Re: [wmii] Preparation for 3.7 Release.

I think at least part of the point of the 9p interface is that people
can use the wmii-ruby stuff or whatever if they feel masochistic
enough.

I have not looked at any of the new changes or wmii.rc, but it is nice
to know you can always bypass it and get down to all the functionality
using cat and echo.

uriel

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:15 AM, sqweek <sqweek_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
> Just been having a look [finally] through the rc.wmii changes from
> 3.6 to 20080520. Some comments:
>
> * Event-Notice: nice idea, dicey implementation... I implemented
> something similar as a seperate action awhile back, that would
> remember the last 10 messages and cycle on mouse clicks. Never got
> around to sharing (or using) it.
> * LBarMenu-3-Delete: Guess what function got unbound as soon as I noticed it? :P
> The generalised menu interface is kind of nice though.
> * /tags/1 exists even with no clients now?
> * # For the time being, this file follows the lisp bracing convention.
> This comment totally failed to surprise me; after debugging a couple
> of things and absorbing the scripts, the *code* started reminding me
> of lisp. I half suspect you'll take that as a compliment, but it got
> me wondering... Why are we using rc? rc's forte is environment
> manipulation and process spawning, not meta programming and api
> construction (ok, rc.wmii does its fair share of the former aswell).
> In fact, considering the interface now provided by wmii.rc, I wonder
> why we use 9p at all. wmii could be using any sort of RPC protocol
> behind wi_foo and no one would know the difference. The greatest one
> for me was:
>
> fn wi_readevent {
> wmiir read /event
> }
>
> What. The. Hell. wi_readevent is referenced exactly once, for those wondering.
> I suspect this is half the point - hide details of the 9p interface
> behind a "nice" rc interface. But isn't that the exact point of 9p? To
> hide the details of X11 and window management behind a "nice" 9p
> interface? The mere existance of wmii.rc just screams at me "Why, WHY?
> Why do we need this extra level of indirection?" The obvious
> conclusion is that our current 9p interface sucks, but I wonder if
> there aren't other factors...
>
> -sqweek
>
>
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