On 4 August 2010 05:13, Wolf Tivy wrote:
> > Sounds like vi.
> except with a clean command set and less legacy baggage.
And structural regular expressions, and less modality, and sam
networking. It sounds like vi in the sense that yes, it edits text.
Regarding the command input, imo there should
[2010-08-03 16:30] Joe
> [08/03/10] @11:28AM PDT, mei...@marmaro.de wrote:
> > [2010-08-03 10:14] Joe
> > > NAME
> > >ed - text editor
> > >
> > > SYNOPSIS
> > >ed [-] [-sx] [-p string] [file]
> >
> > It should be: ed [-] [file]
>
> I concur. fwd: sj...@apple.com.
> My only
> Sounds like vi.
except with a clean command set and less legacy baggage.
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 04:29:34PM -0700, Wolf Tivy wrote:
> My current idea is just to have the screen displaying the file (where?)
> with dot highlighted. A few lines at the bottom would have
> the command line, maybe it would dynamically adjust for multiline
> commands, I dunno. You could cursor
[08/03/10] @11:28AM PDT, mei...@marmaro.de wrote:
> [2010-08-03 10:14] Joe
> > NAME
> >ed - text editor
> >
> > SYNOPSIS
> >ed [-] [-sx] [-p string] [file]
>
> It should be: ed [-] [file]
I concur. fwd: sj...@apple.com.
My only other choice is 9 man ed:
SYNOPSIS
> Curses does support mouse use at this point, and seeing as the
> use of
> the mouse to select text is one of the big features of sam, I think
> it'd be important to keep that. Instead of using the menu, the options
> from it could all be mapped to single or chorded keystrokes of the
> left han
> So on that note, it looks like curses is the way to go (as has been
> previously suggested). Then the issue is how closely our curses
> samterm would resemble bitmap samterm. Considering all the clicky
> menus and scrollbars and such, it may be best for the curses interface
> to be a totally diff
> ED(1)
> ED(1)
> NAME
>ed - text editor
>
> SYNOPSIS
>ed [-] [-sx] [-p string] [file]
>
> DESCRIPTION
>ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display,
> mod-
>ify and otherwise manipulate text files.
>
> WARNING
> Everyone involved in the de
[2010-08-03 10:14] Joe
>
> ED(1)ED(1)
> NAME
>ed - text editor
>
> SYNOPSIS
>ed [-] [-sx] [-p string] [file]
It should be: ed [-] [file]
meillo
> Yes, indeed. Both acme and samterm ship with their very own window
> manager, so you can fullscreen acme in rio and pretend you're using
> wmii. And samterm is even worse: a stacking window manager
> within a
> stacking window manager (so you can stack while you stack).
>
> There is a good reas
[08/03/10] @ 3:43AM PDT, ur...@berlinblue.org wrote:
> > In case you're wondering why I know *that*, nano is the least bad
> > editor on the standard Arch Linux install CD image (the others are joe
> > and traditional, breaks-if-you-push-a-cursor-key-in-insert-mode vi;
> > I'd be happy with ed, bu
Hey,
On 3 August 2010 17:43, Joseph Xu wrote:
> I said I'm guessing no more than 20 people will find it useful if it was
> written.
I think in this case samterm is more important than sam itself when it
comes to attracting users. Few will convert to using sam if it is ugly
and tedious to use. An
On 8/3/2010 11:14 AM, Connor Lane Smith wrote:
Hey,
On 3 August 2010 09:50, Joseph Xu wrote:
Very few people use sam to begin with, even fewer would like the curses
interface. I'm guessing no more than 20 people.
The best reason not to write a program ever: nobody is using it yet.
I said I
Hey,
On 3 August 2010 09:50, Joseph Xu wrote:
> Very few people use sam to begin with, even fewer would like the curses
> interface. I'm guessing no more than 20 people.
The best reason not to write a program ever: nobody is using it yet.
> Usually I'll have acme always running and just plumb s
On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 12:20:39AM -0700, Wolf Tivy wrote:
> I hadn't thought of it like that before. Good point.
> Excuse me while I also remove indentation from my my code.
> Would you indent your prose? What nonsense have
> I been practicing?
I do indent my prose, by using paragraphs.
>
> Thank
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Robert Ransom wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:01:24 +0200
> Uriel wrote:
>
>> Anyone that considers for even one second to use nano should be taken
>> out and shot on the spot.
>
> It's not so bad if you build it with the --disable-wrapping-as-root
> configure opti
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 12:01:24 +0200
Uriel wrote:
> Anyone that considers for even one second to use nano should be taken
> out and shot on the spot.
It's not so bad if you build it with the --disable-wrapping-as-root
configure option and only use it as root.
In case you're wondering why I know
even one second to use nano should be taken
out and shot on the spot.
uriel
> - Original Message -----
> From: Joseph Xu
> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010 5:30 pm
> Subject: Re: [dev] curses samterm
> To: dev@suckless.org
>
>> Under what circumstance would you not be able to
Fortune worthy:
X doesn't break that often for me.
--Joseph Xu, 8/3/10
- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Xu
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: [dev] curses samterm
To: dev@suckless.org
Under what circumstance would you not be able to run sam's gui
and have
to resort to a curses interface? sam already provides a way to
connect
the gui to
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:20:39 -0700
Wolf Tivy wrote:
> Excuse me while I also remove indentation from my my code.
> Would you indent your prose?
http://google.com/search?q=sense-lining
Robert Ransom
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> > Luxuries like syntax coloring would be nice but really not critical.
> Would you like reading a book with all adjectives bolded and
> nouns italicized?
> You may want to take a look at ALGOL 68.
I hadn't thought of it like that before. Good point.
Excuse me while I also remove indentation fro
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:15:36PM -0700, Wolf Tivy wrote:
> Luxuries like syntax coloring would be nice but really not critical.
Would you like reading a book with all adjectives bolded and nouns italicized?
You may want to take a look at ALGOL 68.
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y, August 2, 2010 5:30 pm
Subject: Re: [dev] curses samterm
To: dev@suckless.org
> Under what circumstance would you not be able to run sam's gui
> and have
> to resort to a curses interface? sam already provides a way to
> connect
> the gui to a remote host via ssh to edit files
On 8/2/2010 6:15 PM, Wolf Tivy wrote:
I noticed there is a project for a samterm on the project ideas page.
Has anyone started on this? It seems like a really good idea.
I guess ideally it would be usable without X (in text mode) but would
still keep the nice view and selection interface.
Luxuri
Under what circumstance would you not be able to run sam's gui and have
to resort to a curses interface? sam already provides a way to connect
the gui to a remote host via ssh to edit files over a slow connection.
I've even done this with an old Windows port of sam running locally and
a remote
I noticed there is a project for a samterm on the project ideas page.
Has anyone started on this? It seems like a really good idea.
I guess ideally it would be usable without X (in text mode) but would
still keep the nice view and selection interface.
Luxuries like syntax coloring would be nice bu
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