[TUHS] MPM macros and code from 2002

[TUHS] MPM macros and code from 2002

[arnold]

Hi All.

A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.

Warren has put it in the archives:

> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:04:55 +1000
> From: Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org>
> To: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
> Cc: Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org>
> Subject: Re: MPM macros and code
>
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 03:11:47PM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > I have the following file:
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 arnold arnold 100770 Feb 17  2002 mpm.shar
>
> Thanks Arnold, I've just put it here:
>
> https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Typesetting/
>
> Cheers! Warren

Thanks Warren!

Arnold

[TUHS] Re: MPM macros and code from 2002

[Jonathan Gray]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
> that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.

From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
list in 2002.

https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2

> 
> Warren has put it in the archives:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:04:55 +1000
> > From: Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org>
> > To: Aharon Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
> > Cc: Warren Toomey <wkt@tuhs.org>
> > Subject: Re: MPM macros and code
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 03:11:47PM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > > I have the following file:
> > > -rw-r--r-- 1 arnold arnold 100770 Feb 17  2002 mpm.shar
> >
> > Thanks Arnold, I've just put it here:
> >
> > https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Typesetting/
> >
> > Cheers! Warren
> 
> Thanks Warren!
> 
> Arnold
> 

[TUHS] Re: MPM macros and code from 2002

[Anthony Martin]

Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au> once said:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
> > that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
>
> From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
> list in 2002.
>
> https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2

This is taken from the second edition of Plan 9:

https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/tree/2e-1995-04-05/sys/src/cmd/pm
https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/blob/2e-1995-04-05/sys/man/6/mpm

Cheers,
  Anthony

[TUHS] Re: MPM macros and code from 2002

[arnold]

Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org> wrote:

> Jonathan Gray <jsg@jsg.id.au> once said:
> > On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> > > A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
> > > that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
> >
> > From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
> > list in 2002.
> >
> > https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2
>
> This is taken from the second edition of Plan 9:
>
> https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/tree/2e-1995-04-05/sys/src/cmd/pm
> https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/blob/2e-1995-04-05/sys/man/6/mpm
>
> Cheers,
>   Anthony

Yes, my bad. I have gotten many things like this from BWK, so I
assumed.

In any case, enjoy.

Arnold