[TUHS] the Y window system

[Rodrigo G. López]

thanks rob!

i don't see him on the list, so i'll see if i can reach him through other media.


-rodri

On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 4:29 AM Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I looked at the source. I still have no memory of it existing, but stylistically it's almost certainly code written by Phil Winterbottom.
>
> -rob
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2024 at 2:26 AM Rodrigo G. López <rodrigosloop at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> maybe it was developed outside of the labs then.
>>
>>
>> -rodri
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 12:56 PM Rob Pike <robpike at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > I've never heard of it.
>> >
>> > -rob
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 8:16 PM Rodrigo G. López <rodrigosloop at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> hello everyone,
>> >>
>> >> i recently came across a little window manager, written in Alef, that
>> >> i've had in my /tmp folder
>> >> for the last five years. it's called Y (probably as a response to X),
>> >> and i grabbed it from
>> >> 9gridchan's public griddisk; run by the late mycroftiv until 2022.
>> >>
>> >> i think it must've been an experimental project by Pike, Rosenthal or
>> >> Tom Duff, but i can't find
>> >> any documentation about it anywhere. i'd love to know if any of you
>> >> remembers this, and if so,
>> >> would you share the story behind it?
>> >>
>> >> i uploaded the source code here: http://antares-labs.eu/isometric/Y.tgz
>> >>
>> >> and it runs on 2nd ed plan 9 without issue (see the attached screenshot.)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> cheers!
>> >>
>> >> -rodri