Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On 3 September 2015 at 16:14, erik quanstrom wrote: > somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really > true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model. > > that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in > the event of panic. Sorry, I don't orient. Does it all mean that I could nowadays possibly get the wanted behaviour (using, say, ctrl+3b for the purpose) on 9front while I cannot on the original plan9? Thanks Ruda
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 07:14:58AM -0700, erik quanstrom wrote: > somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really > true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model. patches > that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in > the event of panic. welcome
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
> somehow I thought that was going to be the response gee, erik On Sep 3, 2015, 10:16 AM, at 10:16 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: >somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not >really true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd >model. > >that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using >it in the event of panic. > >- erik > > >On Sep 3, 2015 6:34 AM, Aram Hăvărneanu wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom > wrote: >> > because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space >> >> There has been solved in 9front in 2011: >http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs >> >> -- >> Aram Hăvărneanu >> >>
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model. that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in the event of panic. - erik On Sep 3, 2015 6:34 AM, Aram Hăvărneanu wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > > because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space > > There has been solved in 9front in 2011: http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs > > -- > Aram Hăvărneanu > >
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom wrote: > because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space There has been solved in 9front in 2011: http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs -- Aram Hăvărneanu
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On Thu Sep 3 02:40:05 PDT 2015, rudolf.syk...@gmail.com wrote: > On 3 September 2015 at 11:16, Mathieu Lonjaret > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ > > Thanks for the link! > I wonder, why is it that they claim that implementing the functionality > of: > 3b = search forward, shift+3b = search backward > is not feasible on plan9... because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space, and devmouse already takes shift+right -> middle, for insufficient mice. - erik
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On 3 September 2015 at 11:16, Mathieu Lonjaret > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ Thanks for the link! I wonder, why is it that they claim that implementing the functionality of: 3b = search forward, shift+3b = search backward is not feasible on plan9... Ruda
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
No, I meant other implementation suggestions. Since you're all as lazy as I am, here it is: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ On 2 September 2015 at 16:01, wrote: > > Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other > > suggestions/solutions. > > :-/RE > > is what I remember Russ recommending, It's not perfect, but it does help. > > Lucio. > > >
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
> I.e., the suggestions you mention are still far from reciprocal > to a b3-click on any word in the text file. It's just one of those Pandora's boxes, once it's open it can't be closed. I have continual trouble with unintentionlly pressing the Cape-Lock key at the same time as the letter A and finding myself typing text at the beginning of the line (which could be a paragraph, in Acme) instead of the place I was at one Ctrl-A earlier. Still, you could set an indicator that reverses the direction of B3's search. It's just not all that useful and programming it and testing it may be more effort than you gain from the trouble. Also, knowing which way you're going next time you click B3 may not be very clear and you further need to decide whether it is a window-wide or global setting. Lucio.
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On 2 September 2015 at 16:37, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:01 PM, wrote: >>> Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other >>> suggestions/solutions. >> >> :-/RE >> >> is what I remember Russ recommending, It's not perfect, but it does help. >> >> Lucio. >> >> > > Page 4 of A Tutorial for Sam Command Language, by Rob Pike, suggests > the following usage: > Just precede the pattern with a minus > sign, which reverses the direction of the search: > -/Emacs/ > > Similarly, > $-/Emacs/ > finds the last occurrence in the file, so > 0/Emacs/,$-/Emacs/ > selects the text from the first to last Emacs, inclusive. I actually know all of what you write, and the question was meant explicitly differently. I.e., the suggestions you mention are still far from reciprocal to a b3-click on any word in the text file. Copying (or even selecting a whole portion of) a word to get it into a formula like :-/.../ somewhere is ugly, to say the least. Thanks anyway! Ruda
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:01 PM, wrote: >> Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other >> suggestions/solutions. > > :-/RE > > is what I remember Russ recommending, It's not perfect, but it does help. > > Lucio. > > Page 4 of A Tutorial for Sam Command Language, by Rob Pike, suggests the following usage: >>> Just precede the pattern with a minus sign, which reverses the direction of the search: -/Emacs/ Similarly, $-/Emacs/ finds the last occurrence in the file, so 0/Emacs/,$-/Emacs/ selects the text from the first to last Emacs, inclusive. <<<
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
> Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other > suggestions/solutions. :-/RE is what I remember Russ recommending, It's not perfect, but it does help. Lucio.
Re: [9fans] acme search backwards
I had done https://bitbucket.org/mpl/acme-with-easy-backwards-search , but since I wasn't bright enough to host it as a diff I don't really remember how it works or what I changed. I think I had added a Rev command to the tag bar of the window. Although it wasn't useful enough for me to keep on maintaining it, I'm pretty sure it was working. Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other suggestions/solutions. On 2 September 2015 at 08:08, Rudolf Sykora wrote: > Hi, > > by chance, hasn't somebody changed acme so that one can easily, > say with a ctrl key, change the direction of the search done by the > 3rd mouse button? I find it very missing. > > Thanks > Ruda > >
