Re: [dev] Experimental editor

Yoshi Rokuko <yoshi <at> rokuko.net> wrote:

>
> if an application needs more windows these windows should be managed
> by the window manager - usually starting multiple instances is
> enough, so imho using something like :sp in vim from inside X is
> stupid.
>
> fullscreen is for me not the point in [2] you can hit alt+m in dwm and
> get a fullscreen vim or something - the padding is the point here, it
> makes text much more readable.
>
> best regards, yoshi
>

It has been discussed before[1]. With Sam regexps, own window manager
can be handy. Some quotes:

Russ Cox <rsc <at> swtch.com> wrote:

>
> The die hard sam users would disagree vehemently with you.
> The nice thing about sam is that it's one window, not many,
> making it comfortable to edit a 30-file project without getting
> caught up in managing windows.
>

Erik Quanstrom <quanstro <at> quanstro.net> wrote:

>
> back when i was doing distributed search, i'd have sam running for
> months with 200 files in the menu.
>

This can sound like fairy tale for many ;)

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.os.plan9.general/26178/

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