On Wed Mar 4 09:12:08 EST 2009, uai...@gmail.com wrote: > While learning some of acme's basic commands I was also shocked by > this, and I agree with Ruda that executing a Put with a non-existent > file (e.g. '/home/ruda/a' ;-) should save the contents of the window > in that file.
this isn't true. if you click on New and then type something for a filename you will notice that the tag line box becomes filled and then click on Put, the file *will* be saved, even if the file does not exist. if on the other hand you try to modify the name of a directory listing frame, the tag line box is not filled. this is a hint that you're doing something wrong. also there is no Put option. this is a bigger hint that you're doing something wrong. the reason that directories behave differently is that in acme programs are allowed to take over a window. while the directory listing is built in, it operates on the same principle, and it does not make sense to write a directory through acme's interface. - erik
