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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10075 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2020 07:39:41 -0000 Received: from ewsd.inri.net (107.191.116.128) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 10 Dec 2020 07:39:41 -0000 Received: from mail-lf1-f44.google.com ([209.85.167.44]) by ewsd; Thu Dec 10 02:34:03 -0500 2020 Received: by mail-lf1-f44.google.com with SMTP id y19so6738929lfa.13 for <9front@9front.org>; Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:33:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=0jhTWhuAzzwsJL8kf17JRsnJcRO9gwkt2oSpcHE1Ve4=; b=nxedXEX6Xxfes9fCKjLstKn8P9LIgAPBSa/+6qoDlbVLC/SUP+AMgDmU/YG0UjB8eg WPfNeFGfJl3nb8JjSv9vpDuJS1yhUEG7yQyAiTffVrzLWdBzzXHTvR3ovoz1YTRuWQxX QuG7hJ7+FhxrQp+oCTJV91ajOfTxtr7mpE5ggImaTnzt1CHei/Cgz+KJsAJeF9oG98+q TJD1eCnPUaP1uURkKKG6FKw4cD2RJ5EU5yhfbpY0fr7LImulm4QQ++MPoVcAcQsJ7hLY 8bFuOxdGlrh4Hie653G150DqmrRtIEx4lBqRTMYBBdJBhLYndLzeIv+FCCskWePV7Ub3 wGVw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=0jhTWhuAzzwsJL8kf17JRsnJcRO9gwkt2oSpcHE1Ve4=; b=jYIbzIGNojDTIQufdJpEwKMO9cbhTScz9G/VGDwfJOeel5MnAdXm/L0JjlfEvvoR4g WFVpNJGIz7E4fwALZUx9v4BMB51R5ZKrEGdTPBWAQS1saUC6fAta6EDTrRSGkYg85OGi EsjarSWla8nEIiqzqonH33EE/VGi3FuC8eOLCu0ErZu2Umj/vpAgjL5Tb9ChMskrQcZi l4pomXLtV5Z3uMl5ZugSeT/BKrZG3N0AdLkIFoKdz58fYc76a/JVseuEiucAHIJ98suj i1zOZ4lSbbELbMTy6JvivvFY2/HBYKFlmA+99sL8VzMj8E7T75mi0E0Z/Crn1AJpSAS3 By8w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533MLjj/bzmt13mRnnBCtFe0oNWj5FuOXxY9OzcRTi4yMyjU0agQ LHNpfGptWxEC/bhBXFd4a6nPUKiQXzrFlXuO+RxPlLY4AqE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwAWG852gcKRsjJ7o+OtrdPMNJCEVUsHrRXrdDA+VmwiHkn3w1LUXoUbNR1eKDgtJIqdeUghnxvwGdEKAS11EE= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:5c3:: with SMTP id o3mr2126374lfo.267.1607585637389; Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:33:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Sean Hinchee Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 23:33:46 -0800 Message-ID: To: 9front@9front.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: patented YAML over HTTP interface strategy polling high-performance backend Subject: Re: [9front] Greetings! (and few questions) Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk And yes, Go compiles things just as fine on 9front as 9legacy or similar. Go has plenty of issues on Plan 9 as a platform, though, you can see this list here: https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3AOS-Plan9+ Sean On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 11:19 PM Sean Hinchee wrote: > > There's a visual file manager by phil9 in C: https://github.com/telephil9/vdir > > > plan9 does not use escape sequences at all > > This is because Plan 9 does not attempt to nor intends to attempt to > conflate the shell, a window, and a teletype. These are separable > concepts. > > The recommended path as per vdir above is to commit to writing a > graphical program > > Sean > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 10:48 PM Bogunix M wrote: > > > > Good day! > > > > I read the <9front dash1 manual> and fully understood the point <0.1.3 > > - Plan 9 is not for you>. > > > > Still, I was wondering if you could help me with a little advice(s). > > In particular, while playing with 9front I found myself looking for a > > two-panel file manager and went on a quest to write one in Go. > > > > Now, after having something breathing [1] and achieving > > cross-compilation with Plan9, I discovered that this is not enough. > > Current show-stopper is lack of Plan9 support by the underlying > > library TCELL [2]. Issue is described in some details in [3] and [4]: > > > > "...plan9 does not use escape sequences at all, nor does it use ttys. > > It appears you need to interact directly with libdraw and with the > > events subsystem..." > > > > I am wondering if someone would be interested to contribute time to > > explain the scope and potentially sketch the solution? > > > > Another related question is whether Plan9, 64-bit binaries, compiled > > by Go will work in 9front? The same question is currently unanswered > > on Stackoverflow [5]. > > > > Sincerely, > > Bogunix > > > > [1] https://github.com/mushkevych/9ofm > > [2] https://github.com/gdamore/tcell/ > > [3] https://github.com/gdamore/tcell/issues/402 > > [4] https://github.com/gdamore/tcell/issues/90 > > [5] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65194285