playground:vps_-_plan9front_-_fn_reply_and_prompt
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function, reply and prompt
| x |  THIS IS A DRAFT |
| x | Tutorial [ ] Guide [x] |
function (fn)
| # | Examples |
|---|---|
| 1. | …“vim” and “emacs” which offer an unmatched degree of customization. |
| a. | fn vim { sam $* } |
| 2. | Grep, but force listing of filename:lineno so you can click on an entry to jump to it in an editor. |
| a. | fn gn { grep -n $* /dev/null } |
| 3. | Tree enumerator (simple “find”) useful for many purposes |
| a. | fn f { du -a $* | sed 's/^.* 1)//g' } ⇐ that whitespace is a tab |
Example #1:
cpu% lc profile.edit
profile.edit
cpu% sam -d profile.edit
-. profile.edit
/fn
fn
fn term%{ $* }
/fn
fn
fn cpu%{ $* }
a
fn vim { sam $* }
.
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profile.edit: #991
q
cpu%
whatis vim:
cpu% whatis vim
fn vim {
sam $*
}
cpu%
reply with selected text
- $home/bin/rc/ireply
#!/bin/rc awk '{ print "> " $0}'
| 1. | select text to include in reply with button 1 |
| 2. | type |ireply in message tag and run with button 2 |
| 3. | run reply in message tag with button 2 |
| 4. | use the button 1,3 chord to paste text into reply |
| 5. | remove Include: line from message and type your reply. |
Start acme to access the mbox.
% acme
| Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol | ||
| Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol | ⇐ Add Mail by typing Mail. |
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| Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol Mail | ⇐ Mouse button 2 press Mail. | |
| Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol Mail | ||
| /mail/fs/mbox Del Snarf : Look Put Mail Delmesg Undelmesg Next | ||
| 2/ | ⇐ An Email messages is here. Mouse button 3 press #2. | |
| 1/ | ||
| /mail/fs/mbox/2/ Del Snarf : Look Reply all Mail Delmesg Save |ireply | ⇐ Add |ireply by typing |ireply. Mouse button 2 press |ireply after highlighting the text (below) to include in the reply, then mouse button 2 press Reply. |
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| From: ne1nb00k@9p.sdf.org | ||
| To: ne1nb00k@9p.sdf.org | ||
| Date: Fri Jun 24 23:06:59 +0000 2022 | ||
| Subject: practice reply | ||
| [blank] | ||
| That was some good neinbook! | ||
| [blank] | ||
| > Some text to reply to | ⇐ This is the text highlighting example area. | |
| [blank] | ||
| Other text | ||
| Other text | ||
prompt
cpu% cp $home/lib/profile $home/lib/profile.bak
| # | Examples |
|---|---|
| 1. | To set your prompt in rc to reflect your current directory add this to your profile. |
| a. | fn cd { builtin cd $* && prompt=(`{pwd}^% '' ) } |
| 2. | If you make frequent use of cpu's -h and -u arguments, this variant keeps track of the host you are connected to, and as which user: |
| a. | prompt = (`{cat /dev/user}^@^`{cat /dev/sysname}^'% ' ' ') |
| b. | fn `{echo $prompt(1) | tr -d ' '} { $* } |
Example #1:
cpu% lc profile.edit
profile.edit
cpu% sam -d profile.edit
-. profile.edit
/fn
fn
fn term%{ $* }
/fn
fn
fn cpu%{ $* }
s/cpu%{ \$\*/cd { builtin cd $* \&\& prompt=(`{pwd}^% '' )
.
fn cd { builtin cd $* && prompt=(`{pwd}^% '' ) }
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profile.edit: #1007
q
cpu%
whatis cd:
cpu% whatis cd
fn cd {
builtin cd $* && prompt=(`{
pwd
}^% '')
}
cpu%
1)
This whitespace is a tab.
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