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From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
To: erik quanstrom <quanstro@speakeasy.net>
Cc: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] german article about Plan 9
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:35:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee9e417a0511102035u46ae44c8of6c23b5983857d3a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051111041426.4E1EC22E2@dexter-peak.quanstro.net>

> dispite these excellent concepts, plan 9 isn't perfect.
> rio windows often scroll incorrectly
> and do not show the relevant text.

one man's incorrect is another man's correct.
i suspect he doesn't like the noscroll default behavior.

> acme displays these deficiencies less. the whole system
> is built on a graphical user interface and many functions
> are not available in text mode, e.g. interrupting processes
> with the [del]-key.

it's true -- if you're running at the console, DEL doesn't
interrupt processes.

russ

[resending with cc 9fans; sorry erik]


      reply	other threads:[~2005-11-11  4:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-10  5:44 Russ Cox
2005-11-11  4:14 ` erik quanstrom
2005-11-11  4:35   ` Russ Cox [this message]

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