From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Harri Haataja Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:54:18 +0300 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] The correct way to do an incorrect thing Topicbox-Message-UUID: a12024ce-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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 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 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. -- I appear to be temporarily using gmail's horrible interface. I apologise for any failure in my part in trying to make it do the right thing with post formatting.