Re: gnome-shell port for Apple II
You know Shawn, your timing is slightly suspicious. :-) sri On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Shawn Thompson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Shawn Thompson > > wrote: > >> > >> Despite the fact that Gnome-shell isn't truly "complete" yet, me and a > >> friend have actually begun to create a version of it for the Apple II. > >> Now, you might be thinking, why would you want to change the desktop > >> of an Apple computer? Didn't they invent a lot of the GUI norms? The > >> reason, is because we can. Note, it's still incomplete, but I've > >> actually managed to get some of the window behaviours down correctly, > >> though in a 2D monochrome way of course. Still, the recreation of such > >> an advanced,highly complexicated and EASY window management system > >> within the confines of such hardware is an achievement on its own! > >> > >> Of course, to prove I'm not pulling your legs, here are some > >> screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/yH4Z1 > >> > >> The first picture is the shell running on an emulator. You can see > >> that it is able to run Apple II native apps, alongside the ability to > >> search through them and other files in your storage medias (we're > >> still working on it, it takes about 46 seconds from the striking of > >> return for it to give results). The second screenshot, unfortunately > >> taken with my friend's crappy cellphone, shows it running a calculator > >> app on an actual Apple IIc computer. > >> > >> Once we figure out how to get it into a format that can actually be > >> edited on a normal modern computer, we will see if we can put the > >> source code up on the Gnome GIT repository. The code ''is'' rather > >> fascinating to look at too. You'll love how we did it >:) > > > > I suppose you want translation too, huh? :-) I must admit that's quite > an > > interesting thing. But good grief, Apple ][?? Crazy man... > > > > sri > > > > I don't think we can even handle unicode. > ___ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
Re: gnome-shell port for Apple II
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Shawn Thompson > wrote: >> >> Despite the fact that Gnome-shell isn't truly "complete" yet, me and a >> friend have actually begun to create a version of it for the Apple II. >> Now, you might be thinking, why would you want to change the desktop >> of an Apple computer? Didn't they invent a lot of the GUI norms? The >> reason, is because we can. Note, it's still incomplete, but I've >> actually managed to get some of the window behaviours down correctly, >> though in a 2D monochrome way of course. Still, the recreation of such >> an advanced,highly complexicated and EASY window management system >> within the confines of such hardware is an achievement on its own! >> >> Of course, to prove I'm not pulling your legs, here are some >> screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/yH4Z1 >> >> The first picture is the shell running on an emulator. You can see >> that it is able to run Apple II native apps, alongside the ability to >> search through them and other files in your storage medias (we're >> still working on it, it takes about 46 seconds from the striking of >> return for it to give results). The second screenshot, unfortunately >> taken with my friend's crappy cellphone, shows it running a calculator >> app on an actual Apple IIc computer. >> >> Once we figure out how to get it into a format that can actually be >> edited on a normal modern computer, we will see if we can put the >> source code up on the Gnome GIT repository. The code ''is'' rather >> fascinating to look at too. You'll love how we did it >:) > > I suppose you want translation too, huh? :-) I must admit that's quite an > interesting thing. But good grief, Apple ][?? Crazy man... > > sri > I don't think we can even handle unicode. ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
Re: gnome-shell port for Apple II
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Shawn Thompson wrote: > Despite the fact that Gnome-shell isn't truly "complete" yet, me and a > friend have actually begun to create a version of it for the Apple II. > Now, you might be thinking, why would you want to change the desktop > of an Apple computer? Didn't they invent a lot of the GUI norms? The > reason, is because we can. Note, it's still incomplete, but I've > actually managed to get some of the window behaviours down correctly, > though in a 2D monochrome way of course. Still, the recreation of such > an advanced,highly complexicated and EASY window management system > within the confines of such hardware is an achievement on its own! > > Of course, to prove I'm not pulling your legs, here are some > screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/yH4Z1 > > The first picture is the shell running on an emulator. You can see > that it is able to run Apple II native apps, alongside the ability to > search through them and other files in your storage medias (we're > still working on it, it takes about 46 seconds from the striking of > return for it to give results). The second screenshot, unfortunately > taken with my friend's crappy cellphone, shows it running a calculator > app on an actual Apple IIc computer. > > Once we figure out how to get it into a format that can actually be > edited on a normal modern computer, we will see if we can put the > source code up on the Gnome GIT repository. The code ''is'' rather > fascinating to look at too. You'll love how we did it >:) > I suppose you want translation too, huh? :-) I must admit that's quite an interesting thing. But good grief, Apple ][?? Crazy man... sri ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
gnome-shell port for Apple II
Despite the fact that Gnome-shell isn't truly "complete" yet, me and a friend have actually begun to create a version of it for the Apple II. Now, you might be thinking, why would you want to change the desktop of an Apple computer? Didn't they invent a lot of the GUI norms? The reason, is because we can. Note, it's still incomplete, but I've actually managed to get some of the window behaviours down correctly, though in a 2D monochrome way of course. Still, the recreation of such an advanced,highly complexicated and EASY window management system within the confines of such hardware is an achievement on its own! Of course, to prove I'm not pulling your legs, here are some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/yH4Z1 The first picture is the shell running on an emulator. You can see that it is able to run Apple II native apps, alongside the ability to search through them and other files in your storage medias (we're still working on it, it takes about 46 seconds from the striking of return for it to give results). The second screenshot, unfortunately taken with my friend's crappy cellphone, shows it running a calculator app on an actual Apple IIc computer. Once we figure out how to get it into a format that can actually be edited on a normal modern computer, we will see if we can put the source code up on the Gnome GIT repository. The code ''is'' rather fascinating to look at too. You'll love how we did it >:) ~Shawn ___ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list