On Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:16:10 -0600 you wrote:
>I am considering some bigger changes to the graphics engine
>project I've been working on the last six months. I'd like to get
>your comments before I go headlong into this. Following are
>some of the changes being considered:
>
>
>Move to Xlib reimplementation. I've been thinking that the
>proper way to go with the microwindows project is to build a close
>resemblance to Xlib, much like I've done with the win32 api portion.
>This would allow, for instance, with little effort, the graphics applications
>that currently use Gtk on top of Gdk on top of Xlib to be ported to
>all the systems that microwindows supports with very little effort.
>Also, the Xlib reference manual could be used for most instances
>to learn about the micro-X api.
I support having a partial Xlib implementation, but *not* if it affects
size and efficiency.
I suspect it would be hard to implement a full featured API and maintain
a small size without deviating quite a bit from the Xlib API. It might
be worth a try to add at least partial compatibility.
Vidar.
