Re: [9fans] suggestion : new service targets for plan9

[ori@eigenstate.org]

Quoth ibrahim via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>:
> 1) Define new service targets kiosk and desktop
> (Currently I do this in init or /user/.../lib/profile.
> This makes it possible for a user to start an
> alternative window manager or even a single applicaton
> (kiosk service) with a modern look and feel.

It'd probably make sense to generalize: 'service=foo'
in plan9.ini could run /bin/^$foo^rc.

> 2) Define a layer between vga and devdraw perhaps
> vgafb which improves the performance for frame
> buffer rendered window managers. 

Why would another layer be help?

Libmemdraw is not very fast, and profiling+optimization
will be needed to solve that, but I'm not sure what an
additional layer is supposed to do there.

> 3) Define events for mouse, keyboard, touchpad,
> windows which is based on notes managed by light
> threads inside the client app. 

Sure.  It fits -- same place as kbdfs -- but someone
needs to come up with the event encoding, write the
'touchfs', and implement the readers that toss events
down channels.

Nothing insurmountable, just needs someone who cares
about it to roll up their sleeves and write code.


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