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# lola Lola is the attempt at a new window system. Its architecture is based on that of rio, and it borrows some of its code, but it is not a modified rio. The first milestone was to reach something like feature parity with rio. The goals were: - use lib9p instead of implementing the 9p server from scratch -> 9p no longer in separate proc, easier synchronization - de-couple text handling from windows -> text.c - cleaner code, make it more hackable After that had been more or less achieved some new features were implemented: - window decorations including title bars - various styles: - flat style (extremely minimal) - simple style (TODO: maybe rename this...) - windows 3.x - windows 95/nt4 - '(no)title', '(no)border' wctl messages - support for different color schemes - uses named devdraw images - virtual desktops - 1-2 chord on desktop opens screen menu - 'screenoffset' wctl message - '(no)sticky' wctl message - select window with mouse by reading from `pick' file - tabbed windows (WIP) - new tab: click window instead of dragging out rectangle - close tab: button 2 on tab - move tab: 1-2 and 1-3 chords - move tab across window: button 3 on tab or title bar, click new window or background - 'newtab' wctl message - 'new -id n' attach name - misc - 1-3 chord on desktop opens secondary menu # Building The window decoration style is set by linking in the relevant file, so edit the `mkfile' to try different styles. The options are: flat.c, simple.c, win3.c, win95.c # Color schemes Some color schemes for the simple theme can be found here: http://aap.papnet.eu/pub/plan9/themes/Themes.html