAGER=cat
> % man date
> DATE(1)
> User Commands
> DATE(1)
>
>
>
> NAME
> date - print or set the system date and time
> (...)
>
>
>
>
> in slightly related news, here's mine:
>
>
> $ cat ~/bin/acme
> #!/usr/bin/env rc
> TERM=dumb
> exec $PLAN9/bin/acme -c1 -a $*
> $
>
> --
> dexen deVries
>
> [[[↓][→]]]
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-10 9:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-10 8:48 Christopher Hobbs
2012-09-10 8:57 ` cinap_lenrek
2012-09-10 13:56 ` erik quanstrom
2012-09-10 9:20 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-09-10 9:31 ` dexen deVries
2012-09-10 9:42 ` Charles Forsyth
2012-09-10 9:45 ` dexen deVries
2012-09-10 9:51 ` Charles Forsyth [this message]
[not found] ` <CAOw7k5j9twewYEV0bSRnZ8x1tPoScbX=v9cAO7qjLhSzeixHhw@mail.gmail.c>
2012-09-10 13:58 ` erik quanstrom
2012-09-12 9:08 ` [9fans] carriage returns and other characters in acme/rcc Christopher Hobbs
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