Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
Hi Richard! Talking about digital archaeology I tried to install Plan 9 from a cd on my Dell 500H (something). That laptop came with an attachable floppy drive, cd rom and a cdrw but it was as I remembered the drives are all dead but the machine is loaded with Watt OS 5. A linux distro that has a pretty small footprint as regards to memory. Originally it had a whooping 128 MB of RAM and I installed another 128 MB RAM module so it has now 256 MB of ram. It would be nice to install Plan 9 on it but the only way into the machine now it ethernet. Would that be possible? (I guess so but I haven't found any docs on it) So, then how? If you have any ideas I would be delighted to hear since it's a shame that a so wellbuilt laptop should just be lying there unused. Yours Truly, Mats 2014-11-08 10:42 GMT+01:00, Richard Miller 9f...@hamnavoe.com: curious choise. not that you'd want to use this anymore, but ... ... flop=/dev/fd0disk Actually a couple of weeks ago I had occasion to use not only /rc/bin/a: but /rc/bin/b: to do a bit of digital archaeology (current plan 9 kernel still supports the 5¼ floppy drive on my old pentium pro machine).
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
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[9fans] rc shell script run by cron on linux
Hello, I tried to run a cron job on linux using an rc script and bumped into a problem. When the job tries to be run I get something like /usr/local/plan9/rcmain: rc (/home/sykora/plan9port/bin/ rc): .: can't open: No such file or directory (I don't know why it starts with /usr/local...; but it is probably not really relevant here.) In my crontab I have specified a PATH containing /home/sykora/plan9port/bin (where rc itself is located) but that seems to no be enough... (If I hadn't I wouldn't have got to rcmain ever; so rc calls for some reason rcmain [why? must it?]) Have anybody ever solved a problem like this? (What is the minimum I have to have in order to run rc script on linux?) Thanks Ruda
Re: [9fans] rc shell script run by cron on linux
On 8 November 2014 12:44, Rudolf Sykora rudolf.syk...@gmail.com wrote: Have anybody ever solved a problem like this? (What is the minimum I have to have in order to run rc script on linux?) Just a guess but rc needs the bootstrap rcmain file, which it is looking for in the default directory, which is in /usr/local. I think if you set/export PLAN9=/home/sykora/plan9port as well as PATH, it might work.
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
It would be nice to install Plan 9 on it but the only way into the machine now it ethernet. You just need to be able to boot it as a plan 9 terminal connected to a plan 9 file server - then install from that. Can you boot from ethernet (pxe)? Or is there a dos partition on the HDD with room for a plan 9 kernel and plan9.ini? The other possibility is an HDD transplant after using another machine to install onto the drive.
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
The last HD I installed is 100 GB in size but it's all linux partitions. Would it be possible to ssh into the machine to reformat and install Plan 9. Then it would come to use at least. Kind Regards, Mats 2014-11-08 14:47 GMT+01:00, Richard Miller 9f...@hamnavoe.com: It would be nice to install Plan 9 on it but the only way into the machine now it ethernet. You just need to be able to boot it as a plan 9 terminal connected to a plan 9 file server - then install from that. Can you boot from ethernet (pxe)? Or is there a dos partition on the HDD with room for a plan 9 kernel and plan9.ini? The other possibility is an HDD transplant after using another machine to install onto the drive.
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
So, you could make a script $home/bin/rc/a: curious choise. not that you'd want to use this anymore, but ... He meant the : as punctuation in the english sense, not part of the command name. See later where he says ..just typing a.. Clearly we should all be sending properly marked-up html messages to 9fans... ;-)
Re: [9fans] rc shell script run by cron on linux
On 8 November 2014 14:27, Charles Forsyth charles.fors...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 November 2014 12:44, Rudolf Sykora rudolf.syk...@gmail.com wrote: Have anybody ever solved a problem like this? (What is the minimum I have to have in order to run rc script on linux?) Just a guess but rc needs the bootstrap rcmain file, which it is looking for in the default directory, which is in /usr/local. I think if you set/export PLAN9=/home/sykora/plan9port as well as PATH, it might work. Thanks, exporting PLAN9 at a suitable place seems to have helped. Still, only if you can tell (I will test it at some point anyhow), is 1) rc binary 2) rcmain 3) suitable setting of PLAN9 variable enough if you want to pass your rc script to somebody who does not have p9p installed? (Say, I wrote some rc scripts and now other people want to use it...) Thanks Ruda
[9fans] Print Screen?
Hi Y'all! Just a simple question: Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? The question just popped up and I'm not able to make some tests right now. Haven't found any info about it. Kind greetings, Mats
Re: [9fans] Print Screen?
Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? topng /dev/screen screen.png sl
Re: [9fans] Print Screen?
topng /dev/screen /tmp/screenshot.png On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi Y'all! Just a simple question: Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? The question just popped up and I'm not able to make some tests right now. Haven't found any info about it. Kind greetings, Mats
Re: [9fans] Print Screen?
your job, add this to http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Tip_o'_the_day/index.html I thought it was there. -Steve On 8 Nov 2014, at 19:23, andrey mirtchovski mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: topng /dev/screen /tmp/screenshot.png On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi Y'all! Just a simple question: Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? The question just popped up and I'm not able to make some tests right now. Haven't found any info about it. Kind greetings, Mats
Re: [9fans] Print Screen?
how do i take a screenshot has always been in the FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/comp-os/plan9-faq/ On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Quintile st...@quintile.net wrote: your job, add this to http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Tip_o'_the_day/index.html I thought it was there. -Steve On 8 Nov 2014, at 19:23, andrey mirtchovski mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: topng /dev/screen /tmp/screenshot.png On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi Y'all! Just a simple question: Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? The question just popped up and I'm not able to make some tests right now. Haven't found any info about it. Kind greetings, Mats
Re: [9fans] Print Screen?
