> remember, this is plan9 and everything is a file. chances are your > "script" is already available in some filesystem and you don't need to > write it out:: create a new window inside acme, type your awk script > and then issue ">awk -f /mnt/wsys/X/body" where X is the ID of your > window.
well, though an inspiring idea, it doesn't sound to be much practical: 1) I usually have a special window in which I have many commands. I then select the one needed and chord it to the appropriate window (i.e. I don't use the whole contents of a window). 2) sometimes I have more such windows. The very question for me now is: why it behaves how it behaves, i.e why newlines (if it's them) are problematic. Ruda