On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:54 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. >
A followup for anyone using rio-virtual: I did a bit of hacking today and have some updates. * Virtual desktop switching should be a bit faster thanks to a slightly smarter algorithm governing who gets drawn and who doesn't. Oh, and hiding a window, switching desktops, then switching back now leaves the window hidden, instead of drawing it again like in the old version. * The "-b 0xrrggbbFF" switch allows you to set the background color; the default is 0x777777FF, but I also like 0xBBBBBBFF, and some shades of dark red or blue can also be nice. * To get a little silly, the "-n" switch makes window borders look as close to the old 8 1/2 windows as I could easily come. The current window has 4 pixel black borders, while the other windows have one pixel black borders. The new source is still in /n/sources/contrib/john/rio-virtual.tgz. I've also put it on Bitbucket, so you can fetch it via Mercurial: http://bitbucket.org/floren/rio-virtual/ John -- "Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing" -- Rob Pike
