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From: cigar562hfsp952fans@icebubble.org
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 applying to GSoC
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:16:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8635keal1r.fsf@cmarib.ramside> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <98804c9e-140d-4a3f-9446-bc5c152119ba@sirjofri.de> (sirjofri's message of "Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:00:37 +0000 (UTC)")

sirjofri <sirjofri+ml-9fans@sirjofri.de> writes:

> (3) A high-level filesystem interface for UI widgets. Many modern UI
> layouts can be described as a hierarchy of containers. The UI
> filesystem would start as an empty window, which is reflected by an
> empty filesystem. The user could create widget containers (hbox, vbox)
> by creating directories and files, as well as input boxes, buttons and
> more by creating files. The hierarchy would directly reflect the drawn
> window. The user can listen to files for button interaction and write
> text to labels etc..

Ballastero(sp?) and lsub's Octopus (Omero?  O-something) does something
like this.  With it, you can tar/untar a Tk UI from one system to
another.  IIRC, it was implemented with Inferno.  Since I is similiar to
9, it probably wouldn't be too hard to port.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-19 16:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-18 20:03 [9fans] " Anthony Sorace
2022-02-18 22:43 ` [9fans] " adventuresin9
2022-02-19  0:19   ` hiro
2022-02-19  3:56     ` adventuresin9
2022-02-19 10:21 ` [9fans] " Lucio De Re
2022-02-19 11:00 ` sirjofri
2022-02-19 16:16   ` cigar562hfsp952fans [this message]
2022-02-19 17:18     ` [9fans] " Marshall Conover
2022-02-19 18:06       ` [9fans] Omero/UI filesystem (was: Plan 9 applying to GSoC) sirjofri
2022-02-20 17:45 ` [9fans] Plan 9 applying to GSoC ori

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