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6<a href=/index.xml target=_blank>RSS</a></nav></header><main><div><h1>Drawing Pixels in Plan9</h1><p>May 27, 2023<div><p>I have started exploring Plan9's graphics capabilities. This is a hello world
7alternative for drawing that draws a yellow square on a blue background.<p>More information:<ul><li><a href=https://github.com/0intro/plan9/blob/main/sys/include/draw.h>draw.h header file</a>
8contains all the drawing functions<li><a href=https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man3/draw.html>draw man page</a>
9has a bit more digestable descriptions of the draw functions<li><a href=https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man3/graphics.html>graphics man page</a>
10has a bit more digestable descriptions of the graphics functions<li><a href=https://9fans.github.io/plan9port/man/man3/>all man pages</a>
11can be a valuable resource for learning about the system</ul><p><img src=/notes/plan9-pixels.png alt="Plan9 Howdy World!"><pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#fff><code><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green>// main.c
12</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green></span><span style=color:#00f>#include</span> <span style=color:#00f>&lt;u.h&gt;</span><span style=color:#00f>
13</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f>#include</span> <span style=color:#00f>&lt;libc.h&gt;</span><span style=color:#00f>
14</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f>#include</span> <span style=color:#00f>&lt;draw.h&gt;</span><span style=color:#00f>
15</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f>#include</span> <span style=color:#00f>&lt;cursor.h&gt;</span><span style=color:#00f>
16</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#00f></span>
17</span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:#2b91af>void</span>
18</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>main()
19</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>{
20</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> ulong co;
21</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> Image *im, *bg;
22</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> co = 0x0000FFFF;
23</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
24</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span style=color:#00f>if</span> (initdraw(nil, nil, argv0) &lt; 0)
25</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> {
26</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> sysfatal(<span style=color:#a31515>&#34;%s: %r&#34;</span>, argv0);
27</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> }
28</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
29</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> im = allocimage(display, Rect(0, 0, 300, 300), RGB24, 0, DYellow);
30</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> bg = allocimage(display, Rect(0, 0, 1, 1), RGB24, 1, co);
31</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
32</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span style=color:#00f>if</span> (im == nil || bg == nil)
33</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> {
34</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> sysfatal(<span style=color:#a31515>&#34;not enough memory&#34;</span>);
35</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> }
36</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
37</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> draw(screen, screen-&gt;r, bg, nil, ZP);
38</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> draw(screen, screen-&gt;r, im, nil, Pt(-40, -40));
39</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
40</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> flushimage(display, Refnone);
41</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
42</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> <span style=color:green>// Wait 10 seconds before exiting.
43</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green></span> sleep(10000);
44</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
45</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> exits(nil);
46</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>}
47</span></span></code></pre><p>And then compile with <code>mk</code> (mkfile below):<pre tabindex=0 style=background-color:#fff><code><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green># mkfile
48</span></span></span><span style=display:flex><span><span style=color:green></span><span>&lt;/$objtype/mkfile</span>
49</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
50</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>RC=/rc/bin
51</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>BIN=/$objtype/bin
52</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>MAN=/sys/man
53</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>
54</span></span><span style=display:flex><span>main:
55</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> $CC $CFLAGS main.c
56</span></span><span style=display:flex><span> $LD $LDFLAGS -o main main.$O
57</span></span></code></pre><p>And run with <code>./main</code>. To exit the program, press <code>Delete key</code> (strange but this
58is the alternative for Ctrl+C).<p><em>This is <strong>very cool</strong> indeed!</em></div></div></main><footer><hr><div><h3>Want to comment or have something to add?</h3>You can write me an email at
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