From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9665 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2022 20:21:10 -0000 Received: from 9front.inri.net (168.235.81.73) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Aug 2022 20:21:10 -0000 Received: from gaff.inri.net ([168.235.71.243]) by 9front; Wed Aug 24 16:17:31 -0400 2022 Received: from smtpclient.apple ([166.175.191.191]) by gaff; Wed Aug 24 16:17:31 -0400 2022 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Stanley Lieber Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Message-Id: <9A36CF5C-D236-4644-A606-3B10B6A92BE3@stanleylieber.com> References: <7A634F063FFEDFF52BC14D0DBC6A855E@eigenstate.org> In-Reply-To: <7A634F063FFEDFF52BC14D0DBC6A855E@eigenstate.org> To: 9front@9front.org Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:17:28 -0400 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (19G82) List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: object-oriented compliant WEB2.0 over AJAX framework hosting Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] programmable menus for rio Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk just call it brio. sl > On Aug 24, 2022, at 4:05 PM, ori@eigenstate.org wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFQuoth Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) : >> Given that rio has had a couple of decades to bake, the >> world has changed around it, and thinking of new stuff >> is always a good idea.=20 >=20 > My point goes beyond that -- rio can be thought of as an > implementation of a more general file system interface > that can be implemented by other windowing systems. >=20 > The parsimony and focus in that interface makes it easier > to swap rio for a window system that behaves differently > but provides the same mouse and keyboard multiplexing > to the programs running under it. >=20 > Rio can -- and I think, should -- change. The interface, > though, needs to be considered with care if we want to > maintain its general nature. >=20 > Arguably, rio *also* wasn't a sufficiently good steward > of this to date. >=20 >=20