17 Mar
2025
17 Mar
'25
2:50 p.m.
Hi All.
A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
Warren has put it in the archives:
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:04:55 +1000
From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org>
To: Aharon Robbins <arnold(a)skeeve.com>
Cc: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: MPM macros and code
On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 03:11:47PM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
Thanks Warren!
Arnold
I have the following file:
-rw-r--r-- 1 arnold arnold 100770 Feb 17 2002 mpm.shar
Thanks Arnold, I've just put it here:
https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Typesetting/
Cheers! Warren 
17 Mar
17 Mar
10:18 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600, arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
Hi All.
A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and code
that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
list in 2002.
https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2
Warren has put it in the archives:
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:04:55 +1000
From: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org>
To: Aharon Robbins <arnold(a)skeeve.com>
Cc: Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: MPM macros and code
On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 03:11:47PM +0200, Aharon Robbins wrote:
Thanks Warren!
Arnold
I have the following file:
-rw-r--r-- 1 arnold arnold 100770 Feb 17 2002 mpm.shar
Thanks Arnold, I've just put it here:
https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Applications/Typesetting/
Cheers! Warren 
18 Mar
18 Mar
3:44 a.m.
Jonathan Gray <jsg(a)jsg.id.au> once said:
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600,
arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
This is taken from the second edition of Plan 9:
https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/tree/2e-1995-04-05/sys/src/cmd/pm
https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/blob/2e-1995-04-05/sys/man/6/mpm
Cheers,
Anthony
A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and
code
that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
list in 2002.
https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2
4:56 a.m.
Anthony Martin <ality(a)pbrane.org> wrote:
Jonathan Gray <jsg(a)jsg.id.au> once said:
Yes, my bad. I have gotten many things like this from BWK, so I
assumed.
In any case, enjoy.
Arnold
On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:50:36AM -0600,
arnold(a)skeeve.com wrote:
This is taken from the second edition of Plan 9:
https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/tree/2e-1995-04-05/sys/src/cmd/pm
https://github.com/plan9foundation/plan9/blob/2e-1995-04-05/sys/man/6/mpm
Cheers,
Anthony A while back I found a copy of the MPM macros and
code
that I undoubtedly got from Brian Kernighan.
From the headers in mpm.shar, this is what Rob Pike posted to the 9fans
list in 2002.
https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558829312191&w=2
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