Introduction to getting around. The User Interface of Plan9 / 9Front

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Introduction to getting around. The User Interface of Plan9 / 9Front

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Күн бұрын

The basics of how to get around the rio window manager in Plan9 and 9Front.
Add, resize, move, and delete windows.
Cut, paste, and "snarf" text.
And a few other useful tips and tricks for both the graphical interface and the command line interface.

Пікірлер: 19

@sirjofri 2 жыл бұрын

It's always nice to see more 9 content on mainstream media, especially videos. Many people today learn using videos and I'm glad that Plan 9 users are making videos and tutorials. I'm a 9front user myself, for more than three years, and I know the community well. Are you active in the communities somewhere? If you need help with some more advanced topics feel free to reach out to the community. I found many helpful people there, and I personally am always glad when I can help people.

@adventuresin9797 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad people appreciate the videos. I do lurk around various community sites. I'm in the middle of a move right now, so these videos are mostly just me documenting putting my system back together. So for now, it is a lot of introductory stuff. In a month, I hope to have everything out of storage and get into some more advanced topics.

@lucacagnolati5530 Жыл бұрын

Successfully installed on a mac mini on external hdrive for alternative boot Now i m trying navigate into It Thank You for these guides Looks likes My journey is starting now

@Jalae Жыл бұрын

knowing the functionality of send and the nuance of the scroll bar/wheel woulda been nice a year and a half ago...

@adventuresin9797 Жыл бұрын

It's never to late to learn.

@smorrow 2 жыл бұрын

"The scroll bar works different than most other systems too" XTerm actually has the same scroll bar behaviour.

@adventuresin9797 2 жыл бұрын

That's interesting. I never really noticed. Most Linux distros I've used lately just come with a window manager or terminal emulator that use the left button to move the scroll bar. And before that, I always had the habit to pipe things into less.

@smorrow 2 жыл бұрын

Vdiff can be used a less equivalent in a sense. No regex search though

@gl3nda96 2 жыл бұрын

It is so sad that Plan 9 didn't receive mainstream attention when it needed it. Instead, we gave attention to IPhones. 😥 Now all we can do is woe. This system is truly a masterpiece. This was way ahead of its time and is _still_ way ahead of our time.

@adventuresin9797 2 жыл бұрын

It took over 20 years for Unix to go through being a one off lab project, to a university research toy, to something that could be sold, to the backbone of the Internet. I think as more and more things get more sophisticated computers in them, and need to talk to others, we will end up back to Plan 9. For now, it is a research toy.

@0011101001101 Жыл бұрын

What I noticed about scrolling: The left mouse button moves the line you click to the top. The right mouse button moves the line at the top to where you click.

@adventuresin9797 11 ай бұрын

Yes, and the middle button will jump to a specific area. It takes a little getting used to.

@illsmackudown 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@mosesolsonmd4063 2 жыл бұрын

Is there anything other than mothra?

@adventuresin9797 2 жыл бұрын

There is Abaco, which is the default browser on legacy Plan9. There is also a Netsurf port github.com/netsurf-plan9/nsport

@KatzRool 2 жыл бұрын

9th

@alexalexx3512 2 жыл бұрын

I still dont know wtf this is. I just saw a comment on Mental Outlaw's video XD

@adventuresin9797 2 жыл бұрын

It's about using Plan 9. A research operating system developed at Bell Labs. Stay tuned, I'll be making more interesting videos. This one is just covering some basics.

@smorrow 2 жыл бұрын

What was the comment?