nanogui: viewml and microwindows vs. nano-x
Subject:
Re: viewml and microwindows vs. nano-x
From:
"Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
Date:
9 Aug 2000 18:01:24 -0000
Message-Id: <039301c0022c$4f975bf0$6817dbd0@censoft.com>
: 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
