Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932569AbWEQOTQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 10:19:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932571AbWEQOTQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 10:19:16 -0400 Received: from smtp3.nextra.sk ([195.168.1.142]:5136 "EHLO mailhub3.nextra.sk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932569AbWEQOTP (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 10:19:15 -0400 Message-ID: <446B30DE.3030304@rainbow-software.org> Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:19:10 +0200 From: Ondrej Zary User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Panagiotis Issaris CC: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux cbon , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: replacing X Window System ! References: <20060517123937.75295.qmail@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200605171319.k4HDJwhv015404@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <446B2EDE.7060000@lumumba.uhasselt.be> In-Reply-To: <446B2EDE.7060000@lumumba.uhasselt.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 28 Panagiotis Issaris wrote: > Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > >> On Wed, 17 May 2006 14:39:37 +0200, linux cbon said: >> >> >> >>> If we have a new window system, shall all applications >>> be rewritten ? >>> >> >> No. /bin/cat and /bin/ls will survive unscathed. However, if you >> have a graphical application, it will need reworking. That's a LOT >> of code. >> >> > Wouldn't porting GTK+ and Qt be enough for the majority > of the graphical applications? And maybe some compatibility layer for the other? -- Ondrej Zary - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/