Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread James A. Robinson
As Chris indicated, the keyboard modifiers let you simulate buttons 2 or 3. The remaining issue is the chording combinations, selecting with 1 and then clicking 2 (cut) or 3 (paste), or having some copied text and using 2-1 to execute with args. The patch I mentioned helps with those, letting

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread sl
> I believe that it is documented somewhere on Russ Cox’s website or on > plan9port. Sorry, I thought you were referring to the swipe gestures introduced in the link you quoted. sl

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread Alex Musolino
> > Is there any interest in putting these p9port style keyboard modifiers > into p9bl or 9front? > 9front has Shift+RMB for emulating MMB.

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread Chris McGee
I believe that it is documented somewhere on Russ Cox’s website or on plan9port. Basically, you can hold down the ctrl or alt keys while clicking/dragging to simulate the same action with the middle or right mouse button. I think that chording is possible too by holding down both ctrl and alt

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread sl
> Is there any interest in putting these p9port style keyboard modifiers into > p9bl or 9front? Could you explain exactly what the modifiers are and how they work? sl

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread Chris McGee
Is there any interest in putting these p9port style keyboard modifiers into p9bl or 9front? It might be a good backup for when I don’t have a true three button mouse kicking around. Chris > > Since I'm on a macbook with a one-button touchpad I end up using > the keyboard modifiers plus the

Re: [9fans] plan9.bell-labs.com hates AppleWebKit?

2016-10-02 Thread sl
> So... Does Alcatel-Lucent have a problem with AppleWebKit > users on principle? Interesting reversal. sl

[9fans] 9p - meaning of iounit

2016-10-02 Thread Chris McGee
Hello All, I am learning the 9p protocol and implementing a 9P server. After reading the 9p manual page, the types of messages and much of the overview is clear. There are a number of items that are less clear. For example, it took some time to figure out how to provide a directory structure

[9fans] plan9.bell-labs.com hates AppleWebKit?

2016-10-02 Thread James A. Robinson
So... Does Alcatel-Lucent have a problem with AppleWebKit users on principle? It looks to me as though my problem with browsing around under http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/ (and other subpages) is because the server doesn't like the User-Agent string: $ telnet plan9.bell-labs.com 80 Trying

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread James A. Robinson
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 2:13 AM Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > I've tried accessing plan 9 using vnc from a touchscreen tablet, > and yes it does suck. Rio and acme really do want a mouse. > > With a multitouch screen it's possible somebody could think up a > new gesture-based plan 9

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-02 Thread Richard Miller
> i'm sure that touchpad will suck for chording. I've tried accessing plan 9 using vnc from a touchscreen tablet, and yes it does suck. Rio and acme really do want a mouse. With a multitouch screen it's possible somebody could think up a new gesture-based plan 9 interface which would work as