[9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[Rudolf Sykora]

Hello,

it happened I have some subdirectories named similarly to

rotxy3_[1-5Co6-10Ni]

i.e. having [ ] brackets as a part of the name.

rc works so, that when it encounters such a directory, it is able to
switch to it, since the rule is that if the pattern doesn't match
anything, it is taken literally as itself. But when I have such a
directory in acme and I 3-click it, it is not opened --- I have to
manually copy the name into the tag and press Get. Is there anything
simple that can be done, so that acme opens such directories?

Related question is: I really need names with something like brackets.
But all types have already some meaning, (), [], {}, <>. What do you
use in such a case?

Thanks
Ruda

Re: [9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[Rob Pike]

Acme's New command does not parse the file name.  Try New
rotxy3_[1-5Co6-10Ni] with button 2.

-rob

Re: [9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[Rudolf Sykora]

On 7 March 2010 17:43, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
> Acme's New command does not parse the file name.  Try New
> rotxy3_[1-5Co6-10Ni] with button 2.
>
> -rob

Ok. This works. Nonetheless, it's a question what is better. With your
way you have to write 'New' somewhere (either in front of the
directory, or in the tag line and use the 2-1 chord on it). This may
be even more work then copying the directory to the end of the tag
address and click the Get, which is (for directories) always there...

The other way round. Is there any reason why acme doesn't try the
literal meaning of the name (what other should it, anyway?) as rc
does?

Thanks
Ruda

Re: [9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[Rob Pike]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Rudolf Sykora <rudolf.sykora@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 March 2010 17:43, Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Acme's New command does not parse the file name.  Try New
>> rotxy3_[1-5Co6-10Ni] with button 2.
>>
>> -rob
>
> Ok. This works. Nonetheless, it's a question what is better. With your
> way you have to write 'New' somewhere (either in front of the
> directory, or in the tag line and use the 2-1 chord on it). This may
> be even more work then copying the directory to the end of the tag
> address and click the Get, which is (for directories) always there...
>
> The other way round. Is there any reason why acme doesn't try the
> literal meaning of the name (what other should it, anyway?) as rc
> does?
>
> Thanks
> Ruda

It's not acme that's at issue, it's the layers of shell and plumber in
front of it.

-rob

Re: [9fans] acme to open a 'strange' directory

[Lyndon Nerenberg]

> Related question is: I really need names with something like brackets.
> But all types have already some meaning, (), [], {}, <>. What do you
> use in such a case?

Use unicode. There are lots of alternative bracketing symbols available.