From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <80B3B27C-C0BA-47D6-BC54-96F349FA9E1E@fastmail.fm> From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <9jbh97xjn4.ln2@news.homelinux.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:11:52 +0100 References: , <17291D00-8580-474A-B398-8DCE626A9042@fastmail.fm> <9jbh97xjn4.ln2@news.homelinux.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx patch to read environment var PLAN9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 01aa6a06-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 15 Apr 2010, at 09:44, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote: > On 04/14/2010 09:55 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: >> >> On 13 Apr 2010, at 06:20, EBo wrote: >> >>> Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> said: >>> >>>>> but both >>>>> of the hard-coded paths in 9vx main.c are obviously in RSC's home >>>>> directories >>>> >>>> it's not hardcoded; >>> >>> What? The findroot code reads: >>> >>> static char* >>> findroot(void) >>> { >>> static char cwd[1024]; >>> int i; >>> char buf[1024]; >>> char *dir[] = { >>> cwd, >> >> I don't usually like to say "why bother", but given 9vx could be >> launched with the appropriate parameter from a 2 line shell script >> (including the #!), why are you even debating this? > > > Just to add more complications ;) Did you choose the word "complications" because in watchmaking it denotes extra (and often near-pointless) features? :D In the minute space within a wristwatch complications are wonderful things, particularly when the whole watch is mechanical, but in a computer... A computer is a working machine, a mechanical wristwatch today is first and foremost art. Speaking of watches, I can't resist sharing these for those who have time to waste: http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/hodinkee-shares-baselworld-videos-of.html http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/rebellion-t-1000-vertical-roller.html http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2010/03/4n-mvt01-four-numbers-disc-watch-by.html I wonder if anything is signified by the seeming inability of the watchmaking fraternity to make a simple website? MB&F are about the most seminal group in the field, but they use flash for a very simple menu: http://www.mbandf.com/ > > -- > Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 > Anu'z Linux@HOME (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, > 259192 > Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/ > XP > Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/ > -- Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. -- Alan Perlis