From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [10.1.10.1] ([104.59.85.219]) by ewsd; Thu Mar 19 09:24:53 EDT 2020 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 09:24:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9front] mothra: proposal To: 9front@9front.org From: Stanley Lieber Message-ID: List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: RESTful shared markup hosting On March 18, 2020 7:49:16 PM EDT, sl@stanleylieber=2Ecom wrote: >i've been maintaining forks of mothra for years=2E i don't anticipate >making more big changes any time soon, and i have zero time to >continue applying the changes from 9front to my several forks=2E > >i propose to backport the following changes from my forks to 9front: > > 1=2E) restore original default fonts=2E > a=2E) our dejavusans is fuzzy as hell, and it sucks=2E > 1=2E) users can easily choose their own fonts > and > recompile=2E > > 2=2E) backport my changes to libpanel to remove useless panel > borders and fake shadow lines=2E stop underlining hyperlinks, > and instead make them blue=2E[0][1] > a=2E) perhaps in a saner manner=2E > 1=2E) currently, lines, borders, bullet points, > etc=2E, are defined in all sorts of different > places, not even entirely inside of libpanel=2E > i made no attempt to address this=2E in rio, > we ended up putting all the color definitions > into one file, for easy modification=2E > > 3=2E) implement -b flag for dark mode, white-on-black text=2E[2] > a=2E) similar to rio -b, and vt -b=2E > 1=2E) users are free to implement any desired > schemes beyond default and -b by configuring > the included =2Ec files=2E > >caveat: i do not have a lot of faith in my own ability to backport >these changes cleanly=2E > >volunteers are welcome=2E > >sl > >[0] http://plan9=2Estanleylieber=2Ecom/src/mothra=2Ewhite=2Etgz >[1] http://plan9=2Estanleylieber=2Ecom/src/mothra=2Eblack=2Etgz >[2] http://plan9=2Estanleylieber=2Ecom/mothra/img/20200310=2Epng forgot: 4=2E) plumb menu item=2E sl