On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:30:06 -0700 Chris Brannon wrote: > Wow, that is some awesome work! It's a GUI for edbrowse! > Do you run Plan 9 natively? The latest edbrowse will probably never > run there, but I think the Perl version might. There used to be a > Perl port for Plan 9, so I'm guessing that your little setup might > work natively with the old edbrowse 1.5 release.
I don't use Plan9 natively. plan9port, which I linked in a previous message provides the userland from Plan9 for unix-like systems, so you can run acme on Linux (as I do). Beside Plan9 doesn't have C++ compiler, so mozjs won't happen there. My script uses acmeevent script provided by plan9port, on Plan9 itself it would be a bit different. Even more, I'm not a regular acme user. Acmebrowse is written in rc shell, tool from Plan9 I like the most so far. I'm not sure how Algol-like syntax of bourne shell compares to C-like syntax (which rc uses), when accessed via a screen reader, but I think some users of edbrowse could enjoy rc. Rc avoids a mess of escaping strings/variables common in /bin/sh. This on top of other things makes scripts very clear and readable, which you could see/hear in my previous message I guess. It is very small, even compared to /bin/sh, especially documentation wise. Paper describing rc is available online [1], man page is also useful [2]. Rc can be obtained via smaller packaging [3]. I hope such an advertisement isn't too aggressive. Acmebrowse is still evolving as I tune it to my needs. I'm open to feedback/criticism. [1] http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/rc.html [2] http://swtch.com/plan9port/man/man1/rc.html [3] http://tools.suckless.org/9base -- Paul Onyschuk _______________________________________________ Edbrowse-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-brannons.com/mailman/listinfo/edbrowse-dev
