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Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea)
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Sungjin Chun |
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Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea) |
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:00:16 +0900 |
So, to correct Window focusing and appicon problems,
we should "fix" :-) the WindowMaker, right?
And I think it will not take much time to use libart/gdk
( thought I have no ability to do this T_T ), because
xgps is not that big and complicate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicola Pero" <nicola@brainstorm.co.uk>
To: "Sungjin Chun" <ninja@linuxone.co.kr>
Cc: <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea)
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Sungjin Chun wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > But if GDK and linart is just a drawing engine like things then,
> > we need not to sacrifice our NeXTSTEP look and feel, and this
> > is what Philippe suggests as far as I understand.( for speed and
> > functionality? )
>
> Yes - sorry - it's my fault :-) - I was still testing my new emacs emailer
> and I messed up - ending up posting an answer about gtk to a message
> talking about gdk <sorry philippe you are right my answer was out of place
> with your original message>.
>
> There is nothing bad in implementing a new backend using yet another
> drawing library. We already use window maker's library for image
> rendering/color stuff etc in our xgps backend, to share that code (which
> is quite difficult for us) with window maker. The only point which must
> be clear is: how much time will it take to do it ? Who is volunteering to
> do it ? And - which problems will this solve ?
>
> * it will *NOT* solve window focus problems by magic. These are caused by
> the difficulty of making the openstep api cooperate with a window manager,
> and we will still have them whatever kit/library we use. Anyway, they are
> nearly fixed now.
>
> * it will *NOT* fix bugs in the gui itself.
>
> * it will *NOT* magically finish the text system or the color panel or
> whatever.
>
> * AFAIK it will *NOT* even give us any appreciable integration with gnome.
>
> So, the only advantage I see is that we can improve drawing performance.
> This could be very interesting, but I don't think this to be the current
> issue in the gui.
>
>
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), (continued)
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Nicola Pero, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Nicola Pero, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Philippe C . D . Robert, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Nicola Pero, 2001/01/08
- GUI 'bugs', Philippe C . D . Robert, 2001/01/11
- Re: GUI 'bugs', Nicola Pero, 2001/01/16
- Re: GUI 'bugs', Philippe C.D. Robert, 2001/01/17
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Philippe C . D . Robert, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Sungjin Chun, 2001/01/07
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Nicola Pero, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea),
Sungjin Chun <=
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Dan Pascu, 2001/01/08
- Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Sungjin Chun, 2001/01/08
- Window Focus Problem (was Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea)), Adam Fedor, 2001/01/08
- Re: Window Focus Problem (was Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: I dea)), Dan Pascu, 2001/01/09
- Re: Window Focus Problem (was Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: I dea)), Sungjin Chun, 2001/01/09
Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Gregory Casamento, 2001/01/07
Re: GNUstep Window Manager (was RE: Idea), Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2001/01/07