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From: David Tolpin <dvd@davidashen.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] indenting source?
Date: Tue,  2 Mar 2004 14:56:38 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200403021056.i22AucHA072428@adat.davidashen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ed10c6e2fa7d22bd0e90b2b6421d357@proxima.alt.za>

> > Thank you, I did not realize that. So I can launch a Plan 9 based 'kiosk'
> > with Acme as its only interface?
> > 
> > Great. That's what I need.
>
> Sure, but don't expect it to act as a prison.  It is only a little
> less powerful than rio (as regards graphics) and has its own powerful
> features.  But maybe by "kiosk" you intend something less conventional
> than a restricting environment?

I did not mean restricting, 'kiosk' was the wrong word. I need to
establish a workplace for a particular workflow; instead of providing
a conventional environment, I would prefer to go with acme (I did
similar thing with Oberon and it was very successful, except for
some limitations of the underlying system). 


  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-02 10:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-01 20:27 David Tolpin
2004-03-01 20:37 ` andrey mirtchovski
2004-03-01 20:46   ` David Tolpin
2004-03-01 20:52 ` rog
2004-03-02  2:13 ` boyd, rounin
2004-03-02  6:00   ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02  9:06     ` Rob Pike
2004-03-02  9:19       ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02  9:26         ` David Presotto
2004-03-02  9:30           ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02 10:10             ` lucio
2004-03-02 10:56               ` David Tolpin [this message]
2004-03-02  9:31           ` Charles Forsyth
2004-03-02  9:31             ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02  9:43               ` Charles Forsyth
2004-03-02  9:44                 ` David Presotto
2004-03-02  9:45                 ` Geoff Collyer
2004-03-02  9:50                   ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02 10:00                     ` Geoff Collyer
2004-03-02 10:05                       ` David Tolpin
2004-03-02 10:36                         ` Geoff Collyer
2004-03-02 16:34                         ` boyd, rounin
2004-03-02 16:44                           ` Richard Miller
2004-03-02 16:05     ` boyd, rounin
2004-03-02  9:36 ` Douglas A. Gwyn

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