Quote: programmable control of Acme through predefined files for each window: body text, tag text, character address, data at address, control, and events

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Acme offers a programmable interface to other programs … [Acme] associates each window with a directory [of] … 6 files: '/mnt/acme/27/addr/, 'body', 'ctl', 'data', 'event', and … [body and tag text]. … The 'addr' file is written to set a … [or selection (in Sam notation)] … the 'data' file may then be read to … The control file, 'ctl', may be written with … [or read to retrieve status information].   Google-1   Google-2

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