Software

Here's some of my favorite software. It was written at the Labs.
  • My favorite editor for programming is sam. Rob Pike's minimalist design makes much saner use of the mouse than I've seen anywhere else. Sam has been released: Sean Quinlan did an excellent job on the Windows 95 version. There is also an X version available.
    I have a version slightly adapted to work on Fedora Core 4 at linux-sam.tgz. Just compile and install. The fonts are here in p9snf.tgz. Unpack this directory into /usr/local/lib.
  • 9term is an X version of a Plan 9 window by Bob Flandrena. It is easy to learn, and much better than stuff like xterm.
  • Here is a clever replacement for getopt. Less is more. Here is a sample.
  • Finally, here is the longest BASIC program I ever wrote. It was written one week in June, 1974. Some modifications were made by Rich Conway. Note: it is Y2K compliant.

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