Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-05-02 Thread David Hoskin
Hello again, Thanks for the discussion! I wound up submitting a proposal for the web draw server: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/drh/1 -- David Hoskin r...@davidrhoskin.com

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread Peter A. Cejchan
Also, keep in mind that there is already a well known and popular tiling environment in Plan 9. If you are able to make a window manager with an acme feeling I'm sure many users would be interested. The challenge here is to have the good taste required to come up with the right design, and

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2013/4/26 Peter A. Cejchan tyap...@gmail.com: Also, keep in mind that there is already a well known and popular tiling environment in Plan 9. If you are able to make a window manager with an acme feeling I'm sure many users would be interested. The challenge here is to have the good taste

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread Peter A. Cejchan
I also like very much the Acme's replacement of hard-coded menus by customizable taglines with support of guide files, among others. With a support of interactive graphics, we could have , e.g., an image editor within Acme. Just a dream... ++pac On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Devon H. O'Dell

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread Charles Forsyth
The Oberon system interface, which inspired help/help (which led to Acme), had graphics, and live rich text. You could cut a running animation and paste it in somewhere else. On 26 April 2013 08:11, Peter A. Cejchan tyap...@gmail.com wrote: I also like very much the Acme's replacement of

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread Peter A. Cejchan
Yeas, I know it. I once had Oberon installed, before they downgraded it to Bluebottle. It had a clean design and a single language for everything: Oberon... ++pac On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Charles Forsyth charles.fors...@gmail.comwrote: The Oberon system interface, which inspired

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-26 Thread erik quanstrom
2013/4/26 Peter A. Cejchan tyap...@gmail.com: Also, keep in mind that there is already a well known and popular tiling environment in Plan 9. If you are able to make a window manager with an acme feeling I'm sure many users would be interested. The challenge here is to have the good taste

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-24 Thread yy
On 24 April 2013 07:55, David Hoskin r...@davidrhoskin.com wrote: Hello 9fans, I am interested in working on either of the graphics-related projects suggested on the GSOC wiki page. Nice. For the window system enhancements, my immediate idea would be to implement title bars and