This topic was brought up a few years ago and some helpful suggestions were made:
https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tc21478a4dc8e2df1-M53e7a145d7e726e30dd4bbed On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM Dworkin Muller <dlm-9f...@weaselfish.com> wrote: > > 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-M0b317351c2823a1af7c61e70 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
