nanogui@linuxhacker.org

> > you probably know about the wine project ( http://www.winehq.com )
> > it's an implementation of the win32 api and more on x86 unices. it works 
> > great for many applications, for instance eudora, netscape, starcraft and 
> > unreal. a problem is that it currently needs X windows to run. would there be 
> > people here interested in making wine work with the microwindows library ?
> 
> Hmm, one has to re-write the dev_x11 in WINE for nano-X [I guess it would
> not be feasible for mwin/Win32 :]. This should not be a problem.

why would it not be feasible for mwin/win32 ? it might take some more
work, but if the api is closer to the real win32 api it's probably more
elegant and faster in the end.

> I envision WINE linked to the nano-X server as a single application --
> this would be really like having Win 3.1 / 95 directly over Linux/*BSD
> without X11.
> 
> Yummy!

slurp! :-)

> So I am kinda interested but I shall not re-write dev_x11. I can assist
> you on integrating it with the nano-X server [because now I am involved in
> hacking the server].
> 
> Write a basic implementation (dev_x11 -> dev_nx), share the code and I'll
> send you improvements.

I'm still orienting myself but so far this looks like the best solution
for improving wine graphics speed and portability. if it remains that way
I'll probably start working on it in the following weeks. but I'm no wine
or nanogui expert ;-)


mark dufour.