Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Mathieu Lonjaret
No, I meant other implementation suggestions.

Since you're all as lazy as I am, here it is:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ



On 2 September 2015 at 16:01,  wrote:

> > Also there was a discussion on 9fans about it with other
> > suggestions/solutions.
>
>  :-/RE
>
> is what I remember Russ recommending,  It's not perfect, but it does help.
>
> Lucio.
>
>
>


Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Rudolf Sykora
On 3 September 2015 at 11:16, Mathieu Lonjaret
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ

Thanks for the link!
I wonder, why is it that they claim that implementing the functionality
of:
3b = search forward, shift+3b = search backward
is not feasible on plan9...

Ruda



Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Sep  3 02:40:05 PDT 2015, rudolf.syk...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 3 September 2015 at 11:16, Mathieu Lonjaret
> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.os.plan9/Q6R9iuu0lE8/u3h-FUnXOmEJ
> 
> Thanks for the link!
> I wonder, why is it that they claim that implementing the functionality
> of:
> 3b = search forward, shift+3b = search backward
> is not feasible on plan9...

because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space, and devmouse
already takes shift+right -> middle, for insufficient mice.

- erik



Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Aram Hăvărneanu
On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom  wrote:
> because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space

There has been solved in 9front in 2011: http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs

-- 
Aram Hăvărneanu



Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread erik quanstrom
somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really true 
unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model.

that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in the 
event of panic.

- erik


On Sep 3, 2015 6:34 AM, Aram Hăvărneanu  wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom  wrote: 
> > because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space 
>
> There has been solved in 9front in 2011: http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs 
>
> -- 
> Aram Hăvărneanu 
>
>


Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Stanley Lieber
> somehow I thought that was going to be the response

gee, erik



On Sep 3, 2015, 10:16 AM, at 10:16 AM, erik quanstrom  
wrote:
>somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not
>really true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd
>model.
>
>that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using
>it in the event of panic.
>
>- erik
>
>
>On Sep 3, 2015 6:34 AM, Aram Hăvărneanu  wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:11 PM, erik quanstrom
> wrote:
>> > because the keyboard doesn't pass modal presses to user space
>>
>> There has been solved in 9front in 2011:
>http://man.cat-v.org/9front/8/kbdfs
>>
>> --
>> Aram Hăvărneanu
>>
>>


Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 07:14:58AM -0700, erik quanstrom wrote:
> somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really 
> true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model.

patches 
 
> that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in 
> the event of panic.

welcome



Re: [9fans] acme search backwards

2015-09-03 Thread Rudolf Sykora
On 3 September 2015 at 16:14, erik quanstrom  wrote:
> somehow I thought that was going to be the response, but that's not really 
> true unless acme has been rewritten on the lower level kbd model.
>
> that model also introduces user space kbd control, so good luck using it in 
> the event of panic.

Sorry, I don't orient.
Does it all mean that I could nowadays possibly get the wanted behaviour
(using, say, ctrl+3b for the purpose) on 9front while I cannot on
the original plan9?

Thanks
Ruda