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Rumour has it that Google wants to ditch X. If that is the case, no other GUIed nix software will run without a rewrite.* Not exactly: few modern GUI applicati
by neilc 17y ago
Rumour has it that Google wants to ditch X. If that is the case, no other GUIed nix software will run without a rewrite.*
Not exactly: few modern GUI applications are written to use Xlib directly. If Google ditched X for a new window system and then ported GTK+, Qt, and a few other widget toolkits to their window system, a lot of software would run with relatively few changes.
- Raphael_Amiard 17y ago"and then ported GTK+, Qt, and a few other widget toolkits to their window system" Wich is obviously done in an afternoon :)
- shiranaihito 17y agoYes, and so that everything Just Works :p
- jp_sc 17y agoOf course not. It takes an entire weekend. ;) Seriously now, is hard but doable. They could start by hiring the SkyOS guy: http://skyos.org/?q=node/650 http://skyos.org/?q=node/650