nanogui: GTK Ideas
Subject:
Re: GTK Ideas
From:
Alex Holden ####@####.####
Date:
17 Jun 1999 16:12:15 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9906171701250.21858-100000@www.linuxhacker.org>
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> Gtk is probably too big for a low end PDA, thats just how things go.
I think you're right, though I'm hoping to be able to use it on 16MB and
above machines like the Geofox.
> 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.
Sounds interesting. Any idea what would be the minimum needed to implement
in Nano-X to be able to port it to a version suitable for linking into
Nano-X? How big is it? What features does it implement? Is it available
for download anywhere?
> 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
Yes, though I seem to recall both Epoc and wince are capable of drawing
multiple overlapping windows, it's just the way the WM policies prevent
you from doing it. I'd like to be able to have more than one window on
the screen simultaneously if I choose to, even though the default will
probably be full screen (or maybe almost full screen, but with a panel for
things like clocks and disk meters on one side, like Epoc).
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