[9fans] copy/paste between osx and plan9 running in parallels

[9fans] copy/paste between osx and plan9 running in parallels

[andrey mirtchovski]

i'm using parallels more and more often nowadays to run Plan 9. one of
the things that annoy me is the inability to copy/paste between the
hosted plan9 and the hosting osx. i couldn't find a solution anywhere
so i wrote a file server that exports the osx snarf buffer to the
parallels network via 9p. this fs serves a single file, "snarf", which
is mounted before /dev/snarf just before rio is run. you can guess
what happens when you write to and from it.

more explanation and source can be found here:

http://mirtchovski.com/p9/osxsnarf/

here's how my lib/profile looks in the "terminal" section (my
parallels machine is called "parr"):

	if(~ $sysname parr) {
		# under parallels try to import OSX's
		# snarf buffer served by osxsnarf
		srv tcp!10.1.0.2!18001 snarf
		mount -b /srv/snarf /dev
	}

yes, i did use osxsnarf to copy the above text in rio and paste it in osx.

Re: [9fans] copy/paste between osx and plan9 running in parallels

[Kris Maglione]

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On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 11:42:19AM -0600, andrey mirtchovski wrote:
> i'm using parallels more and more often nowadays to run Plan 9. one of
> the things that annoy me is the inability to copy/paste between the
> hosted plan9 and the hosting osx. i couldn't find a solution anywhere
> so i wrote a file server that exports the osx snarf buffer to the
> parallels network via 9p. this fs serves a single file, "snarf", which
> is mounted before /dev/snarf just before rio is run. you can guess
> what happens when you write to and from it.

I don't use OS X, but I generally use Inferno to export #^ and #U* for 
things like that. It's incredibly convenient.

-- 
Kris Maglione

The spot you are scrubbing on glassware is always on
the other side.

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