On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 12:21:47 -0500 Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 11:53:51AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > <rant> > > It didn't have to be this way. In 2020, better alternatives could > > have been made. If I were the project manager, the first thing I'd > > do is uncouple keyboard, mouse and video from each other. Why X has > > anything to do with keyboard or mouse is beyond me. > > Perhaps because X was originally a means of having a graphical user > interface to multiple machines over a network. Which usualy involves > a screen, keyboard, and mouse. > > Each X window could be talking to a different computer. It mattered > which computer your keystrokes went to. Yes, but that doesn't preclude three or more separate pieces of software: One for the screen, one for the keyboard, and one for the mouse. There can be others as input devices are added. There could even be a struct that passes a pointer to each of those three (or more). SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
