From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:42:25 +0900 From: underspecified To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <20080630015348.7894B1E8C22@holo.morphisms.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080629190959.2DE8E5B4B@mail.bitblocks.com> <20080630015348.7894B1E8C22@holo.morphisms.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx os x Topicbox-Message-UUID: cc4c638e-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Greetings, It is running smoothly for me under 10.5.3 too. On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Russ Cox wrote: >> Another bug in both x11 and native mode 9vx: occasionally, >> resizing the window can make it crash with a >> 9vx panic: sigsegv on cpu6 >> But of course when I try to cause it, it doesn't happen! >> Also, quickly dragging the corner on the x11 version can >> render the window completely black. > > Presumably there is a race that needs fixing. > I'll add it to the BUGS list and leave it for someone > else for now. > >> The native version is different from the x11 in the following ways: >> - Top right acme `term' window doesn't open >> - The top row in acme doesn't show win before newcol > > Haven't tried to reproduce these. Are you sure your > acme config isn't different? > >> - The window geometry is different. > > This is true, but it seemed better. If there were some > way to make the window start maximized (not full screen, > but just where it would be if you clicked the +), I'd do that. If you are willing to calculate the screen geometry and manually specify the max size, this should be possible. I think it defaults to 3/4 of max in Acme SAC currently. >> - it has to be explicitly put in background. > > If you know how to do that without OS X complaining > (like it does if you use fork), please let me know. > >> A UI nit: the cursor shape doesn't change when moving it out >> of the 9vx window. >> >> When we do get to see a glenda icon for 9vx?:-) > > I made an icon and a 9vx.app directory, but I have not > gotten it completely working. I have been using the 9ball > from second edition, because it is easier to recognize at > tiny scales. > > If you know how to attach an icon without using the .app > directory, please let me know. You can add icons to arbitrary files by right-clicking on the file, choosing "Get Info," and pasting/drag-and-dropping the desired icon onto the tiny icon in the upper-left hand corner of the info window. The advantage to this approach is it's extremely simple. The disadvantage is only .app directories can be included in the dock as applications :-\ >> A comment on networking: Since 9vx uses the host's IP stack, >> two instances can't open the same port. But at least on >> FreeBSD one can use jail(1) so that each 9vx instance has a >> full complement of ports. > > It's true. It's a different model. > > Russ > > > --underspecified