nanogui: X11 on Helio?
Subject:
Re: X11 on Helio?
From:
Jordan Crouse ####@####.####
Date:
24 Jan 2001 18:24:26 -0000
Message-Id: <3A6F1EA6.2A2448C6@censoft.com>
A couple of important points here:
A - I believe that the agenda apps are based on FLTK -- assuming they
are using straight FLTK and not illegally dipping down into the
graphics engine, it would take us about half a day to get them running
on Microwindows.
B - Nano-X and Microwindows work well on the two most popular VR
processors that i know of, the 4122 and the 4181.
C - At this time, I don't believe that we will have any PDA apps emerge
that run directly on top of X - in fact, if somebody does that, it would
be very bad for interchanging applications. The only way to do it right
is to use a toolkit, and the #1 toolkit at this point is FLTK. GTK is
an option, but they need to develop a better and much smaller embedded
version to make it viable. An embedded TK/TCL is also a possibility,
but once again, it isn't small enough. Whatever toolkit wins the race
for embedded dominance, you can be sure that it will be ported to
Nano-X. In fact, Nano-X can't survive unless we support the worlds
popular tookkits.
Jordan
Robert Hartley wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I notice that the guys at Agenda have X11 running on their units using
> Kdrive and TinyX, although they have not released their sources for it
> yet.
>
> Although I really like the work that has been done on MicroWindows and
> NanoX, I am wondering if anyone has done a port of it to the Helio
> (and/or other Linux VR PDAs.)
>
> When both the Helio and Agenda take off, it will be only a matter of
> time before people start asking about interchanging applications.
>
> When that happens, it will be worth looking at running NanoX using the
> option that allows it to work under X11.
>
> Finally, there will be some work to be done to avoid a performance hit
> for this type of setup, since NanoX likely runs lighter and faster.
>
> Has anyone gotten X11 running on the Helio yet?
>
> With enough encouragement, I will look into it myself, and then start
> thinking about having MicroWindows/NanoX running under together.
>
> It might be the case that we are not in an XOR situation with respect to
> NanoX vs. X11, performance issues notwithstanding.
>
> (Please excuse the cross-posting)
>
> Robert
>
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