nanogui@linuxhacker.org

Greg Haerr wrote:

> : Looking at the sources, I see almost all of the AWT native methods are
> done in X11.
> Except for the color model, which is much simpler in Microwindows,

That's good news!


> it should be fairly straightforward to port basic X11 code over to
> Microwindows' Nano-X API.  There's been alot of progress
> lately in this area, and things are starting to look quite good.

Well, I am anxious to get started.  I am off next week to teach an advanced
Motif course, which means that since I am away from my wife and 8 month old
daughter the whole time, I will be doing what any red-blooded young fellow
does when he is alone evenings unsupervised... hack away at the code!

(No, I am not joking)


> : That would be fine for me, being a Motif guy, but I am thinking that
> : massaging the sources of Windows version would allow me to use
> : MicroWindows instead for running Linux VR on a Helio.
>
> Certainly hacking the Windows version might be initially easier,
> but remember that the Microwindows win32 api doesn't allow
> multiple processes to be connected to the server simultaneously.
> For java, this may not matte, but no other apps will be able to connect
> with the server.

I was thinking that maybe I would want it to be a Java only box for now,
with the ability to load other applets and class files.

Still, it maybe be better to use just the X11 stuff, since I am more
familiar with it and Motif, plus, anyone else that wants to use my diffs
would not have to download both distros.

It is Linux, so maybe I should stick with X11.


Thanks for the advice!
(more is welcome)

I'll keep you posted as to the progress,

Robert

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