On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:09:31 -0800, ron minnich <rminn...@gmail.com> wrote: rminnich> Based on the response to my note re: things that act like strace, I'm going rminnich> to start accumulating a "plan 9 for linux users" doc. It helps to have a rminnich> guide it seems.
Something that would be really helpful would be an explanation/ enumeration of the #<foo> namespace. It took quite a while for me to kind of get a handle on Unix' two-character device names, but there was at least a relatively logical mapping to physical hardware names, so knowing DEC's names for disk controllers and such usually made for some mnemonic value. Plan 9's mostly single-character names, with no apparent connection to what they correspond to, have completely flummoxed me more times than I care to count. Yes, using the source works. It's not exactly convenient, however, especially when you have no idea that there's one you need for some task rather than using the ones you already know about.... Thanks. Dworkin ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tabc159d56e7ead54-M749b3ebcd8e2e116484df2ae Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
