Re: [9fans] Simplified Chinese plan 9

2009-09-14 Thread Paul Donnelly
eris.discor...@gmail.com (Eris Discordia) writes: http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/Language/Korean.htm Interesting. I used to think Korean, too, uses a syllabary. Turns out it's expressed alphabetically. Expressing Japanese that way would create some space for confusion as there are certain sounds

Re: [9fans] nice quote

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Donnelly
eris.discor...@gmail.com (Eris Discordia) writes: As for this direct question: I must say that the Lisp version is much simpler and clearer to me, while the C version is mildly baffling. Does that make me a wizard who can hardly read simple C code, or is it just a matter of what you and I

Re: [9fans] nice quote

2009-09-07 Thread Paul Donnelly
eris.discor...@gmail.com (Eris Discordia) writes: Let me be a little pedantic. The 9fans know given the haphazard nature of a hobbyist's knowledge I am extremely bad at this, but then let me give it a try. FYI, it's been Lisp for a while. As long as Britannica and Merriam-Webster call it

Re: [9fans] audio standards -- too many to choose from

2009-08-14 Thread Paul Donnelly
fors...@terzarima.net (Charles Forsyth) writes: Hardware 24...@192khz. the human ear can't hear as high as that still, it ought to please any passing bat! Hi-fi, hi-fi, ... If you're recording doing it at 24-bit will pay off in the mixing stage.

Re: [9fans] Using proportional fonts in Acme for Programming

2009-08-13 Thread Paul Donnelly
Aaron W. Hsu arcf...@sacrideo.us writes: Secondly, if you do use proportional width fonts, why, and what troubles did you encounter; what benefits did you encounter? You can't very well engage in weird formatting tricks, but I'm not much a fan of those anyway. IMO, the more attractive letters

Re: [9fans] Why does Acme only show text?

2009-07-16 Thread Paul Donnelly
eeke...@fastmail.fm (Ethan Grammatikidis) writes: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:25:51 GMT Paul Donnelly paul-donne...@sbcglobal.net wrote: jason.cat...@gmail.com (Jason Catena) writes: I've been wondering for years now why Acme (and Wily, which I used first) only display text files

Re: [9fans] Why does Acme only show text?

2009-07-15 Thread Paul Donnelly
jason.cat...@gmail.com (Jason Catena) writes: I've been wondering for years now why Acme (and Wily, which I used first) only display text files. It seems to me that the content of an Acme window could be anything: a picture, a postscript or PDF file, a star chart, a web page. Keeping with

Re: [9fans] plan 9 interface color ergonomy

2009-07-13 Thread Paul Donnelly
eeke...@fastmail.fm (Ethan Grammatikidis) writes: The only pale colours on the South Downs are the haze-blued hills of the North Downs in the far distance, and the sky when it's overcast. The middle and foreground are occupied by very strong greens, except for some fields near harvest time

Re: [9fans] Acme without Flamage

2008-08-22 Thread Paul Donnelly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (sqweek) writes: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Paul Donnelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bear is indentation, since to make it work out it's necessary to use a fixed-width font (something I'd rather not do) and adjust it by hand, which needs to happen more often