nanogui@linuxhacker.org

: I am developing an embeded linux. I like to know if the size of the system
is 2M. I should choose which one between microwindows or nano-x and why. And
I think it is more applications developed on microwindows.

Microwindows supports two APIs, a win32 one and an Xlib-like one.
If the ported application is written in win32 currently, or if you don't
desire to spend much time with the window management issues, then
the win32 api is a better choice, since the window management is built
in, and still superior to the Nano-X (Xlib) implementation.

However, only the Nano-X api supports multiple processes, and as
such is superior to the win32 api.  This is pretty much an issue related
to API design rather than implementation.  So, I switched gears several
months ago and am now working hard to bring Nano-X up to the
same level as the win32 implementation.


: And the second question is whether viewml can run on microwindows or only
run on nano-x.

ViewML runs only on Nano-X with Microwindows and Xlib with X.  This
is effected by using the FLTK libraries ported to X and Microwindows.  There
is a win32 FLTK that runs, but we're not concentrating on that
since it isn't multiple process capable.

Regards,

Greg