Re: [9fans] X on Plan 9

[bob <jokerx12@allshak.com>]

Is it possible to put inferno's GUI into Plan9 intead of using X. I would
love to see windows created limbo
it is so cool. Plan9 +limbo = superb. just like sun solaris with java and
stuffs like that..

<anothy@cosym.net> wrote in message
news:20010418225620.CE096199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu...
> the APE paper (i think) mentions that APE has been used to
> build X11 on Plan 9, but that it's not included in the
> distribution because it's too much work to maintain. i
> imagine the presence of the very good vnc client also helps
> negate the need for X for most people.
>
> however, shame me as it does to admit it, i'd still find a
> local X server very useful. there are about a half-dozen X
> programs i find useful, and i'm not up to porting them all
> the Plan 9's /dev/draw.
>
> so... understanding that it's totally unsupported... can
> whoever did the work in the Labs either share whatever
> changes were made? i assume that, at least, X had to be told
> how to talk to /dev/draw. i suspect various things also
> needed to be done to convince it to 'configure' properly.
>
> if nobody has any info, i'm going to give it a shot myself,
> but X is an intimidating (read: freakin' huge!) body of
> crap^Wcode, and i'd rather not duplicate work someone else's
> already done.
> -.