From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:00:20 +0200 From: Sergey Reva Message-ID: <524446187.20050217220020@mail.ru> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Evolving rio / GUI development In-Reply-To: References: <1073199218.20050217075014@mail.ru> <1618372765.20050217191550@mail.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0bb5a110-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 TL> how about no new gui TL> the old one ain't smellin' yet What you mean in term 'GUI'? Yes, with large monitors we can forget about window switching, but now most of Plan 9 programs have only console version! When you want create application with buttons, entryes, list boxes you need draw it by self... RM> With multiple desktops, as much as I like rio, I find it easier to use RM> flwm and swap around with CTRL-F[1234] etc. See! People need advanced window manager! AM> with rio i can sit behind somebody else's terminal and use it without AM> having to read a 100-page manual on their key bindings, virtual AM> displays configuration, focus behaviour and menu buttons. Show at least one GUI which need 100 page manual... most of it have intuitive interface, and 'rio' too. -- http://rs-rlab.narod.ru mailto:rs_rlab@mail.ru