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Subject: Re: [9fans] got a new feature: learning of resources and switching among them
From: "Skip Tavakkolian" <fst@centurytel.net>
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:33:58 -0800
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> I want to build a more modular drawterm eventually.

Would something like Inferno's '#C' device and 'os' command be useful
for drawterm?  Access to local devices could then be provided through
native helper programs.  I vaguely recall Forsyth mentioning this
approach several years ago to handle things like interfacing to
proprietary codecs.

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Skip Tavakkolian -- Asistant Chief Associate VP for Title Planning
9Netics - Distributed Applications Platform
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