From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53295712.1050505@gmail.com> References: <53295712.1050505@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:56:08 +0100 Message-ID: From: =?UTF-8?B?QmVuY2UgRsOhYmnDoW4=?= To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307d02e6deaed004f4f1d2c8 Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC proposal: Alternative window system Topicbox-Message-UUID: cbde86fc-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --20cf307d02e6deaed004f4f1d2c8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 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 other > 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 such an interface > needn't be complex. Development would involve modifying the rio 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 > > --20cf307d02e6deaed004f4f1d2c8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
We already have a lot of hacks to make rio tiling.
In m= y opinion the most interesting/worthwhile
projects mentioned on that wik= i 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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