nanogui: porting microwindows to netbsd..
Subject:
Re: porting microwindows to netbsd..
From:
"Aaron J. Grier" ####@####.####
Date:
5 May 2004 19:12:19 +0100
Message-Id: <20040505181148.GE27501@aaron.unix.fryenet>
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:06:35AM -0700, lorenzo wrote:
> Has there been an effort to port microwindows to netbsd ? If I were
> to take up that assignment, then what are things i need to provide
> underneath for microwinds to work ?
you need to provide a screen, keyboard, and mouse driver. for keyboard
and mouse, you could write some wrapper glue to NetBSD's wskbd and
wsmouse.
> Are there alternatives other than svgalib/framebuffer which are both
> absent in netbsd ?
wsdisplay comes immediately to mind, but I believe it is still text-only
at the moment.
I'd ask on ####@####.#### you are not the first to attempt a port
of nano-X to NetBSD. (:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2000/11/16/0015.html
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Aaron J. Grier | Frye Electronics, Tigard, OR | ####@####.####
