Editing Sam (text editor) (section)

==Endorsers==
Sam is the preferred text editor of several eminent programmers. It was the first full screen editor [[Ken Thompson (computer programmer)|Ken Thompson]] liked.<ref>[https://interviews.slashdot.org/story/04/10/18/1153211/rob-pike-responds Interview:Rob Pike Responds], Posted by Roblimo on Monday October 18, 2004, Slashdot</ref> Sam is the text editor used by [[Bjarne Stroustrup]],<ref>{{cite interview |last=Rzeszótko |first=Jarosław |date=2006-10-16 |title=Stiff asks, great programmers answer |work=Stifflog |url=http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks-great-programmers-answer |access-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005145715/http://www.stifflog.com/2006/10/16/stiff-asks-great-programmers-answer |archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> [[Brian Kernighan]],<ref>{{cite interview |last=Kernighan |first=Brian |date=July 2000 |title=An Interview with Brian Kernighan |interviewer=Budiu, Mihai |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/kernighan-interview/ |accessdate=2008-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF2-vcp1Te0&feature=youtu.be&t=44 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/EF2-vcp1Te0| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Brian Kernighan's Programming Setup {{!}} Lex Fridman|date=19 July 2020|last=Fridman|first=Lex|type=|language=|publisher=YouTube|time=44 seconds|access-date=2020-10-03}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Douglas McIlroy]] and [[Tom Duff]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Others, like [[Dennis Ritchie]], [[Rob Pike]] and Russ Cox, have transitioned to [[acme (text editor)|acme]], an editor with the same command language as sam, but with an assortment of additional features, including [[mouse chording]] and automatic tiling of opened files.

The latest version of sam was written as part of the Plan 9 operating system, but there are [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]] and [[X Window System]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://github.com/deadpixi/sam | title=Deadpixi/Sam | website=[[GitHub]] | date=17 May 2022 }}</ref> ports available.