From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <53295712.1050505@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:46:54 +0100 Message-ID: From: "Peter A. Cejchan" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1136989abc796504f4f5e211 Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC proposal: Alternative window system Topicbox-Message-UUID: cbea2b7e-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a1136989abc796504f4f5e211 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It would be nice to have something like old Oberon OS had; I think acme was inspired in part by it (I may be wrong). Some time ago, I had some ideas on windowing design; were anyone interested, they're here: http/www.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/newUI.pdf http/www.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/newUI+page.pdf http/www.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/newUI+page-fullscreen.pdf Best regards, Peter. On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Shane Morris wrot= e: > Cohesive compilation of hacks? > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Bence F=C3=A1bi=C3=A1n wrote: > >> We already have a lot of hacks to make rio tiling. >> In my opinion the most interesting/worthwhile >> projects mentioned on that wiki is to make things >> touchscreen friendly. >> >> >> 2014-03-19 9:36 GMT+01:00 Caleb Malchik : >> >> Greetings, >>> >>> I am a student interested in participating in GSoC under Plan 9. My >>> project would involve writing a new window manager as an alternative to= rio: >>> >>> http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/alternative_ >>> window_system/index.html >>> >>> I thought I'd say a few words informally as my proposal is not yet read= y >>> for upload, and it would be good to get some feedback in the remaining = days >>> before the deadline. >>> >>> I have experience with C and Linux, but plan9port is the extent of my >>> first-hand experience with Plan 9. I've read some of the papers and oth= er >>> resources and I am intrigued by the ideas behind Plan 9 and the clean >>> implementation of those ideas. I intend to start using Plan 9 natively = or >>> in a VM soon, and I am confident I could get comfortable with the >>> environment before the start of the summer. >>> >>> For my project, I would build a tiling window manager similar to dwm >>> (what I use on Linux). I think a dwm-style interface that could be >>> controlled from the keyboard would provide a nice contrast to what we >>> already have with rio, and as we see from dwm the implementation of suc= h an >>> interface needn't be complex. Development would involve modifying the r= io >>> source code to implement the basic functions of a >>> tiling/keyboard-controlled window manager one by one. >>> >>> Let me know if this sounds like a good summer-sized project for someone >>> who is not yet well acquainted with Plan 9. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Caleb Malchik >>> >>> >> > --001a1136989abc796504f4f5e211 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It would be nice to have something like old Oberon OS= had; I think acme was inspired in part by it (I may be wrong).
So= me time ago, I had some ideas on windowing design;=C2=A0 were anyone intere= sted, they're here:
http/www.gli= .cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/newUI.pdf
http/www.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9= /newUI+page.pdf
http/www.gli.cas.cz/home/cejchan/plan9/newUI+page-fullscreen.pdf
Best regards,
Peter.


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.co= m> wrote:
Cohesive compilation of hacks?
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Bence F=C3=A1bi=C3=A1n <begnoc@gmail.= com> wrote:
We already have a lot of ha= cks to make rio tiling.
In my opinion the most interesting/worthwhile projects mentioned on that wiki is to make things
touchscreen friendly.


2014-03-19 9:36 GMT+01:00 Caleb Malchik = <cmalchik@gmail.com>:

Greetings,

I am a student interested in participating in GSoC under Plan 9. My project= would involve writing a new window manager as an alternative to rio:

http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wik= i/plan9/alternative_window_system/index.html

I thought I'd say a few words informally as my proposal is not yet read= y for upload, and it would be good to get some feedback in the remaining da= ys before the deadline.

I have experience with C and Linux, but plan9port is the extent of my first= -hand experience with Plan 9. I've read some of the papers and other re= sources and I am intrigued by the ideas behind Plan 9 and the clean impleme= ntation of those ideas. I intend to start using Plan 9 natively or in a VM = soon, and I am confident I could get comfortable with the environment befor= e the start of the summer.

For my project, I would build a tiling window manager similar to dwm (what = I use on Linux). I think a dwm-style interface that could be controlled fro= m the keyboard would provide a nice contrast to what we already have with r= io, and as we see from dwm the implementation of such an interface needn= 9;t be complex. Development would involve modifying the rio source code to = implement the basic functions of a tiling/keyboard-controlled window manage= r one by one.

Let me know if this sounds like a good summer-sized project for someone who= is not yet well acquainted with Plan 9.

Regards,
Caleb Malchik




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