[9fans] german article about Plan 9

[9fans] german article about Plan 9

[Russ Cox]

http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2005/12/plan9/plan9.html

Russ

[9fans] german article about Plan 9

[erik quanstrom]

i read the article. it seems very accuate. however, i had one question: are these assertions of deficiency founded?

> Allen tollen Konzepten zum Trotz ist auch Plan 9 nicht perfekt. 
> So scrollen die Rio-Fenster 9term oft nicht richtig und zeigen den gerade relevanten Text nicht an.
> Acme zeigt solche Mängel weniger. Das ganze System ist auf eine grafische Benutzeroberfläche ausgerichtet, 
> sodaß viele Funktionen auf der Textkonsole nicht funktionieren, zum Beispiel das Abbrechen von Prozessen 
> mit der [Entf]-Taste.

dispite these excellent concepts, plan 9 isn't perfect. rio windows often scroll incorrectly and do not show the relevant text.
acme displays these deficiencies less. the whole system is built on a graphical user interface and many functions are not available
in text mode, e.g. interrupting processes with the [del]-key.

Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com> writes

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Re: [9fans] german article about Plan 9

[Russ Cox]

> dispite these excellent concepts, plan 9 isn't perfect.
> rio windows often scroll incorrectly
> and do not show the relevant text.

one man's incorrect is another man's correct.
i suspect he doesn't like the noscroll default behavior.

> acme displays these deficiencies less. the whole system
> is built on a graphical user interface and many functions
> are not available in text mode, e.g. interrupting processes
> with the [del]-key.

it's true -- if you're running at the console, DEL doesn't
interrupt processes.

russ

[resending with cc 9fans; sorry erik]