From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <9e4cc7ddc13c96197b7401485a43bd88@caldo.demon.co.uk> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] color of window border From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: <87k77pu9gt.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-acfsesehrrulvoqqtiaycgmsgf" Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 01:24:47 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 59736f62-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-acfsesehrrulvoqqtiaycgmsgf Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i suspect he was talking about also modifying the CODE of an X11 window manager. flipping is right. --upas-acfsesehrrulvoqqtiaycgmsgf Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1A4U4i-0006Zd-BV; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:38:36 +0000 Received: from [130.203.4.6] (helo=mail.cse.psu.edu) by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 1A4U4i-0006Zd-BV for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:38:36 +0000 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id D1AE919C55; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:38:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.8.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id F3BD519C67; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:38:08 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id C5EDB19C58; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:37:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rgristroph-austin.ath.cx (cs24356-14.austin.rr.com [24.243.56.14]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 3AB6619B71 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:36:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rgr by rgristroph-austin.ath.cx with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A4UBG-0000e9-00; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:45:22 -0500 From: rgr@sdf.lonestar.org (Rob Ristroph) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] color of window border References: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87k77pu9gt.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx> Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: rgr@sdf.lonestar.org List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: 30 Sep 2003 18:45:22 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) >>>>> "ron" == ron minnich writes: ron> looking at that beautiful rio code, seems like it ought to be ron> easy. And the true fun is, it is so easy to muck around with rio ron> and then test it in a rio window ... compare that to trying to ron> tweak ANYTHING in an X desktop manager. ron> ron> ron You mean the pain and torment of flipping back to the console to type "startx -- :2" and test X without losing your current window state, as compared to the ease and simplicity of doing right button down, select new, sweep open new window, and typing "rio" ? --Rob --upas-acfsesehrrulvoqqtiaycgmsgf--