Re: [9fans] native dis status

[Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@gmx.net>]

I am not aware of anybody working on it. The version on Andrey's site is
slightly older than the one I have. With the latest one you can really play
tetris :) In addition to working mouse and keyboard input, it implements the
Inferno #P device (without debug at the moment) as Plan9 fileserver. So sh
is also working.

When I started my plan was to make dis compatible enough to run charon
without major changes in it, or the wm* code. That would require
implementing at least #P and #s, probably other Inferno devices too. Right
now I am not sure if it is worth the extra work for keeping the
compatibility. It might be easier to implement the (most) #P functionality
as a module, implementing some simpler form of wm on top of rio, and
modifying charon to work with it.

I didn't play with dis for the last six months, and I don't know when I'll
start playing with it again. Probably when I decide which path to take --
implementing Inferno devices as Plan9 fs, or getting rid of the dependency
on them.

Thanks,
	Lucho

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:32:56PM +0100, Patrick Kristiansen said:
> What is the current status of native plan 9 dis?
> Is anybody working on it?
> 
> I have downloaded it and played a little with it. One of the only 
> graphical program I could run was tetris, but I couldn't play because it 
> doesn't respond to pressing keys.
> (No, i'm not only interrested in playing tetris on plan 9, but I would 
> be glad to see charon natively on plan9)