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From: andrey mirtchovski <aam396@mail.usask.ca>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
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Subject: [9fans] sam vs acme
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 16:04:02 -0700
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hello,

would anyone recommend using 'sam' as the editor of choice for p9? the
problem with acme is that it's not generally available for other platforms,
and if one chooses to use acme as the $EDITOR, s/he is stuck with switching
back/forth to something else for all other platforms.

i know there's wily for linux/bsd and i've already happily compiled sam on
my irix box, so before i jump into learning it i'd like to know how useful
it is for managing relatively large and numerous source files.

is sam good for medium/semi-large projects?

i myself am a 'vi' user so the 'regular expresiveness' of sam is ok with me.


thanx: andrey

ps: i guess my question is geared towards non-bell-labs people, since they
would be the ones useing other OS's