rio (as of Thu Feb 19 17:23:49 PST 2026)

# Customize

To have nice, large fonts, in /usr/glenda/lib/profile replace:

rio -i riostart

with:

rio -i riostart -f /lib/font/bit/lucidasans/typeunicode.16.font

To download some excellent fonts, check out ftrv.se:

Kurinto:

; cd /lib/font/bit ; hget https://ftrv.se/_/plan9_fonts/kurinto.18.tar.gz | tar xz ; font=/lib/font/bit/kurinto/kurinto.18.mono.font

See also:

https://ftrv.se/_/plan9_fonts/kurinto.24.mono+text.tar.gz https://ftrv.se/_/plan9_fonts/kurinto.32.mono+text.tar.gz

KNXT:

; cd /lib/font/bit ; hget https://ftrv.se/_/plan9_fonts/knxt.20+40.tar.gz | tar xz ; font=/lib/font/bit/knxt/knxt.20.font # ; font=/lib/font/bit/knxt/knxt.40.font # for 2x the size

iosevka:

; cd /lib/font/bit ; hget https://ftrv.se/_/plan9_fonts/iosevka.18+20+24+32.tar.gz | tar xz ; font=/lib/font/bit/iosevka/iosevka.20.font

# Error

If you see this error:

rio: can't open display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: no frame buffer

Make sure you first run when creating a new user /sys/lib/newuser


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