nanogui: GTK Ideas
Subject:
Re: GTK Ideas
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
17 Jun 1999 15:33:20 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9906171620510.21858-100000@www.linuxhacker.org>
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Jason Scannell wrote:
> What if instead of porting GTK+, simply use the API and drop all theme
> support. The actual look and feel wouldn't matter and probably should
> be rethought with 480x240, 640x240, and 240x320 screens in mind. This
> would allow for specific optimization for Nano-X and size but still make
> it easy to port GTK based applications.
Rewrite GTK+ directly on top of Nano-X with everything except themes?
Although it would be nice if GTK+ could be made a bit smaller, It would be
easier and more useful to just port GDK and use the full GTK+. I think
themes are a very nice feature too; it would be easy to create a "PDA
theme", with the menu bars, etc. being better suited to small mono
displays.
> Has anybody thought about how a window manager would handle small
> screens? What does everyone think about full screen windows only, such
> as in Windows CE?
Yes, it has been discussed before. There are probably going to be at least
two window managers, one with all the bells and whistles for machines with
at least 640x480 and a few megs of memory, and a tiny one for palmtops and
very low memory systems. Multiple desktops and all windows except dialog
boxes being full screen is likely to be at least an option for the smaller
WM.
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