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bboard, castor and finger

bboard:bboard [-nps] [-r n]9p contrib directory
castor:castor [address]

9p bboard acme example

  cpu% acme
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol⇐ With mouse button 2 click menu text New
[blank]
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look
[panel]
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look bboard⇐ Type the text bboard after the text Look
[panel]
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look bboard⇐ With mouse button 1 highlight text bboard,
mouse button 2 click the highlighted text
[panel]

OR

Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look bboard⇐ With mouse button 2 highlight text bboard,
then release mouse button 2
[panel]

OR 

  cpu% acme
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol⇐ With mouse button 2 click menu text New
[blank]
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look
bboard⇐ Type the text bboard
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look
bboard⇐ With mouse button 1 highlight text bboard,
mouse button 2 click the highlighted text
bboard⇐ With mouse button 2 highlight text bboard,
then release mouse button 2

bboard post example

bboard:bboard [-nps] [-r n]9p contrib directory 
  cpu% bboard
  usage: bboard [-nps] [-r n]
  
  bboard -p post a news article
  bboard -n read all new posts since last read
  bboard -r n read a particular post
  bboard -s print a list of subjects
x‘bboard -p’ from the rio rc prompt, only.
xA ‘bboard -p’ will not work within acme with win, or a prompt within acme.
xUse ‘lc -l /tmp’ to locate an unsuccessful ‘bboard -p’ post. 
  cpu% bboard -p
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
/tmp/2021-09-29T05:56:09+00:00 Del Snarf : Look
Subject:⇐ Type the bboard subject here.
[blank]⇐ Press the Enter key once, to advance one line.
[The body of the new bboard message belongs here.]⇐ Type the body of the new bboard message here. Put to post the bboard message, then Del and Exit to quit. 1)
[blank]⇐ Hint, add another [blank] line after the text, before the Put, Del and Exit is completed.

bboard read example

  cpu% bboard -r 13
  cpu% bboard -r 5|page

bboard reply example

1.Avoid using a “:” (colon) in the Subject: field.
a.Optional: a “-” (dash) is used after the “Re”. 
  cpu% bboard -s
  Num   Date        Time             Tacker      Subject
  :37:  2022-12-15  22:05:12-06:00   auser2      Hello bboard
  cpu% bboard -p
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
/tmp/2021-09-29T05:56:09+00:00 Del Snarf : Look
Subject: Re - Hello bboard⇐ Type the bboard Re - 2) and subject here.
[blank]⇐ Press the Enter key once, to advance one line.
[The body of the reply bboard message belongs here.]⇐ Type the body of the new bboard message here. Put to post the bboard message, then Del and Exit to quit. 3)
[blank]⇐ Hint, add another [blank] line after the text, before the Put, Del and Exit is completed. 
  cpu% bboard -s
  Num   Date        Time             Tacker      Subject
  :37:  2022-12-15  22:05:12-06:00   auser2      Hello bboard
  :38:  2022-12-19  08:11:48+00:00   auser5      Re - Hello bboard

double-struck capital r

1.Avoid using a “:” (colon) in the Subject: field.
a.Optional: a “-” (dash) is used after the ℝe.
xThe sequence for entering a double-struck ℝ on an IBM keyboard is ALT-R-R.keyboard 
  cpu% bboard -s
  Num   Date        Time             Tacker      Subject
  :37:  2022-12-15  22:05:12-06:00   auser2      Hello bboard
  cpu% bboard -p
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
/tmp/2021-09-29T05:56:09+00:00 Del Snarf : Look
Subject: ℝe - Hello bboard⇐ Type the bboard ℝe - 4) and subject here.
[blank]⇐ Press the Enter key once, to advance one line.
[The body of the reply bboard message belongs here.]⇐ Type the body of the new bboard message here. Put to post the bboard message, then Del and Exit to quit. 5)
[blank]⇐ Hint, add another [blank] line after the text, before the Put, Del and Exit is completed. 
  cpu% bboard -s
  Num   Date        Time             Tacker      Subject
  :37:  2022-12-15  22:05:12-06:00   auser2      Hello bboard
  :38:  2022-12-19  08:11:48+00:00   auser5      ℝe - Hello bboard

Gemini

9p.sdf.org gemini index file location
/usr/$user/html/index.gem
xSDF 9p Gemini server example 6): gemini://9p.sdf.org 7)
xSupported SDF Gemini servers, and introduction.

castor

castor:castor [address] – A Gemini browser for Plan 9

9p castor example

  cpu% castor gemini://sdf.org
castor menu
back
forward
search⇐ Enter the text mkgopher, after selecting search with a mouse button 2 press.
bookmarks
add bookmark
exit

finger

finger:toe – A very basic finger client for plan9/9front. 
  cpu% touch $home/lib/finger
  cpu% echo '$user is a Plan 9 Boot Camper.' >$home/lib/finger
  cpu% finger $user@9p
xUp to 100 lines can be served from it.
$home/lib/finger example
== finger section
$user is a Plan 9 Boot Camper.
 
=== microblog section
$user setup camp at 9p.sdf.org while using castor.

gemnine

gemnine:gemnine [-w] [URL]- Gemini browser for Plan 9

9p gemnine acme example

  cpu% acme
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol⇐ With mouse button 2 click menu text New
[blank]
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look
gemnine gemini://sdf.org⇐ Type the text gemnine gemini://sdf.org
Newcol Kill Putall Dump Exit
New Cut Paste Snarf Sort Zerox Delcol
Del Snarf | Look
gemnine gemini://sdf.org⇐ With mouse button 1 highlight text gemnine gemini://sdf.org,
mouse button 2 click the highlighted text
gemnine gemini://sdf.org⇐ With mouse button 2 highlight text gemnine gemini://sdf.org,
then release mouse button 2

gopher

  cpu% gopher gopher://sdf.org
gopher menu
search
bookmarks
add bookmark⇐ Enter a name or phrase, after selecting add bookmark with a mouse button 2 press.
exit
1) , 3) , 5)
Be sure to middle Put and middle Exit to successfully post. To abort a post, just clear the buffer. Anything less than 15 characters will be considered an aborted post.
2) , 4)
A Re: will not include the subject Hello bboard after the Put and Exit.
6)
For use as an SDF Plan 9 Boot Camp Gemini server example: gemini://9p.sdf.org.
7)
The infrequent Gemini server example is dependent on schedule availability.
plan9front_-_bboard_and_castor.txt · Last modified: 2024/09/07 05:39 by hc9