<s>
Acme	B-Application
is	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
graphical	O
shell	B-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
Plan	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
from	I-Operating_System
Bell	I-Operating_System
Labs	I-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
designed	O
and	O
implemented	O
by	O
Rob	O
Pike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
Sam	B-Application
command	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
Oberon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
different	O
from	O
other	O
editing	O
environments	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
9P	B-Operating_System
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
distinctive	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
mouse	O
chording	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acme	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
mail	B-Protocol
and	O
news	B-Protocol
reader	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
frontend	O
to	O
wikifs	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	O
are	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
external	O
components	O
interacting	O
with	O
acme	B-Application
through	O
its	O
file	O
system	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Pike	O
has	O
mentioned	O
that	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Acme	B-Application
"	O
was	O
suggested	O
to	O
him	O
by	O
Penn	O
Jillette	O
of	O
Penn	O
&	O
Teller	O
during	O
a	O
movie	O
night	O
at	O
Times	O
Square	O
when	O
he	O
asked	O
for	O
a	O
suitable	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
that	O
does	O
"	O
everything	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
Inferno	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
is	O
part	O
of	O
Inferno	B-Operating_System
's	O
default	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inferno	B-Operating_System
can	O
run	O
as	O
an	O
application	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
allowing	O
Inferno	B-Operating_System
's	O
port	O
of	O
acme	B-Application
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
most	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
called	O
acme	B-Application
:	O
stand	O
alone	O
complex	O
intends	O
to	O
make	O
acme	B-Application
run	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
application	O
on	O
the	O
host	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
working	O
port	O
of	O
acme	B-Application
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
is	O
included	O
in	O
Plan	B-Application
9	I-Application
from	I-Application
User	I-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
various	O
ported	O
programs	O
from	O
Plan	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
tested	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
:	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
and	O
SunOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
