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From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] [OT] Drawterm mysteries
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2022 12:09:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFSF3XPJ+owgBzwvYp1VL7NfkubG55ujRVtOTHzFV75r6ut=9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B635065A-2F37-49D0-9803-05B2E12825D0@web.de>

in that case: no.

drawterm only provides a display, keyboard, mouse, and some others like that.
it cannot execute programs apart from the rcpu stuff that it's wrapped
around in order to cpu into another server.


On 6/2/22, Alexander Shendi <Alexander.Shendi@web.de> wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Sorry, I'm afraid that I was unclear.
>
> What I meant to ask was:
>
> Can I run the program producing the graphics on the local "Unix" machine
> instead of a plan9 cpu?
>
> I tried drawterm for Android and it prompts for a CPU server.
>
> Again, TIA.
>
> I
>
> Am 2. Juni 2022 10:25:59 MESZ schrieb "Rodrigo G. López"
> <rgl@antares-labs.eu>:
>>you definitely can. drawterm emulates a 9front terminal, full with
>> graphics, sound and networking functionality through the host system.
>>
>>-rodri
>>
>>
>>On June 2, 2022 7:42:20 AM UTC, Alexander Shendi <Alexander.Shendi@web.de>
>> wrote:
>>>Hello list,
>>>
>>>On Plan 9 I can display graphics by writing to /dev/draw/<n>/ctl. Can I
>>> achieve the same on Unix-like systems (e.g. OpenBSD) by using
>>> drawterm(1)?
>>>
>>>Or is drawterm only for connecting to Plan 9 cpu servers?
>>>
>>>Many thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>/Alexander
>
> --
> Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android-Gerät mit K-9 Mail gesendet.
>

      reply	other threads:[~2022-06-02 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-02  7:42 Alexander Shendi
2022-06-02  8:25 ` Rodrigo G. López
2022-06-02 10:06   ` Alexander Shendi
2022-06-02 10:09     ` hiro [this message]

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