So far Go applications remain independent to handle Nix's inability
to easily combine them with the CMake part.
There is also no "install" target, because any packagers will want to
adjust installation paths manually, and there is no configure step.
There seem to be only a few things it could bring to the table,
compared to xP, making it barely worth the effort:
- saner keyboard controls,
- GVIM integration,
- slightly improved resource usage.
For this, we needed a wire protocol. After surveying available options,
it was decided to implement an XDR-like protocol code generator
in portable AWK. It now has two backends, per each of:
- xF, the X11 frontend, is in C, and is meant to be the primary
user interface in the future.
- xP, the web frontend, relies on a protocol proxy written in Go,
and is meant for use on-the-go (no pun intended).
They are very much work-in-progress proofs of concept right now,
and the relay protocol is certain to change.
I'm not entirely sure, but it looks like some people might not like
jokes about the Holocaust.
On a more serious note, the project has become more serious over
the 7 or so years of its existence.
Replaces the inaccurate Rec. 709 luma we used to use before.
This is the first feature here that requires libm, which doesn't
seem to be a particularly great sacrifice.
Moreover, I've rectified that the input isn't linear in sRGB,
and then was even normalized wrong for the luma formula.
Install plugins to /usr/share rather than /usr/lib since they're
arch-independent. Many precedents can be found for scripted plugins
in /usr/share and fewer for /usr/lib.
Look for plugins in all XDG data directories and repurpose
the "plugin_dir" setting to override this behaviour.
This adds some complexity to the bot but unifies the project.
It might make sense to remove the "plugin_dir" setting.
I've come to the conclusion that copyright mostly just stands in the way
of software development. In my jurisdiction I cannot give up my own
copyright and 0BSD seems to be the closest thing to public domain.
The updated mail address, also used in my author/committer lines,
is shorter and looks nicer. People rarely interact anyway.
