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see also: https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=9legacy On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM Eduardo Cavazos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey y'all 🙋♂️ > > Russ Cox' `rsc/plan9` repo is fascinating: > > - Run legacy plan9 in QEMU > - Uses the host filesystem directly instead of using a QEMU disk image > - Edit files on the host. Plan9 sees the changes immediately. > > It's super cool, but I wanted to drawterm in, because: > > - I'm using Windows > - I run `rsc/plan9` in WSL > - I do get the graphical QEMU window, but it's not as nice to use as > first-class Windows apps. > > As most of y'all know, some benefits of drawterm are: > > - Copy and paste support > - Resize rio desktop window > - Multiple drawterm instances (multiple desktops) > > I've forked Russ' repo to start messing around with enabling drawterm > connections: > > https://github.com/dharmatech/plan9-hostfs > > `README.md` has the instructions I'm using for enabling drawterm connections. > > Ed ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T5bcd7a818edfab8d-M78402b509b13af08beee72b6 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