Thanks for your help! I'll se if I improve on getting the answers myself. But my situation makes it hard to focus at the moment (e.g. my girls). Thanks again!!! Kind greetings, Mats 2014-11-08 20:32 GMT+01:00, andrey mirtchovski mirtchov...@gmail.com: how do i take a screenshot has always been in the FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/comp-os/plan9-faq/ On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Quintile st...@quintile.net wrote: your job, add this to http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Tip_o'_the_day/index.html I thought it was there. -Steve On 8 Nov 2014, at 19:23, andrey mirtchovski mirtchov...@gmail.com wrote: topng /dev/screen /tmp/screenshot.png On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi Y'all! Just a simple question: Is it possible to print the screen in Plan 9? The question just popped up and I'm not able to make some tests right now. Haven't found any info about it. Kind greetings, Mats
[9fans] Change font in Abaco
Hi guys! I've tried multiple ways to change the font in Abaco but failed. It seems to be compiled in. Is there a way to change the font in Abaco. Would really appreciate some help. Greetings, Mats
Re: [9fans] Change font in Abaco
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys! I've tried multiple ways to change the font in Abaco but failed. It seems to be compiled in. Is there a way to change the font in Abaco. Would really appreciate some help. Greetings, Mats Yeah, they're compiled in. The font paths are located at the start of abaco's main.c. Maybe your emails will prompt someone to take action and integrate $font/$font2 environment variables into a bunch of Plan 9 programs. Good luck, Lee
Re: [9fans] Change font in Abaco
Thanks for confirming Lee I appreciate that! And who knows, things happen. 2014-11-08 22:57 GMT+01:00, Lee Fallat ircsurfe...@gmail.com: On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Mats Olsson plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys! I've tried multiple ways to change the font in Abaco but failed. It seems to be compiled in. Is there a way to change the font in Abaco. Would really appreciate some help. Greetings, Mats Yeah, they're compiled in. The font paths are located at the start of abaco's main.c. Maybe your emails will prompt someone to take action and integrate $font/$font2 environment variables into a bunch of Plan 9 programs. Good luck, Lee
Re: [9fans] Change font in Abaco
I've tried multiple ways to change the font in Abaco but failed. Check out the example file /sys/src/cmd/abaco/abaco.fonts. Copy this to $home/lib and edit it to suit. sl
Re: [9fans] Change font in Abaco
On Sat Nov 8 16:45:57 EST 2014, plan9@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys! I've tried multiple ways to change the font in Abaco but failed. It seems to be compiled in. Is there a way to change the font in Abaco. Would really appreciate some help. i have taken a little different direction on fonts in abaco. i think what one wishes to specify is the typeface. so we need to specify twenty fonts in the product of five point sizes and four weight/styles (roman, italic, bold, and typewriter). i put these in an external file in /lib/font/bit/htmlfont (sic). there are twenty entries, for example for the tiny roman entry for lucida, tr /lib/font/bit/lucidasans/unicode.6.font to switch fonts just set htmlfont=/lib/font/bit/htmlfont/vera before running readweb. easy peasy. the face files, version of abaco supporting them, and the version of readweb that has been modified to support this - erik
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
On Sat Nov 8 10:10:32 EST 2014, a...@9srv.net wrote: So, you could make a script $home/bin/rc/a: curious choise. not that you'd want to use this anymore, but ... He meant the : as punctuation in the english sense, not part of the command name. See later where he says ..just typing a.. Clearly we should all be sending properly marked-up html messages to 9fans... ;-) clearly, as you demonstrate here, ironicly, the quotation markes (or spaces, apostrophies, etc.) are already available in plan text. ☺ - erik
Re: [9fans] Persistent font in Acme.
On Sat Nov 8 04:43:12 EST 2014, 9f...@hamnavoe.com wrote: curious choise. not that you'd want to use this anymore, but ... ... flop=/dev/fd0disk Actually a couple of weeks ago I had occasion to use not only /rc/bin/a: but /rc/bin/b: to do a bit of digital archaeology (current plan 9 kernel still supports the 5¼ floppy drive on my old pentium pro machine). ppro 166Mhz? that's quite the historic artifact! the last 3½ floppy i used was in an out-of-the-box 4th edition ken's file server. that was a great system, but i always feared it wouldn't boot due to floppy bit rot. (the old 5¼ system was more reliable for me.) there was no doubt when it updated it's configuration. sadly it was finally retired when it ran out of space. by that time, a new machine was a better idea, and DOM modules were cheep and reliable. - erik
Re: [9fans] Change font in Abaco
the face files, version of abaco supporting them, and the version of readweb that has been modified to support this are in 9atom. - erik
