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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.
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.
W.
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