From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:55:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B780EE5.9000505@metux.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201002120126.28071.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> You are assuming that smaller WMs don't need IPC. I believe that assumption to
> be false. If my belief is true, then your argument falls flat.
Guess what, there are even very small WMs that have an IPC, and a
very clear/portable/network-agnostic one: wmii uses 9P.
> By way of example: printing. By no stretch of the imagination can printing be
> considered to be a niche function. How will an arbitrary app find your
> printers? There are multiple print server around. So, you could:
lpr ?
If it's interface is not enough anymore, invent a new one.
Perhaps as a filesystem. 9P makes this *very* easy.
> Multimedia buttons. One of the most confounding things on modern hardware are
> multimedia buttons. Volume is easy - make it adjust the sound server.
man 1 plumb
cu
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2010-02-08 22:20 [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-08 23:39 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-09 12:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2010-02-09 14:08 ` roundyz
2010-02-08 23:41 ` Paul Hartman
2010-02-09 0:19 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-09 0:53 ` Dale
2010-02-08 23:42 ` Tom Hendrikx
2010-02-08 23:45 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-09 2:17 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-09 8:16 ` Dale
2010-02-09 10:47 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-09 11:11 ` Dale
2010-02-09 14:13 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-09 22:58 ` Dale
2010-02-10 0:47 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-10 1:02 ` Dale
2010-02-10 1:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-02-10 2:15 ` [gentoo-user] OT: " Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-10 2:30 ` Dale
2010-02-10 4:02 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-02-10 0:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-10 1:29 ` Dale
2010-02-10 7:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 8:24 ` Dale
2010-02-10 9:38 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-10 10:04 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 11:37 ` Dale
2010-02-10 10:24 ` Dale
2010-02-10 15:36 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-10 15:57 ` Dale
2010-02-10 16:15 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-10 18:10 ` Dale
2010-02-09 10:27 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-09 12:43 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-09 13:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-09 14:10 ` Mark Knecht
2010-02-10 12:57 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-10 13:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-10 14:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-10 14:29 ` Dale
2010-02-11 4:39 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 4:54 ` Dale
2010-02-11 6:44 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 9:03 ` Dale
2010-02-10 20:47 ` pk
2010-02-11 7:31 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-11 8:05 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 21:40 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 22:13 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 22:35 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 22:53 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 22:56 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:03 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:10 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:21 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:42 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-02-11 23:50 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 23:52 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-12 6:53 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 7:15 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-12 2:24 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-02-12 6:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 9:48 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-12 7:44 ` [gentoo-user] " Graham Murray
2010-02-12 7:51 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 8:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 9:42 ` Graham Murray
2010-02-12 10:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:48 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-12 10:47 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 19:23 ` pk
2010-02-12 19:30 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 20:06 ` pk
2010-02-12 20:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 0:27 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-12 22:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-13 10:17 ` pk
2010-02-13 10:47 ` Willie Wong
2010-02-13 7:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 11:02 ` pk
2010-02-14 14:46 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 15:17 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 15:29 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 17:09 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:38 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 18:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:52 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-11 23:26 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-12 19:38 ` pk
2010-02-12 19:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 20:14 ` pk
2010-02-12 20:25 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-12 21:39 ` pk
2010-02-12 22:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 9:43 ` pk
2010-02-13 10:16 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-14 14:59 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 15:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 15:31 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 17:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-14 18:44 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-17 14:26 ` [gentoo-user] fat libraries [WAS: How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?] Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:50 ` [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan McKinnon
2010-02-17 11:45 ` [gentoo-user] Rethinking binfmts [WAS: How the HAL are you supposed to use these files?] Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-17 16:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-13 10:12 ` [gentoo-user] How the HAL are you supposed to use these files? Alan McKinnon
2010-02-14 14:55 ` Enrico Weigelt [this message]
2010-02-11 23:59 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-11 22:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-11 22:47 ` Zeerak Waseem
2010-02-11 23:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:40 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:39 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-11 16:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-13 6:39 ` Walter Dnes
2010-02-13 7:51 ` Graham Murray
2010-02-13 10:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-13 20:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-14 14:27 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-14 19:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-02-15 9:57 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-15 19:20 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-15 20:23 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-15 23:41 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-02-16 19:00 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-16 8:23 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-02-16 14:32 ` Mike Edenfield
2010-02-16 18:05 ` Enrico Weigelt
2010-02-09 8:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-09 14:08 ` Mike Edenfield
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