> if you need VT in order to run your editor you could edit the file remotely > from plan9. To do this either run u9fs on the linux box, or pick up > sftpfs from contrib and use ssh. You can then import your linux boxes > namespace from plan9 (by convention put the magic in the 9fs script so its > easy to do).
I've been using this for some time. > now you can edit files and run normal command line tools on plan9, and you > only > need to use your ssh session to start programs. this (in my case at least) > means I > no longer need vt and just use a rio window, so all the features of rio work > in the linx windows as elsewhere. > > beware, bash can do some strange things to its output as you cut and paste > long lines to it. > I usually run either a Bourne shell or Byron's rc(1) for Unix for sanity's > sake. well, this doesn't work for me, even when using just 'rc' (i.e. not bash). When not using 'vt' I get CR printed at the end of each line, I can't read man pages, etc. Even though your approach allows me to use a mouse for e.g. copying, mentioned cons are just too serious. Ruda
