nanogui: layers
Subject:
Re: layers
From:
"Greg Haerr" ####@####.####
Date:
6 Feb 2000 17:48:58 -0000
Message-Id: <05da01bf70c8$c06e7de0$15320cd0@gregh>
: So my question is , wouldn't it be a idea to split up micro windows
: in two source tree's on that offers the general drawwing interface
: to the framebuffer, X11, win32, hardware etc. that can be compiled
: totaly seperate.
Having them split into separate directories, like they are in 0.87preXX,
is good enough, IMHO.
:
: And one tree that deals with the windowing system, that tree can than be
: totaly
: device independed.
It already is. Basically, src/drivers/*.h are the device-dependent
hdr files. src/include/device.h is the drawing engine hdr file,
and src/include/nano-X and src/include/windows.h are the Nano-X
and Microwindows API hdr files. src/engine is the engine, src/drivers
are the drivers, src/nanox is Nano-X api, and src/mwin is Microwindows
api.
one isn't forced to update the windowingtoolkit everytime there are
: made new drivers.
A recompile is all that's needed now, never a source change. I like your
idea though, and I've been thinking about having each of these
libraries take the form of a shared library, with the drivers possibly
auto-loaded.
That would solve your problem. However, in the spirit of "keep it small",
I haven't done that yet.
Regards,
Greg
