Is anyone using the Acme version at https://github.com/9fans/go/tree/main/cmd/acme? Or is there a preference for it over the C version in plan9port? Looking to understand which is the acme receiving the bulk of the community development effort (and largest number of users) at the present time.
Thanks! -Ben ________________________________ From: rjkro...@liqui.org <rjkro...@liqui.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 5:57 PM To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> Cc: Patrick Marchand <m...@patrickmarchand.com>; Ben Huntsman <b...@huntsmans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Which acme? Self-promotional plug: I'm making an effort to maintain this one. 😊 > - Edwood, an Acme clone in go: https://github.com/rjkroege/edwood On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:16:17 +0900, Patrick Marchand <m...@patrickmarchand.com> said: > > Hello, > > On 12.02.2025 11:16 am, Ben Huntsman wrote: >> I must have been living under a rock, but I just recently saw the >> acme implementation in Go in https://github.com/9fans/go [1]! It works >> pretty well and even on weird platforms like AIX! >> >> There is definitely a time-honored tradition of re-implementing acme >> in various languages, since it's been done in alef, C, Limbo, and now >> Go. So I was wondering, which one is getting the most use these days, >> especially amongst the guys like Rob and Russ, and other daily users? >> The 9fans/go version, or the plan9port version? > > I use the plan9port version daily, but today I discovered Anvil > https://anvil-editor.net/ > and I like it a lot. > > Speaking of other implementations of acme that interest me there's also: > > - Ma, inspired by acme and written in TCL/TK: > http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/ma/README > - Ad, an Acme / Kakoune inspired editor, written in rust: > https://github.com/sminez/ad > - Edwood, an Acme clone in go: https://github.com/rjkroege/edwood > > There's a bunch of other implementations floating around too, but most > of them are unmaintained. > > -- > Patrick Marchand > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T91cce933fda9f1be-M464d7277f07ab835cad9c563 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
