On Friday, September 3, 2010, Uriel <ur...@berlinblue.org> wrote: > I understand that when you are busy reinventing square wheels, causing > extra confusion is the least of your worries...
Clearly you didn't read the explanation of what libdraw is... Allow me to reiterate: the functions already existed within dwm, dmenu, and tabbed. They are now a part of a separate library, simply for ease of development. In its present state it does not even handle the creation of windows, let alone any of the various other things Plan 9's does. As noted by Szabolcs, it uses Xlib functions directly and so is several orders of magnitude smaller than Plan 9's. Seriously. Since you haven't even looked at it yet, I urge you to check the vast difference in code complexity. It may just be me, but weren't we trying to write simple software, not just use libraries that already exist because OMG they're in Plan 9! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I also don't think one cannot use Plan 9's libdraw (constrained as it is by rio's limited windowing capabilities) to create redirect-overridden windows like those required by dwm and dmenu. Not, at least, without some dirty hacks. If this is the case then how, exactly, are we meant to use that library? cls
