Re: [9fans] command repetition in sam/acme

[Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora@gmail.com>]

> this is plan 9.  we don't ask if new feature
> x would not cause a problem, we ask if x
> would make plan 9 a better system.

well, no-one disputes the claim, if you read twice.

> i'm
> quite sure one would be wrong in assuming
> that plan 9's designers did not know about
> repetition.  i think it would be safer to assume
> they were not keen on the idea.

I don't assume anything, while you do. What if they just didn't need
it and followed the idea of simplicity?

The result of this discussion basically has been: neither acme nor sam
is suited for the original problem, there is no simple way present in
plan9 allowing you to edit such files with long lines, which are quite
commonly and with justification present in the world. Only Vim, which
was ported to plan9, with its regexps, can do it gracefully. Thus if
you want to edit a file, you are forced to use bloated regexps present
in Vim. Isn't it sad being in plan9?! Things should be simple, but not
simpler than that.

Ruda