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the implementation probably is fairly easy, and i suspect
that's all that russ referred to.  knowing what to implement
is another matter entirely, and that's probably why it hasn't
been done.


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rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com (Russ Cox) writes:

> But since the interface is entirely separate, it would be easy to
> write interactive support for the terminal (a la screens), without
> shells and other programs needing to know.

"It would be easy to..." is always a weak argument.  Blind people are
here today, using GNU/Linux systems with alacrity.  Why is a suitable
Plan 9 interface not available, if it's so easy?  I suspect it would
actually take a bit of work.

Thomas
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