> >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > Rio is the responsible for killing a process using the Del key, AFAIK > >> > there is no way to terminate a program running in console. May be with > >> > some magic combination of the keys ctrl-t ctrl-t X. > >> > >> Why not write a simple 'shell' shell (heh) that cooks input and just runs > >> rc? Then you would have the del key and others again. > > > > you mean like, uh, rio or acme? ☺ > > > > - erik > > This whole "Writing anything new is a terrible idea!" attitude is > getting old. Why does acme exist? Thank god you weren't around the > Unix Room when that got started, or you would have just said, "Isn't > sam good enough for you?" If somebody feels the need for a functional > text-mode interface, he should write it. I've felt a need for such a > thing myself while fiddling with kernels that don't have video > support. Believe it or not, there *is* room in Plan 9 for additions > and improvements.
i thought "☺" was the international symbol for tongue-in-cheek. could you please let me know what the iso approved symbol is? by the way, in case you haven't noticed, i have contributed a number of new things. not all of them are worth incorporating. i would hope that standards for plan 9 remain high and we don't just shovel everything in. rio does provide most everything one would need for a "text-mode" interface. unfortunately, you can't currently "tail -f" /dev/text. perhaps such a change would be easier and more general than writing something completely seperate? - erik
