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Sort of reminds me of Plan 9, with the ability to treat text as executable, where execution can include opening a file in a designated application. I haven't us

Sort of reminds me of Plan 9, with the ability to treat text as executable, where execution can include opening a file in a designated application. I haven't used either OS for more than a cumulative 10 minutes, but this was definitely my favorite part of Plan 9.

ithkuil 6y ago
You can play with a user space port called plan9port (https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/ https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/) where you can run the "plumber" executable, edit your rule file and then just invoke the plumb command with some text and context and have it do things. It also comes with the acme editor and other tools. This way you can have some of the fun of plan9 but keep your modern amenities such as wifi, a browser and whatnot.
MisterTea 6y ago
Text isn't executable in plan 9 but it plays a major role in the design of how you interact with the system. The functionality you describe sounds like a mixture of Acme(1) text editor and the plumber(4) file server. Acme editor allows you to exec highlighted text so long as the highlighted portion is a valid command string. For example: if you wanted the date printed in the Acme window from date(1) all you do is type <date, highlight it, middle click it, and date's stdout is redirected into the editor and the highlighted text is replaced with the output of date. Without the '<', the output would redirect to a new window. You can also put commands into the tag bar and right click them to execute. So when I'm writing plan 9 programs, I put mk into the tag bar of the programs directory and just click mk. Of course Acme works hand in hand with the plumber and you can send plumb messages from Acme too. Right clicking text in Acme plumbs it. The plumber is a really neat program. All it does is listen for messages that are plain old text, tries to match the message to a rule, and that rule has an associated action. You load the rules by simply copying the rule file to the plumber rule file. So for example, you send a url to plumber, it's rule looks for http:// http://, matches it to a rule that says open mothra or netsurf and use the url as an argument and the website open in the browser. If you're inside acme and right click a header file in acme, plumber then just tells acme to open that file (assuming acme is in your rules file for text)
- mst 6y ago
  Do you know of a good video of this in action? I've managed to get a much better handle on smalltalk and slime by watching videos of people using them, but I dunno where to find one for acme (I looked, the ones I found didn't quite help me get my brain around it).
  - mburns 6y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M

ithkuil 6y ago

You can play with a user space port called plan9port (https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/ https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/) where you can run the "plumber" executable, edit your rule file and then just invoke the plumb command with some text and context and have it do things. It also comes with the acme editor and other tools. This way you can have some of the fun of plan9 but keep your modern amenities such as wifi, a browser and whatnot.

MisterTea 6y ago

Text isn't executable in plan 9 but it plays a major role in the design of how you interact with the system. The functionality you describe sounds like a mixture of Acme(1) text editor and the plumber(4) file server. Acme editor allows you to exec highlighted text so long as the highlighted portion is a valid command string. For example: if you wanted the date printed in the Acme window from date(1) all you do is type <date, highlight it, middle click it, and date's stdout is redirected into the editor and the highlighted text is replaced with the output of date. Without the '<', the output would redirect to a new window. You can also put commands into the tag bar and right click them to execute. So when I'm writing plan 9 programs, I put mk into the tag bar of the programs directory and just click mk. Of course Acme works hand in hand with the plumber and you can send plumb messages from Acme too. Right clicking text in Acme plumbs it. The plumber is a really neat program. All it does is listen for messages that are plain old text, tries to match the message to a rule, and that rule has an associated action. You load the rules by simply copying the rule file to the plumber rule file. So for example, you send a url to plumber, it's rule looks for http:// http://, matches it to a rule that says open mothra or netsurf and use the url as an argument and the website open in the browser. If you're inside acme and right click a header file in acme, plumber then just tells acme to open that file (assuming acme is in your rules file for text)

mst 6y ago
Do you know of a good video of this in action? I've managed to get a much better handle on smalltalk and slime by watching videos of people using them, but I dunno where to find one for acme (I looked, the ones I found didn't quite help me get my brain around it).
- mburns 6y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1xVpMPn8M