8½ (Plan 9)
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 8½ is a window system developed for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system by Rob Pike. According to its documentation, the system has little graphical fanciness, a fixed user interface, and depends on a three-button mouse. Like much of the Plan 9 operating system, many operations work by reading and writing to special files.
Because of the limitations stemming from its unusual implementation, 8½ has been completely rewritten into its successor rio in recent Plan 9 versions.
See also
- Plan 9 from Bell Labs — the operating system
- mux — the predecessor to 8½
- rio — the new Plan 9 windowing system
- 9wm — an X window manager which attempts to emulate 8½
External links
- 8½, the Plan 9 Window System by Rob Pike — The original paper.
