nanogui: GTK+ port to nano-X
Subject:
RE: GTK+ port to nano-X
From:
"Jeff Wood" ####@####.####
Date:
16 May 2001 16:50:06 -0000
Message-Id: <MMECJDAJPBNGHKKNMMHCMEDFCCAA.jwood@tc.fluke.com>
Alex,
I don't pretend to be an expert here, but I did check the
GTK+ mail archives and they seem to bear out your opinion. There
are some direct dependencies by the gnome libraries on X11. I'm
going to do some further checking, but this particular mail
indicated it was a fairly light dependency. Note that this was
Mar 00 and I don't know how much gome dependency on X11 has changed
in the meantime.
See message below:
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Re: Framebuffer port of GTK/GDK !!
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From: "Shawn T . Amundson" <amundson eventloop com>
To: gtk-devel-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Framebuffer port of GTK/GDK !!
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:46:13 -0600
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 09:16:53AM -0800, ArcadePreserv Center wrote:
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> Am I right, when I assume that this [gdk port to nano-X] will make it
> possible to run GTK programs, like Gimp without X ?
GIMP can already run without X on at least 2 platforms, so the answer
to that is yes.
> Will it also without extra work make it possible to run Gnome without X
> (which would give a very lightweight desktop OS and make lots of GNU
> software available to embedded systems)?
It would require extra work to make GNOME work without X, though with
enough effort it probably would not be too hard once GDK was working.
-Shawn
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