Re: [9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
umber of simple conveniences would suffice to make Scheme programming very convenient with Acme. Already, most of the necessary features are there, and I am using Acme pleasantly right now in my daily Scheme work. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for

Re: [9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
s that I could see working with Plan 9. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Inserting Special Characters into Acme

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
it, also. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-17 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
of a pixel. I use Times in Acme. That distinguishes things pretty well. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-14 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:58:39 -0400, Daniel Lyons wrote: I'd love it if Acme or Plan 9 had good support for some kind of Lisp variant. Maybe that should be my next side project. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims m

[9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-13 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
o bar] [something else]) (some-func (called again) (with fun indentation) (and yet) (another))) Thanks! Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] ttf2subf and plan9ports

2009-08-10 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
do about things. :-/ Any help? Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Using Guide Files

2009-08-10 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
n the context of some arbitrary window. Is this possible? If not, does one normally just copy over text to the tag line when it needs to be used? Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Acme Configuration

2009-08-07 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
Other than a script to start acme with the -a option, is there some way to configure the start up option on Acme? I am thinking of the equivalent of a .exrc file or the like? Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the

Re: [9fans] A note on using E

2009-08-05 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:42:16 -0400, <6o205z...@sneakemail.com> wrote: This works nicely for me, as I can exit and restart acme, and the plumber continues running. When I log out of this linux system, however, t appears that the plumber is not killed, and the next time I log in and start acme, t

[9fans] A note on using E

2009-08-04 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
Just a note on using E with p9p. I forgot to start the plumber. That's kind of important if you want to use E. :-) Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Using Acme as an external Editor

2009-07-27 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
ch of this question relates to what. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-03 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
definitely bigger than other mice I have used (though smaller than the trackball), but so far I am liking it, though it is taking some time to get used to the motions. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Auto Indenting in Acme

2009-07-03 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
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Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
s. The reason I am checking out the Perfit is because it seems to have a nice design and the middle dragging should be easier than with the trackball. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:56:58 -0400, Aaron W. Hsu wrote: Hello everyone, I am taking the Acme workflow for a spin. I had no idea people would pounce on this topic like they did. :-! Thanks for all the advice and the entertaining read for a new Acme user. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
keyboards. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
+ 2 cut combo, because I usually have three fingers working my mouse. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
that plus the reusability and usefulness of all the elements of the interface makes things that much better. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
g Acme's chords with the trackpoint, and in fact, the trackpoint is -- I believe -- a good deal more effective with its three buttons than most of the other interface designs I have seen outside of the multi-touch interface on the Macbooks. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny

Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-02 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:04 -0400, Jason Catena wrote: http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~oz/wily/idioms.html Ah, yes, this helps me plenty. Thank you. Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. -- C. S. Lewis

[9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively?

2009-07-01 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
xt in one window to another in a fast manner, but I'm also missing big things like how to quickly navigate through to specific parts of a file and how to reduce redundancy of typing and movement. Does anyone have any suggestions? Aaron W. Hsu -- Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exe