* Nico Schottelius <nico-gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, > > > > Maybe you could give me an quick howto for git ? > > Imho git is really easy, once one understood the model of a > decentralized system. > > In general you do: <big_snip /> thx, I'll try it out in a few day. > > Well, the first point is that internal status and runtime configuration > > can now be accessed via a simple filesystem interface. Not special > > protocol and tools needed - just mount it (my mc-9p has an 9p vfs :)) > > and use plain file io. With 9P it's completely network agnostic. > > Sounds nice. :) Maybe you'd like to try it out. You need: a) libmixp: http://releases.metux.de/libmixp/ (it also includes an little cmdline in the cmd/ dir) b) libmixpsrv: http://releases.metux.de/libmixpsrv/ c) libgpm: svn://svn.metux.de/public/gpm/libgpm/ (use latest tag) d) gpmd: svn://svn.metux.de/public/gpm/gpmd/ (use 9psrv branch) > > The next step is an 9P-based event interface (a bit like linux-evdev, > > but purely text-based and network agnostic), which just sends the input > > events (not only mouse) line per line. No special protocol needed, > > a read loop and a bunch of strcmp() and sscanf() will be enough. > > I would advise against sscanf(), as it makes error prone coding quite > easy. Well, then use another simple-text-parsing function of your choice ;-o The major point is that evrything goes through an _simple_ text representation, so things like typesizes, bytesex etc are irellevant. > > One day this new interface should completely replace the current > > gpm protocol, so libgpm isn't really necessary for many apps anymore. > > I am not sure, whether this will happen (though actually it may), but I > would be interested in your plans about integration in the mainline of > gpm. Both protocols could be optional (via --enable-* switch), so user/packager can decide. Or the old protocol is simply provided by an proxy. > In my opinion you should base your work on the gpm-2-* branches, add a > configure option --enable-9p and put your stuff below src/9p/. I'll have a look at the gpm-2 branch and check what's changed. But at least there should be an backwards-compatible libgpm. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ gpm mailing list gpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linux.it/listinfo/gpm