nanogui: re:
Subject:
RE:
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
11 May 1999 22:04:08 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9905112248400.1368-100000@hyperspace>
On Tue, 11 May 1999, klindsay wrote:
> I agree with this as well, you want just a plan blah X server going that
> is very small. The real Nano-X. Having window managers modular will give
> Nano-X Scalability. Vidar wants to use it on a PDA/Webpad, where I would
> like to use it as a Linux Distribution Install since it will be much
> smaller and faster than X. So I would like to add at some point a nice
> looking window manager. Nano-X could become huge! But only if people want
> to add a whole bunch of options to it for customization, but you can still
> make it very small by just using the core. Perfect for everyone.
That's right, a small but modular core server which lets you plug in
different WMs for different situations. It would be nice to have both WMs
which are scaled down to fit a palmtop's memory availability and screen
size, like EPOC, and ones with all the bells and whistles like
Enlightenment and WindowMaker. I could see people moving away from X
entirely once it becomes stable, providing we have support for GTK+ (and
hence Gnome and Mozilla), and a decent Window Manager; I almost certainly
will myself.
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