Re: [9fans] threads vs forks

2009-03-05 Thread maht
That's a fact. If you have access to The ACM Queue, check out p16-cantrill-concurrency.pdf (Cantrill and Bonwich on concurrency). Or you can rely on one of the hackish attempts at email attachment management or whatever conceptual error lead to this :

Re: [9fans] my /dev/time for Linux

2009-03-05 Thread maht
nice one. Getting it upstream would be great. Another you know Y that's in Linux now, it's from Plan9, but if you want Plan9 you know where to find it (unless it's down today).

[9fans] pdf2txt anyone??

2009-03-05 Thread cej
hi all!! seeking existing solutions to PDF -- txt extraction before i dive to rewriting xpdf to C. i hope that [page /|| gs] must be capable of it ... best regards, ++pac

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2009-03-05 Thread cej
-Original Message- From: 9fans-boun...@9fans.net on behalf of mattmob...@proweb.co.uk Sent: Mon 2/23/2009 1:13 AM To: 9fans@9fans.net Subject: [9fans] actionfs Hi, this one was an experiment /n/sources/contrib/maht/actionfs.c invoked with a regex like actionfs

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2009

2009-03-05 Thread Sergey Zhilkin
Search Google groups for Plan9-gsoc :) 2009/3/5 hugo rivera uai...@gmail.com Well, I asked about GSoC 2009 some weeks ago and I got no reply here. I certainly would like to apply as a student, but I am no sure if I qualify (in one hand I am kind of a student, and on the other I probably need

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2009

2009-03-05 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2009/3/4 Anthony Sorace ano...@gmail.com: So, the web site's up, program is announced, and so on. Was anyone planning on doing a Plan 9 application? I'm willing to help, if anyone was planning on it, or lead, if not. In the later case, I'd appreciate help (any of advice, materials, or labor)

Re: [9fans] mounting plumber from p9p to 9vx

2009-03-05 Thread Russ Cox
Can you also write to 9vx's plumber? Sure; it's just a question of which you are trying to get to. Russ

Re: [9fans] mounting plumber from p9p to 9vx

2009-03-05 Thread Tom Lieber
2009/3/5 Russ Cox r...@swtch.com: Can you also write to 9vx's plumber? Sure; it's just a question of which you are trying to get to. Is it in how I start the plumber in 9vx, or how I serve it? I've been trying to serve it with exportfs and use p9p 9p to poke around to find it. I'm just man

Re: [9fans] GSoC 2009

2009-03-05 Thread Uriel
As Sergey pointed out, there is a google groups for discussing this topics (there is also one only for mentors if you like, where I think both of you are members). http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc I have started to work on bringing http://gsoc.cat-v.org up to date... uriel On Thu, Mar

Re: [9fans] pdf2txt anyone??

2009-03-05 Thread Steve Simon
This may work for you but your mileage may vary. /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/ps2txt -Steve

Re: [9fans] Porter-Duff alpha blending

2009-03-05 Thread andrey mirtchovski
ok, i think i am close, but i can go no further. here's what i did: - view all images through ppm instead of png. what that means is that i can do toppm $i $i.ppm in 9vx and then see them on the hosting Linux. since ppm is rather simple (doesn't do any draw ops but just dumps the bytes) it is

Re: [9fans] pdf2txt anyone??

2009-03-05 Thread cej
Thanks, Steve! Have a great day, ++pac -Original Message- From: 9fans-boun...@9fans.net on behalf of Steve Simon Sent: Thu 3/5/2009 10:18 PM To: 9fans@9fans.net Subject: Re: [9fans] pdf2txt anyone?? This may work for you but your mileage may vary. /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/ps2txt