Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread ron minnich
I think the growing complexity of nsec() shows that the file model doesn't work in all cases ... the thing starts to look a bit overly complex to me. The fact that it fails due to the size of a static fd array is also a warning flag. I think a better interface would be one in which you read two

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread roger peppe
Or one file containing the two numbers. But perhaps they change... On 20 May 2011 11:45, ron minnich rminn...@gmail.com wrote: I think the growing complexity of nsec() shows that the file model doesn't work in all cases ... the thing starts to look a bit overly complex to me. The fact that it

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 3:52 AM, roger peppe rogpe...@gmail.com wrote: Or one file containing the two numbers. But perhaps they change... sadly, for the tsc, they do. But there are supposed to be counters in there that don't suck. ron

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri May 20 06:44:51 EDT 2011, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: I think the growing complexity of nsec() shows that the file model doesn't work in all cases ... the thing starts to look a bit overly complex to me. The fact that it fails due to the size of a static fd array is also a warning flag.

[9fans] MetaPost added to kerTeX!

2011-05-20 Thread tlaronde
Hello, I have just released the 0.9.0.0 version of kerTeX with John Hobby's MetaPost (it was a shame a Bell Labs program was difficult to install on an Bell Labs system ;). The link: http://www.kergis.com/kertex.html (français) http://www.kergis.com/en/kertex.html (english) In fact, the task I

Re: [9fans] MetaPost added to kerTeX!

2011-05-20 Thread Alexander Sychev
Thierry Hercules Laronde, you are an incredible hero :-)! You should change your email signature :-), You have realy merited it! Which are the Augean Stables next ones? Resting is not a deal for a superhero! On Fri, 20 May 2011 17:10:12 +0400, tlaro...@polynum.com tlaro...@polynum.com

Re: [9fans] MetaPost added to kerTeX!

2011-05-20 Thread Brian L. Stuart
I will rest on my laurels for the remaining of the week... You've earned it. Congrats and thanks BLS

Re: [9fans] MetaPost added to kerTeX!

2011-05-20 Thread Gorka Guardiola
Numbers are harsh words. Just compare the size of the distribution and you will find back the ration given by ron minnich: 1:100. I don't think I have done a perfect job, but I claim it is better. You can call me Thierry Hercules Laronde! since I have cleaned the Augean Stables. Twice

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread ron minnich
I did not read your post as carefully as I should, but I still have concerns when people use stuff like nsec() in the quest of accuracy. Sorry, I was sort of reacting to another thread in the Go list where somebody is using gettimeofday() and seems to think the nsec field has meaning :-) We don't

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Fri May 20 15:04:48 EDT 2011, rminn...@gmail.com wrote: I did not read your post as carefully as I should, but I still have concerns when people use stuff like nsec() in the quest of accuracy. Sorry, I was sort of reacting to another thread in the Go list where somebody is using

[9fans] ot: leaky leak

2011-05-20 Thread erik quanstrom
this discussion came up about leak today. i didn't deliver the punch line. p = malloc(sizeof *p); leak says that malloc(sizeof *p) is leaked. leak has a bug. leak isn't checking _nprivates[]. leak has no future as a TSA agent. - erik

[9fans] ANSI/POSIX port of aux/vga - where to find?

2011-05-20 Thread slash
The wiki says The Plan 9 updates page contains an ANSI/POSIX port of aux/vga that is useful only for dumping registers on various systems. I am having trouble finding this tool. Any pointers? slash

[9fans] where is the latest drawterm source?

2011-05-20 Thread Fernan Bolando
Hi all I was wonderring if the repo http://code.swtch.com/drawterm/ is the absolute latest, because it seems to be missing the patch from http://9fans.net/archive/2007/10/377. CreateNewWindow(kDocumentWindowClass, windowAttrs, winRect, theWindow); //CreateWindowGroup(0, winGroup);

Re: [9fans] where is the latest drawterm source?

2011-05-20 Thread Jacob Todd
I think it's on bitbucket.

Re: [9fans] a pair nec bugs

2011-05-20 Thread erik quanstrom
here's an improved version. the previous version had a problem when shared memory but not shared fd in this situation p0: nsec() - fd 3 ... p1: open() - fd 3 nsec() - fail one potential modification is to ditch