From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FROM_EXCESS_BASE64,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 668c6988 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2018 18:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 10980A1B04; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:05:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 127C1A1A2D; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:04:52 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bitmessage.ch header.i=@bitmessage.ch header.b=QZyvRC6p; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 279CCA1A2D; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:04:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail.bitmessage.ch (mail.bitmessage.ch [146.228.112.252]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A32DBA1A29 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:04:47 +1000 (AEST) dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=bitmessage.ch; s=mail; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; h=From:Subject:Date:Message-ID:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:In-Reply-To:References; bh=JusHEs8Gqu9bVHTOtvFTxh8Yd+iOrZfAMyzWGC9CZ1M=; b=QZyvRC6pdPoiMcw93r1vdJ1ObnrA1i3e6l8iNBg8taj0azIm5cF55c/4GuZRaucY5lIAB/zsZ8CPOUv2kGNZIC1BLOhNnvNd2rkE2g6XoNr0m5sRJ3kEiFvZan1vor5Av+NVaf4DGjVEMv+yyOyDDdmQHcFlt0SuhhXSyztmupU= Received: from syrtis (BITMESSAGE [127.0.0.1]) by mail.bitmessage.ch with ESMTPSA (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256) ; Mon, 3 Sep 2018 20:03:44 +0200 Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2018 13:04:01 -0500 From: =?utf-8?B?Q8OhZw==?= To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-ID: <20180903180401.u4MVs%ca6c@bitmessage.ch> In-Reply-To: References: <20180831215636.-eCEx%ca6c@bitmessage.ch> User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] cat -v and other complaints X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Andrew Warkentin wrote: > I'd say features like history, completion, and line editing really > don't belong in a shell. They should be handled by a separate listener > process with a simple API that shells and other client processes can > use for controlling them. That's one good example of Plan 9 > prioritizing minimalism above everything else. http://wiki.c2.com/?WhatIsNotInPlanNine > fn history {grep '^term%' /mnt/wsys/text|sed -e 's/^term%//'} term% This is sure better. On top of that I don't get how Acme adheres to the philosophy. It's basically a reverse engineered, unavailable on the console, GNU Emacs with a mouse-driven interface. -- ca=C3=B3c