Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Sam Watkins
> The problem is the complexity of writing a replacement and all the > compatibility layers needed to make it usable in the productive world. The "window to a framebuffer" thing appeals to me because it would be simple, performant, easy to implement, easy to code for, easy to port libs and apps to

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Thu, 02 May 2013 06:06:33 +0200 Sam Watkins wrote: > Is it unacceptable to dis X11 here? Although we may have to live with it I don’t get how what was said and the topic can be used to come up with such an implication. > and write code for it, X11 is very far from suckless. The

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Sam Watkins
On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 09:21:32AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote: > For now all the monkeys are jumping on the wayland train. I don't much like the smell of wayland, although it might be simpler / better than X11. Is it unacceptable to dis X11 here? Although we may have to live with it and

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Sam Watkins
On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 05:43:30PM +0200, KarlOskar Rik?s wrote: > By replying to his comment you make yourself not just an idiot in his eyes. By mocking me and/or calling me an idiot, without offering any relevant comment on my topic, you disgrace yourself exceedingly in my eyes! but whatever, wh

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread KarlOskar Rikås
By replying to his comment you make yourself not just an idiot in his eyes. On May 1, 2013 3:42 PM, "Sam Watkins" wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 10:43:06AM +0200, hiro wrote: > > You could try > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/how-to-easily-skin-ubuntus-unity-desktop/first? > > I'm guessing

Re: [dev] diffdisplays

2013-05-01 Thread hiro
wtf, 20h.

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Sam Watkins
On Wed, May 01, 2013 at 10:43:06AM +0200, hiro wrote: > You could try > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/how-to-easily-skin-ubuntus-unity-desktop/ > first? I'm guessing that you are mocking my idiocy? (in your eyes)

Re: [dev] diffdisplays

2013-05-01 Thread Martti Kühne
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 1:54 AM, Carlos Torres wrote: > this doesn't have to be in dwm, i don't think it does anyway. fine, if you want to recompile dwm for a function you might want to use with other window managers of similar type. I guess a stand-alone program would do. :) cheers! mar77i

Re: [dev][sic][PATCH]Colors

2013-05-01 Thread Hugues Moretto-Viry
I forgot to say: when you send a message to channel or user, it prints the message in red. So, you can easily notice when you started a private conversation. Best Regards -- H.Mo.

[dev][sic][PATCH]Colors

2013-05-01 Thread Hugues Moretto-Viry
Hi, I installed sic and it's a great tiny software. I love it. Here a patch, which includes colors. You can easily tweak colors yourself. Maybe, you don't need colors, but it helps a lot and I wanted to share it. Here the colors: Channel: bold magenta Date: bold cyan JOIN/QUIT/NOTICE messages: bo

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Truls Becken
On 2013-05-01, at 07:30, Sam Watkins wrote: > I don't love X11, and I'm wondering if anyone has ported or made anything > in the sprit of rio / 9wm to run on top of Linux framebuffer. Port drawterm to run on fb rather than x11? Then you can run the actual plan 9 desktop by connecting to a 9vx pr

Re: [dev] diffdisplays

2013-05-01 Thread Truls Becken
In addition to what Carlos said about using damage evens and transparent overlays, you probably want some sort of notification of activity in windows not currently displayed on screen. This is similar to urgency wm hints, but triggered by window content change rather than explicit application re

Re: [dev] diffdisplays

2013-05-01 Thread Anselm R Garbe
Hi 20h, On 29 April 2013 18:34, Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: > on my news mailbox something interesting appeared [0]. Applying such a > »display diff« to a dwm tag would be interesting, to only show the new > difference from the last time it was switched to that tag. Making it a

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread hiro
Do I get this right, you want to port a plan9 GUI to linux framebuffer for performance and low security? And then you want a potential X compatibility layer on top of it? And you want to trust your applications more? Do you think they feel bad if you don't trust them enough? You could try http://

Re: [dev] rio for linux

2013-05-01 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Greetings. On Wed, 01 May 2013 09:21:32 +0200 Sam Watkins wrote: > I don't love X11, and I'm wondering if anyone has ported or made anything > in the sprit of rio / 9wm to run on top of Linux framebuffer. I realise > rio relies on Plan 9 dynamic namespaces and such, but we might be able to > do