* Bounties
@ 2020-01-05 7:06 Jens Staal
2020-01-16 18:05 ` [9front] Bounties Ethan Gardener
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From: Jens Staal @ 2020-01-05 7:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
Dear all,
Below are some bounties for stuff that I would like to see:
[1] A dwm/i3/sway-like rio replacement = 50 €
10 work spaces, tiling, start terminal with $mod+enter, switch work space with
$mod+number. You can choose what you name it :)
[2] A bar for the i3-like rio replacement with useful info = 30 €
Some info that should be possible to display: workspaces, system info (cpu load,
memory load, network load, ...), digital 24h clock. If not configurable, the bar
should be at the top of the screen on all work spaces.
[3] configuration-file based customization of the i3-like rio replacement and
bar = 20 €
A configuration file where key bindings and colours can be adjusted.
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2020-01-05 7:06 Bounties Jens Staal
@ 2020-01-16 18:05 ` Ethan Gardener
2020-01-17 0:47 ` sl
2020-01-16 18:51 ` Calvin Morrison
2020-01-16 19:35 ` Calvin Morrison
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From: Ethan Gardener @ 2020-01-16 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, at 7:06 AM, Jens Staal wrote:
> [2] A bar for the i3-like rio replacement with useful info = 30 €
>
> Some info that should be possible to display: workspaces, system info (cpu load,
> memory load, network load, ...), digital 24h clock. If not configurable, the bar
> should be at the top of the screen on all work spaces.
I wouldn't make this as described, it's making extra code with a different interface for no reason; very un-9ish. ;) Instead, I'd make a text field or a window. The text field would be linked to a writeable file, similar to writeable /dev/text. A script could write to it, as I once did in Rio to display time and battery while 9vx was full-screen. (If /dev/text had been writeable, it would have been perfect.)
The window would be a superset of this. A command to the window manager would start a program with the bar as its window. A script could write text to /dev/text or a graphical program could run in it. It's very easy to make a graphical program for that sort of task, or Rio could be patched to run multiple programs in the bar.
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* Re: [9front] Bounties
2020-01-16 18:05 ` [9front] Bounties Ethan Gardener
@ 2020-01-17 0:47 ` sl
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From: sl @ 2020-01-17 0:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
> From: "Ethan Gardener" <eekee57@fastmail.fm>
> To: 9front@9front.org
> Subject: Re: [9front] Bounties
> Reply-To: 9front@9front.org
>
> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, at 7:06 AM, Jens Staal wrote:
>> [2] A bar for the i3-like rio replacement with useful info = 30 €
>>
>> Some info that should be possible to display: workspaces, system info (cpu load,
>> memory load, network load, ...), digital 24h clock. If not configurable, the bar
>> should be at the top of the screen on all work spaces.
>
> I wouldn't make this as described, it's making extra code with a different
> interface for no reason; very un-9ish. ;)
This is trivial to implement with existing tools:
; font=/lib/font/bit/lucidasans/boldunicode.7.font \
@{while(){ hstats; sleep 60 }} | \
aux/statusmsg -w 1082,5,1400,59 & # [0]
sl
[0] http://plan9.stanleylieber.com/rc/hstats
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* Re: [9front] Bounties
2020-01-05 7:06 Bounties Jens Staal
2020-01-16 18:05 ` [9front] Bounties Ethan Gardener
@ 2020-01-16 18:51 ` Calvin Morrison
2020-01-16 19:35 ` Calvin Morrison
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From: Calvin Morrison @ 2020-01-16 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, at 2:06 AM, Jens Staal wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Below are some bounties for stuff that I would like to see:
>
> [1] A dwm/i3/sway-like rio replacement = 50 €
Jens,
If you look around there's a patch set for Tiling windows from a right click action. Could be a good place to start. Take a look at /n/griddisk/turkey/trio/ (http://www.9gridchan.org/ describes the grid service)
Calvin.
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* Re: [9front] Bounties
2020-01-05 7:06 Bounties Jens Staal
2020-01-16 18:05 ` [9front] Bounties Ethan Gardener
2020-01-16 18:51 ` Calvin Morrison
@ 2020-01-16 19:35 ` Calvin Morrison
2020-01-16 23:03 ` Ethan Gardener
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Calvin Morrison @ 2020-01-16 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, at 2:06 AM, Jens Staal wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Below are some bounties for stuff that I would like to see:
>
> [1] A dwm/i3/sway-like rio replacement = 50 €
>
> 10 work spaces, tiling, start terminal with $mod+enter, switch work space with
> $mod+number. You can choose what you name it :)
A second follow up. I think that ACME as the WM is a very laudable and realistic goal. It implements sub windows (but not /dev/draw for each window) and handles columns rows, minimization, and you can implement programs (like wiki) to work with ACME with some good benefits.
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* Re: [9front] Bounties
2020-01-16 19:35 ` Calvin Morrison
@ 2020-01-16 23:03 ` Ethan Gardener
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From: Ethan Gardener @ 2020-01-16 23:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote:
>
> A second follow up. I think that ACME as the WM is a very laudable and
> realistic goal. It implements sub windows (but not /dev/draw for each
> window) and handles columns rows, minimization, and you can implement
> programs (like wiki) to work with ACME with some good benefits.
I found Acme's dynamic window placement gets in the way if I'm doing anything other than editing C code. It's not the worst possible issue, but it did get in the way rather a lot when I used Acme to organize my notes and projects like a sort of personal wiki. Increasing the number of columns helps a lot, but 3 columns is the minimum for comfort and my weakening eyesight requires ever-larger fonts, so it's now untenable.
For perspective, I should probably say I also found dwm's dynamic window placement a bit confusing too, but I didn't give it much of a chance.
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