nanogui: Thread: Antwort: Re: Compiling MicroWindows under MSW

>an MFC app to Linux (using wxWin). Among other things I'm interested 
about 
>the possibility of porting [a subset of] wxWindows to MicroWindows.

How powerful needs a Gui Lib to be, to fit under wxWindows? If X11 is not 
powerful enough (too less basic widgets), can it run on top of nanoX or 
Microwindows API?

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At 12:48 PM 8/23/00 +0200, ####@####.#### wrote:
> >an MFC app to Linux (using wxWin). Among other things I'm interested
>about
> >the possibility of porting [a subset of] wxWindows to MicroWindows.
>
>How powerful needs a Gui Lib to be, to fit under wxWindows? If X11 is not
>powerful enough (too less basic widgets), can it run on top of nanoX or
>Microwindows API?

There are several future possibilities for wxWindows on MicroWindows:

1) using GTK+ widgets on X.
2) using WIN32 widgets.
3) using either X or WIN32 drawing primitives, but totally generic widgets 
(a generic port is in early stages).

I suspect (1) might use too many layers to be practical within required 
memory constraints, but I don't know. Solution (2) might be able to kill 2 
birds -- MicroWindows and CE ports of wxWindows -- with one stone. Or 
maybe, one and a half.

I don't yet know if wxWindows could fit within the memory constraints of a 
MicroWindows device, but with a little paring, there's a good chance.

Regards,

Julian
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>memory constraints, but I don't know. Solution (2) might be able to kill 
2 
>birds -- MicroWindows and CE ports of wxWindows -- with one stone. Or 
>maybe, one and a half.

Hmm... As far as I know Microwindows has not yet the capability to run 
multiple clients, like Windows or X11. Is this still true? So you could 
just run one program at a time.

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not totally true,tho
you can try unofficial microwindow client/server at:
http://www.taconet.com.tw/jauming/mwin6x.tar.gz
set "MWCLIENT=Y" in config
"make"
run "./mouse.sh"
run "./x.sh"
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>memory constraints, but I don't know. Solution (2) might be able to kill
2
>birds -- MicroWindows and CE ports of wxWindows -- with one stone. Or
>maybe, one and a half.

Hmm... As far as I know Microwindows has not yet the capability to run
multiple clients, like Windows or X11. Is this still true? So you could
just run one program at a time.

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Dear Juilan,

It's very interesting thought to port Microwindows to MSWindows !
It can do not using wxWindows and using wxWindows.
wxWindows will be has a port to DOS.
Microwindows will be has a port to MSWindows.

P.S. Some times ago I have try wxWindows. It's very
interesting thing, but very big.

Good luck,

Victor.

At 06:06 AM 9/4/00 +0400, ####@####.#### wrote:
>Dear Juilan,

Hello Victor,

>It's very interesting thought to port Microwindows to MSWindows !
>It can do not using wxWindows and using wxWindows.
>wxWindows will be has a port to DOS.
>Microwindows will be has a port to MSWindows.

I didn't quite follow that so I wonder if you could express it another way...

wxWindows doesn't yet have a DOS port, but if the MS Windows port of 
wxWindows were to be cut down to target the subset of WIN32 that 
Microwindows supports, that ought to work, or alternatively making the GTK+ 
port of wxWindows work with the NanoX/GTK+ combination.

>P.S. Some times ago I have try wxWindows. It's very
>interesting thing, but very big.

Yes, I would anticipate cutting it down quite a bit. Although, compared 
with GTK+ it accounts for a relatively small amount of application binary 
size (a third to a quarter of the GTK+ overhead according to some static 
linking tests someone did recently).

Regards,

Julian
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Red Hat, 35 Cambridge Place, Cambridge, UK. CB2 1NS Tel: +44 (1223) 728763