Danni Coy wrote: >> >> >> Now to Paulo's point, one of those packages will be the killer app >> that causes D to go wildly successful. Will it be a web framework >> like Rails or CGI? Perhaps. But it could be something else. Here's >> my wish: >> - a replacement for X11 on ARM processors running embedded linux >> - a fully functional windowing library using native D that rides >> on top of it and that is easy to configure, build and install >> > >> > > >Isn't that more or less what Wayland is (minus the D bit)? >I am pretty sure that Qt,Gtk and there respective D bindings will run >on top of it. > Yes, that's basically wayland, although the situation on embedded socs is a little crappy. Wayland needs the new DRM graphics driver architecture, but almost all embedded systems still use simple framebuffers + custom extensions for acceleration. TI and Samsung are currently developing DRM drivers for OMAP4 and Tegra though.
BTW: Wayland is meant to be a library, the current display server is only the reference implementation. If you wanted, you could write bindings for the wayland library and write a display server in D. -- Johannes Pfau
