From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5bb5eb6954cf188a69c95db80aff77b2@csplan9.rit.edu> References: <5bb5eb6954cf188a69c95db80aff77b2@csplan9.rit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:00:31 -0400 Message-ID: <3aaafc130906151600q4b1385bao8ee541f8f127af4c@mail.gmail.com> From: "J.R. Mauro" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] rio with virtuals Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0b1883f8-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 p9p rio has virtuals, too. I would tell you to look at the source for more inspiration, but I don't really want to be a comedian. How does one switch desktops? Can/did you implement scrolling on a gray bit to switch? Extending the fs? On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:54 PM, wrote: > I spent a couple hours this afternoon reading rio source and hacking > it to do virtual desktops. =A0/n/sources/contrib/john/rio-virtual.tgz > contains the files from /sys/src/cmd/rio with my changes made. =A0At > this time, there is no support for specifying the number of virtuals, > because I'm lazy--you get six and you will ENJOY IT. > > Let me know if you try it and find bugs. =A0I don't really give a damn > if you think this is Against The Plan 9 Way. =A0Personally, the exercise > gave me a better appreciation for the simplicity of Plan 9 software--I > was able to take a piece of software I'd never looked at before, read > the code a bit, and put in some new functionality within an hour or > two. > > > John > > >