[9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing

[9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing

[Marshall Conover]

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Hi all!

As an awful person, I hacked rio's data.c to support backgrounds. Because
the default code took a 1-by-1 pixel grey image and tiled it, I just shoved
a line in there to load an image file instead using readimage(). (Hacked
really is the appropriate word here.)

My question is, would the plan9 approach to this (assuming this were a plan
9 thing to do in the first place) be to add a command line argument to rio
that lets the user specify a file, or would it be to present some file
somewhere the user can write a background to? E.g., `cat
/usr/glenda/backgrounds/bg.bit > /rio/bg`.

If there are any papers or man pages that'd be good to read for this
question, I'd appreciate a finger in that direction.

Thanks!

mars

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Re: [9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing

[Erik Quanstrom]

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Re: [9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing

[hiro]

 no, the plan 9 way is to apply for a grant first, that would support
such endeavor

On 9/29/16, Erik Quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> a plan 9 thing would be to use /usr/$user/lib/acmebg and call it a day.
>
>
> On Sep 28, 2016 4:07 PM, Marshall Conover <marzhall.o@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> As an awful person, I hacked rio's data.c to support backgrounds. Because
>> the default code took a 1-by-1 pixel grey image and tiled it, I just
>> shoved a line in there to load an image file instead using readimage().
>> (Hacked really is the appropriate word here.)
>>
>> My question is, would the plan9 approach to this (assuming this were a
>> plan 9 thing to do in the first place) be to add a command line argument
>> to rio that lets the user specify a file, or would it be to present some
>> file somewhere the user can write a background to? E.g., `cat
>> /usr/glenda/backgrounds/bg.bit > /rio/bg`.
>>
>> If there are any papers or man pages that'd be good to read for this
>> question, I'd appreciate a finger in that direction.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> mars
>
>
>

Re: [9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing

[Harri Haataja]

I thought it would be to make an XML file describing red and yellow
polkadot that is compiled in to the source because research says
that is the the background that most increases productivity.

If anyone wants to change it they're free to go edit the code and rebuild.

On 29 September 2016 at 10:48, hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>  no, the plan 9 way is to apply for a grant first, that would support
> such endeavor
>
> On 9/29/16, Erik Quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> a plan 9 thing would be to use /usr/$user/lib/acmebg and call it a day.
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2016 4:07 PM, Marshall Conover <marzhall.o@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> As an awful person, I hacked rio's data.c to support backgrounds. Because
>>> the default code took a 1-by-1 pixel grey image and tiled it, I just
>>> shoved a line in there to load an image file instead using readimage().
>>> (Hacked really is the appropriate word here.)
>>>
>>> My question is, would the plan9 approach to this (assuming this were a
>>> plan 9 thing to do in the first place) be to add a command line argument
>>> to rio that lets the user specify a file, or would it be to present some
>>> file somewhere the user can write a background to? E.g., `cat
>>> /usr/glenda/backgrounds/bg.bit > /rio/bg`.
>>>
>>> If there are any papers or man pages that'd be good to read for this
>>> question, I'd appreciate a finger in that direction.

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