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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:54:58 -0400
From: john@csplan9.rit.edu
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Subject: [9fans] rio with virtuals
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I spent a couple hours this afternoon reading rio source and hacking
it to do virtual desktops.  /n/sources/contrib/john/rio-virtual.tgz
contains the files from /sys/src/cmd/rio with my changes made.  At
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.  I don't really give a damn
if you think this is Against The Plan 9 Way.  Personally, 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