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From: Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] nix at lsub
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:49:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <11D0F57A-DBC7-435F-9C25-BF5091A9F8C5@lsub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201204181545.q3IFj1lL031728@freefriends.org>

Is it exported as files?

I thought I knew Qt, but, if it provides a file interface, I missed that.

On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:45 PM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

> Hi.
>
>> To make it explicit, the plan I have is to
>> throw away o/live and o/mero and write something native for
>> macos, linux, and perhaps ios such that the UI widgets are abstract
>> and handled in a similar way they are handled in o/live.
>>
>> Only that they'd be native widgets with the look of the native system
>> (that's not to say you can't implement an editable text-pannel with
>> the mouse language we all love).
>
> Qt already provides this (and much more). It means working in C++ (which is
> either a bug or a feature, depending upon how you look at it).
>
> I have used Qt and find it well designed and pleasant to use, but many
> 9fans might find such a thougt to be heretical.
>
>> Also, as Forsyth points out, the set of widgets has to be rethought, e.g.,
>> there should be a web widget.
>
> I think Qt even has that.
>
>> Then it's a matter of using those files from inferno, and remote systems.
>>
>> But, as I said, I don't have a single line of code yet for all of this.
>
> It sounds like interesting work!  Good luck!
>
> Arnold




  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-18 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-18 15:45 arnold
2012-04-18 15:49 ` Francisco J Ballesteros [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-04-18 18:05 arnold
2012-04-19  1:37 ` hiro
2012-04-19  4:15   ` Jeff Sickel
2012-04-19  8:10     ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-19  8:16       ` Joseph Stewart
2012-04-19  8:46         ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-19 10:03           ` Bakul Shah
2012-04-19 10:32             ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-19 16:36               ` Bakul Shah
2012-04-19 15:50 ` ComeauAt9Fans@gmail.com
2012-04-19 16:11   ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-19 17:09     ` ComeauAt9Fans@gmail.com
2012-04-19 17:56       ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-19 18:05         ` Comeau At9Fans
2012-04-19 18:23           ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-19 18:27           ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-18 16:09 arnold
2012-04-18 16:18 ` Nemo
2012-04-18 16:28   ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-18 16:35     ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2012-04-18 17:43 ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-14 21:02 Nemo
2012-04-15 13:45 ` David Leimbach
2012-04-16 10:47 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2012-04-16 11:02   ` Noah Evans
2012-04-16 17:23     ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2012-04-16 17:32       ` Noah Evans
2012-04-16 17:42         ` Noah Evans
2012-04-16 17:44         ` ron minnich
2012-04-16 20:53         ` Andrés Domínguez
     [not found]     ` <CAEAzY380ECzLQJCbNaK=QiYE6vzQpqTW3ZoakzW7EJ-WajptHg@mail.gmail.c>
2012-04-16 17:54       ` sl
2012-04-16 13:22   ` Christoph Lohmann
2012-04-16 18:04     ` Lucio De Re
2012-04-17  2:16 ` kokamoto
2012-04-17  5:53   ` andy zerger
2012-04-17  5:54     ` andy zerger
2012-04-17  7:17   ` Nemo
2012-04-17  8:41     ` kokamoto
2012-04-17  8:51       ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2012-04-17 12:22       ` Tristan
2012-04-17 18:56       ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-17 19:13         ` Nemo
     [not found]         ` <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
2012-04-18  0:26           ` kokamoto
2012-04-18  4:07             ` John Floren
2012-04-18  4:12               ` John Floren
2012-04-18  7:54             ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2012-04-18 12:27               ` Charles Forsyth
2012-04-18 12:35                 ` Francisco J Ballesteros

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