Acme: A User Interface for Programmers

[Nikitopoulos Theodoros <s92035@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear folks,

I have used Jessie for a while. As it's still in an early 
development cycle I would like to mention Acme, a user 
interface for programmers originally implemented by Rob Pike.
As it is mentioned in a related paper ...

``The usual typescript style of interaction with Unix and its
relatives is an old one. The typescript­an intermingling of
textual commands and their output­originates with the scrolls
of paper on teletypes. The advent of windowed terminals has
given each user what amounts to an array of teletypes, a limited
and unimaginative use of the powers of bitmap displays and mice.
Systems like the Macintosh that do involve the mouse as an integral
part of the interaction are geared towards general users, not 
experts, and certainly not programmers. Software developers,
at least on time-sharing systems, have been left behind''.
               ( http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/doc/acme.html )

Although, Acme supposed to consist as an internal part of Plan 9
(a Bell Labs operating system designed in the early 90's) this 
specific project seems to be discontinued nowadays. Maybe Jessie 
could benefit by their design in some of its aspects. 

Regards,
Theodore.