nanogui: Suggestion for microwindows controls
Subject:
Re: Suggestion for microwindows controls
From:
"Simon Labrecque" ####@####.####
Date:
3 Mar 2000 03:01:17 -0000
Message-Id: <20000303025032.51651.qmail@hotmail.com>
That's just perfect :) I just can't wait to write some true apps using
microwindows... just keep us updated about all this please :)
Simon
> : I came across a library similar in some ways to
> :microwindows. This thing is
> :called MiniGUI, and it's a library that tries to implement the
> :Win32 API for
> :svgalib. After some tweaking, I sucessfully compiled the whole
> :thing and the
> :demos programs. One thing I can say is, pretty good! The first
> :I noticed is
> :that theres a lot of already avalaible controls with it, like
> :buttons, list
> :box, combo box, and stuff like that... but, this thing is still alpha
> :software (I guess), and the guys that wrote it speaks chinese, so some
> :default texts are in chinese.
>
> I'm already ahead of you. I recently spent 4 days and completely
> ported Mr WEI's MiniGUI, which depends on a modified
> version of SVGAlib, to Microwindows graphics engine, using
> Linux framebuffer. He will be releasing another cut soon
> that will incorporate much more closely with Microwindows,
> which he has now chosen to use as his base graphics
> platform, since Microwindows can run on both SVGAlib
> and framebuffer.
>
>
>
> : I think that this could be a good starting point for
> :adding various
> :controls to microwindows, so some "real" apps can actually be
> :written :) I
> :looked at the code of both microwindows and MiniGUI,
>
> Yes, Mr WEI has done a great job in building the upper
> level sides of a win32 api by including the basic custom controls.
> I am currently working with Mr WEI to get him to allow me
> to include the custom controls in Microwindows. Currently,
> MiniGUI is GPL only, and we are MPL & GPL. He says
> that it won't be a problem, especially since I have converted
> his project to run on framebuffer, one of his key desires. There
> are a number of small issues regarding painting non-client
> areas, but I don't think will be too much a problem.
>
> I have extensively studied the MiniGUI implementation, and
> think that many of the custom controls will be useful. The base
> windowing system requires pthreads, and is built around a
> different architecture. Also, MiniGUI will ONLY run on 8bpp.
> My plan is to port all the controls shortly. In addition, Mr WEI
> will contribute multi-byte enhancements to Microwindows,
> as well as getting chinese fonts running.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> :
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