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From: steve_kilbane@ceg... steve_kilbane@ceg...
Subject: [9fans] using sam
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 09:41:30 +0100

On 24/08/98 20:35:18 Digby Tarvin  wrote:

> Anyone know of any other Plan9 utilities that are available
> for Unix systems? (other than sam, 9term, 9wm and rc?).

Arnold Robbins produced 9menu, which presents menus that exec
commands/scripts in the same style as 8.5/9wm.

Not strictly Plan 9, there is the es shell which adds closures, lexical
scoping, function spoofing, extensibility, etc.

> The mk docs mention Unix compatibility, but I havn't
> come across a Unix version.
I did enquire about mk's availability some years ago; prices were quoted. I
can't find the original discussions (been through too many mailer changes
since then), and as forsyth says, the situation has changed since then.

steve