finally got these working
diff --git "a/bin/\"" "b/bin/\""
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d7f7ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/bin/\""
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/local/plan9/bin/rc
+
+fn text {
+ if(~ $winid [0-9]*)
+ 9p read acme/$winid/body
+ if not if(~ $text9term unix!*)
+ dial -e $text9term </dev/null
+ if not
+ status=''
+}
+
+PROMPT='[^ ]*[%;$#][ ]+'
+
+fn cmds {
+ text | 9grep '^'$PROMPT'[^"]' | sed 's/^/ /'
+}
+
+switch($#*) {
+case 0
+ cmds | tail -1
+case *
+ cmds | 9grep '^ '$PROMPT^$"* | {echo; cat} |
+ pr -t -n | sort -nr | sort -u +1 | sort -n |
+ 9sed 's/^ *[0-9]+ //' | grep .
+}
+
+# the silly {echo; cat} gets around pr printing "empty file" when
+# presented with no input.
+
