Re:The Unix spirit set free: Plan 9 from Bell Labs (2006) [pdf]
by fmoralesc on Monday June 02, 2014 @08:08AM
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> Don't you find annoying the lack of quick access to search/navigate/execute/copy-paste mechanics via mouse click?
Yes, which is why I've written some acme emulation for vim twice. (Incidentally, I was working on that yesterday before this link was posted: https://github.com/fmoralesc/plan9-for-vimspace I have to improve the button 2 functionality, and chords are still not supported, but I'm on it. A plumbing system is planned, although I'm not sure if its best to reuse plan9port's plumber or reimplement it.)
> In Acme, all text is hypertext.
Exactly. Which is why, even though I am a serious vim junkie, I love acme so much.
Don't you find annoying the lack of built-in file browser and powerful regex-based transformation language?
Don't you find annoying the lack of quick access to search/navigate/execute/copy-paste mechanics via mouse click?
In Acme, all text is hypertext. The difference between Acme and previous generation editors (Vim, EMACS etc.) is like between The Web and a library of paper books.