Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread Alex Musolino
> I wanted to ask if there is a "Plan9 way" to create simple HTML > pages. Would this possibly be doable with troff, or is there for > example a way to convert Markdown? Since my intention would be a > very simple blog, it would also be possible to just create the pages > directly in HTML using a

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread igor
Quoth s...@firstpost.pub: […] > I wanted to ask if there is a "Plan9 way" to create simple HTML pages. Would > this possibly be doable with troff, or is there for example a way to convert > Markdown? Since my intention would be a very simple blog, it would also be > possible to just create the p

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread Rodrigo G . López
this little monster of mine could be of interest to you: https://github.com/sametsisartenep/mkweb best, -rodri On Tue, Feb 1, 2022, 9:12 AM wrote: > Quoth s...@firstpost.pub: > […] > > I wanted to ask if there is a "Plan9 way" to create simple HTML pages. > Would this possibly be doable with t

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread sirjofri
I have multiple ways for different reasons: My website is generated using static fragments and page fragments. The blog however is a troff source that's converted to a static page fragment. This way I can output a nice pdf too. I made shithub.us/sirjofri/epublish which uses a markdown-like fo

Re: [9fans] licence question

2022-02-01 Thread David Leimbach via 9fans
> On Jan 29, 2022, at 8:03 AM, ibrahim via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > > And I believe that the reason why NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD are not as wide > spread as Linux was the lack of a compiler suite conforming to the BSD license For some people it’s because they didn’t have a math coproc

Re: [9fans] acme and sam - mouse suggestions?

2022-02-01 Thread David Leimbach via 9fans
I use a big heavy trackball. Kensington pro trackball is pricey but you get four buttons and a scroll ring. Got my first one well over 10 years ago and it’s still my daily driver. I have a second wireless one on a Mac. The wired one is better overall if you can get them. The wireless one can wo

Re: [9fans] acme and sam - mouse suggestions?

2022-02-01 Thread Marius Eriksen
It’s pricy, but I love the 3dconnexion CAD mouse [1]. It tracks superbly, and the construction quality approaches Apple’s level. [1] https://3dconnexion.com/us/cadmouse/ > > On Jan 27, 2022, at 8:57 PM, Kurt H Maier via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 03:47:48PM +1

Re: [9fans] licence question

2022-02-01 Thread Dan Cross
On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 8:10 AM David Leimbach via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2022, at 8:03 AM, ibrahim via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > > > > And I believe that the reason why NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD are not as > wide spread as Linux was the lack of a compiler suite conform

Re: [9fans] licence question

2022-02-01 Thread ibrahim via 9fans
On Sunday, 30 January 2022, at 10:00 PM, ron minnich wrote: > That happened about 10 years earlier. The effort I am talking about with jmk was 2013; the dustup with Theo was circa 2003: Thanks for sharing those facts. On Saturday, 29 January 2022, at 3:26 PM, David Leimbach wrote: > I haven’t eve

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread ori
Quoth s...@firstpost.pub: > Hi,  > > I wanted to ask if there is a "Plan9 way" to create simple HTML pages. Would > this possibly be doable with troff, or is there for example a way to convert > Markdown? Since my intention would be a very simple blog, it would also be > possible to just create

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread Ben Hancock
On 1/31/22 23:49, s...@firstpost.pub wrote: I wanted to ask if there is a "Plan9 way" to create simple HTML pages. Would this possibly be doable with troff, or is there for example a way to convert Markdown? This is not Plan 9 specific, but it sounds like pandoc could help you: https://pandoc

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread ori
Quoth Ben Hancock : > This is not Plan 9 specific Are you implying it runs on plan 9 at all? -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Te71ff4b45d15900f-Ma2eeae58506cde465879bc7e Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups

Re: [9fans] licence question

2022-02-01 Thread Dan Cross
On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 10:08 AM ibrahim via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote: > On Tuesday, 1 February 2022, at 3:12 PM, Dan Cross wrote: > > This isn't really on-topic for 9fans, but I find this hard to believe. > Linux used the exact same compiler suite, and became wildly successful > while the BSD

Re: [9fans] licence question

2022-02-01 Thread hiro
> I believe that David is right that it was a combination of running on > really low-end hardware (in the early days, Torvalds accepted patches for > just about anything), and a similarly low barrier to entry (others > elsewhere have quipped about having to appease, "the Gods of BSD" to get > anyth

Re: [9fans] Create HTML pages

2022-02-01 Thread sml
Thank you so much for all the good suggestions! I‘m going to test my way through them to find the one that works best for me. -- 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Te71ff4b45d15900f-M95ce9b3ff74801c44f8d0983 Delivery options:

Re: [9fans] acme and sam - mouse suggestions?

2022-02-01 Thread David Arroyo
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022, at 23:59, Marius Eriksen wrote: > It’s pricy, but I love the 3dconnexion CAD mouse [1]. It tracks superbly, and > the construction quality approaches Apple’s level. > > [1] https://3dconnexion.com/us/cadmouse/ I use the wireless model and agree it's an excellent mouse. The