p9p rio has virtuals, too. I would tell you to look at the source for
more inspiration, but I don't really want to be a comedian.

How does one switch desktops? Can/did you implement scrolling on a
gray bit to switch? Extending the fs?

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:54 PM, <j...@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote:
> I spent a couple hours this afternoon reading rio source and hacking
> it to do virtual desktops.  /n/sources/contrib/john/rio-virtual.tgz
> contains the files from /sys/src/cmd/rio with my changes made.  At
> this time, there is no support for specifying the number of virtuals,
> because I'm lazy--you get six and you will ENJOY IT.
>
> Let me know if you try it and find bugs.  I don't really give a damn
> if you think this is Against The Plan 9 Way.  Personally, the exercise
> gave me a better appreciation for the simplicity of Plan 9 software--I
> was able to take a piece of software I'd never looked at before, read
> the code a bit, and put in some new functionality within an hour or
> two.
>
>
> John
>
>
>

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