(01-12-2018, 03:08 AM)z3bra Wrote: What I mean by "arbitrary buffer" as already been implemented at least once (I think acme works similarly, albeit not sure). Any bunch of text can be a command, and it's not the system that will tell you (with an error!) wether what you entered is a command or not. You can run "any text" with a single, simple action, and YOU, as the user, decide what is a command , and what isn't.

Yes, that's exactly what acme does. :-)

(01-12-2018, 07:31 AM)twee Wrote: As a result oy this discussion i definitely want to try acme again. although, working mostly on a laptop in various places, i think navigation could be a bit difficult

You might be interested in acme2k, providing additional keybindings for your convenience. You can just build and install it over your existing plan9port.