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 20:01:03 +1100 Message-ID: From: Shane Morris To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bdcab7c6e2f2e04f4f1e463 Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC proposal: Alternative window system Topicbox-Message-UUID: cbe488e0-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --047d7bdcab7c6e2f2e04f4f1e463 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cohesive compilation of hacks? On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Bence F=E1bi=E1n 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 ready >> for upload, and it would be good to get some feedback in the remaining d= ays >> 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 othe= r >> 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 o= r >> 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 such= an >> interface needn't be complex. Development would involve modifying the ri= o >> 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 >> >> > --047d7bdcab7c6e2f2e04f4f1e463 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Cohesive compilation of hacks?


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Be= nce F=E1bi=E1n <begnoc@gmail.com> wrote:
We already have a lot of ha= cks to make rio tiling.
In my opinion the most interesting/worthwhileprojects 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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