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From: Andrew Simmons <kodogo@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:03:13 +1200
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Any demand for a supported Windows version of p9port?
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Steve, thanks for the thoughtful reply. Your solution wouldn=E2=80=99t =
work for me, but it obviously does for you, so go in peace. And the =
answer to the question in my subject line is obviously =E2=80=9CNo=E2=80=9D=
.

> On Jul 28, 2016, at 10:49 PM, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
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> I have a different approach.
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> Personally I have only command line utilities as I keep Plan9 as my =
desktop (raspberry PI).
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> I need to cross compile on windows so I have a tool to cpu into a =
windows box (called dos).
> This allows me to have a rio window onto a a dos shell.
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> It does the trick like cpu(1) to allow me to hop from a plan9 rc(1) =
session (in a cifs
> mounted directory on the windows box), into an rc(1) session on =
windows and arrive at the same
> directory.=20
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> I use 'local 9fs billy' at startup to make sure sam, rio, and all =
windows can see my windows box,
> thus plumb on windows "just works" to edit files.
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> e.g.
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> My windows box is called billy (after mr gates) and my plan9 one is =
custard (nice with raspberry pies).
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> 	custard%=20
> 	custard% cat /dev/osversion ; echo
> 	2000
> 	custard% pwd
> 	/n/billy/c/New/Application
> 	custard% dos
> 	billy%  mswin/osversion
> 	Windows 7
> 	billy% pwd
> 	c:/New/Application
> 	billy%=20
> 	billy% make
> 	mingw32-make -s - -C Debug Application.elf=20
> 	billy%=20
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> I could port gmake and the gcc cross compiler to plan9 to do this but =
there would always be
> bits missing and I need to be sure that what I check in can be built =
by other people working
> on windows.
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> It compiles under mingw32 - I started a mingw64 version but never =
finished the work (sorry).
> The port predates 9pf, I would probably have used that if I had =
existed. It also contains none
> of the graphics code that 9pf has, so no native windows sam; though I =
have no need of it in my
> environment.
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> This is all available if anyone wants it.
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> -Steve
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