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> Bernhard Treutwein wrote:
> >
> > 1. There are working prototypes for a Linux port at
> > Oberon Microsystems
>
> > A complete port would be very laborious. Especially
> > the interfacing to the native controls can transform
> > into a real nightmare. Although the job is feasible
> > (see HostCFrames under Windows), it needs really a lot
> > of time, motivation and patience.
>
> It always puzzled me why one needs to interface to native
> controls under Linux. First, which native controls? GNOME,
> Qt, KDE, others? Unlike Windows, Linux hardly has a graphics
> layer that everyone would agree upon. Second, the Oberon System
> has already solved that problem. It used to run under X-windows
> on all possible flavors of Unix. The controls used to look
> sort of reasonable (under V4) or even very good (under System-3).
> Also all the Unix system calls have been worked out.
I might be wrong, but I though BlackBox was using native controls
instead of creating its own controls upon some sort of 2d-graphicslayer.
The latter was done with the Oberon System.
>
> On top of this I dunno why one should insist on having native
> look-and-feel under Linux. Having just about any look-and-feel
> would have been better than not having the port.
>
> I am not suggesting OMS could or should do the work. I am only
> expressing my doubts concerning the native control issue.
If implementing a new set of controls with the help of the
graphics layer of X-Windows is easier than porting to GTK or
Qt, which are some kind of de facto standard, I would only ask
if someone plans to port to OS X for example. X-Windows is
available for OS X and far better Qt and GTK+ too.
I am no expert on Qt or GTK, but I can't see why it would be
easier to build your own Controls. But it could probably be best
answered by those who already worked on a linux port.
>
> W.
>
Greetings
Marco
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