> Out of the two editors available I would really opt for using Acme there are three (ed).
> instead. If you happen to find yourself newly installing plan 9 then > someone might suggest Sam to use and you will be stuck trying to learn > everything about Sam before you can start. Learning only the basics of > Sam is enough for the new user, and learning it without the mouse > seems like a really good idea. I agree with you sam -d is not an entry > level choice, Acme is best for this. In my next post I showed how to using sam without the mouse to edit a file without -d is not possible. even sticking to ed-style commands in the command window, the mouse is needed to select a frame to display the edited file in. - erik
