From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:10:16 -0700 From: Ori Bernstein To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-Id: <20190415141016.ad205f498cbaa99cd1ddbd63@eigenstate.org> In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Marshall Conover Subject: Re: [9fans] UI design | enhancements. Topicbox-Message-UUID: fa5e8f58-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:59:12 -0400 Marshall Conover wrote: > For example, I feel super squished on a single screen, but I've come to > dislike the awkwardness of switching between multiple 'workspaces' or > working with tiling wms. So I'm playing around with rio at the moment to > see if adding a 'panning' effect, where you treat the desktop as an > infinitely-scrollable table and allow the user to 'pan' around the table, > could be a natural approach to feeling less squished. It may end up being > even more awkward and painful, but it may also end up being something I'm > left wanting for in modern DEs - that could be an attraction to 9. >>From man 3 vga: panning mode Depending on whether mode is on or off, enable or dis- able panning in a virtual screen. If panning is on and the screen's size is larger than its actualsize, the displayed portion of the screen will pan to follow the mouse. Setting the panning mode after the first attach of the #i driver has no effect. -- Ori Bernstein