i wrote a quick hack of faces to show gravatar images, but i doubt it has much usefulness given the apparent lack of gravatar use in the 9fan world.
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:38 AM, <a...@9srv.net> wrote: > I really like faces(1). I've got a pair of derivatives I've been > playing around with. The first, cleverly called nfaces, overlays > the user, rather than the domain, on unknown senders (I have > good coverage of the domains I exchange mail with even > semi-frequently), and doesn't print anything below the icons. > This allows for a shorter display, and I generally have it running > across the top of my screen. The second, inbox, displays a > single column of faces, with sender, date, and subject off to the > right (it also eliminates faces' -h option and assumes -i). My > startup script has this on the left side, ~450px wide, with acme > covering all but the left 100 or so. Both have minor cosmetic > differences. > > Both of these are based on Erik's faces derivative, so they > pick up his middle button delete, although I end up using that > very rarely. I'm likely to remove it from nfaces to further > shrink the display, and replace it with a menu in inbox which > will allow more actions on the message (like more easily > sticking them in other folders, my most frequent frustration > with mail on Plan 9). > > Inbox has some minor display bugs I haven't gotten around > to tracking down. It also has a man page. > > The screenshot attached shows both. You can get them at > /n/sources/contrib/anothy/src/cmd/(nfaces inbox) if you're > interested. I also have most of my faces additions online, as > described on the wiki: > http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/adding_your_face/index.html > Submissions (code and faces) welcome. > > Anthony > > [The wiki went down again as I was typing this. If you want my > faces database, you can do this: > cd /lib/face && con -l tcp!9srv.net!50001 | gunzip | tar -x > It'll create a README file and 'people' and 'domains' directories, > but won't touch any of the stock files.]
