nanogui: GTK Ideas
Subject:
Re: GTK Ideas
From:
Alan Cox ####@####.####
Date:
17 Jun 1999 15:47:19 -0000
Message-Id: <E10ueHc-0001Kb-00@the-village.bc.nu>
> Rewrite GTK+ directly on top of Nano-X with everything except themes?
That would be hard and not help. Gtk themeing doesnt take any memory really,
its loadable libraries thats all]
> 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.
Gtk is probably too big for a low end PDA, thats just how things go.
> 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.
I'm playing with this stuff at the moment though under X11, with a think called
wm110 (window manager optimised for PC110). Its derived from 9wm/wmx so its
very small, and it has a simple window placement policy that says all windows
are nearly full screen size, you can flip between them.
The theory is on a small screen it isnt worth putting apps side by side. It
seems to be the policy most PDA's are using
Alan
