Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 12:30 AM 1/11/2012, Florian Xaver wrote: >El 11.01.2012, a las 03:38, Ralf A. Quint escribió: > > >> I'd love to have you contribute to a GUI project. There have been > >> several. The one with the longest history is OpenGEM, but the web site > >> is now idle (http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/). The

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread jhall
> Do you have any info what happened to Shane/the OpenGEM project, the > whole "disappearance" happened a bit quick and starring for several > years now at the site that proclaims "Something exciting is coming > soon" is a bit of a drag :-( ... > > Ralf > IIRC, he became the IT Director or

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Xaver
Since DJGPP is not up-to-date anymore a fresh installation is a pain! (new versions of the libraries, small fixes, etc, new versions of the compilers ...) Bye Florian El 11.01.2012, a las 12:27, nospam escribió: > > I find it tedious to download lots and lots of files from the DJGPP site and

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread nospam
I find it tedious to download lots and lots of files from the DJGPP site and putting them into the DJGPP directory. In the process you have to make sure that old packages do not overwrite the files installed by new packages. And you may have selected the wrong version needed or just missed some

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Xaver
El 11.01.2012, a las 03:38, Ralf A. Quint escribió: >> I'd love to have you contribute to a GUI project. There have been >> several. The one with the longest history is OpenGEM, but the web site >> is now idle (http://gem.shaneland.co.uk/). The OpenGEM6 pre-release is >> the last we heard of this

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-11 Thread Florian Xaver
> > I don't think that SEAL (regardless under which name and incarnation, > there were several IIRC) ever got to the point that it was in any > form "usable". Can't call this promising at all. All they got was > some nice desktop picture, nothing more... You are wrong. There weren't many usef

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 08:39 PM 1/10/2012, jhall wrote: > >> I encourage you to look around for what's there, and see if you can > >> move any of them forward. OpenGEM shows a lot of promise, but the > >> graphics are dated and could use a refresh. Since it's GNU GPL, I > >> imagine you could borrow from another GPL'd

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread jhall
>> I encourage you to look around for what's there, and see if you can >> move any of them forward. OpenGEM shows a lot of promise, but the >> graphics are dated and could use a refresh. Since it's GNU GPL, I >> imagine you could borrow from another GPL'd desktop environment, such >> as GNOME. >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 05:49 PM 1/10/2012, Marco Achury wrote: >Looks like a better option, specially because is a current project >and is free. ... (see my reply to Jim) >I see the download lists and I dont undersand what is that we must >to download. > >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Ralf A. Quint
At 03:16 PM 1/10/2012, Jim Hall wrote: >On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Koh Choon Lin <2choon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > If someone is willing to start a free as in freedom graphical > > interface for FreeDOS, I am ready to contribute resources and money to > > the project. > > > > > >I'

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Marco Achury
El 10/01/2012 02:51 a.m., nospam escribió: > You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: > > http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ > > The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. > > Georg > > -

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Marco Achury wrote: > The readme file says that the company name is "xtreme sas", doing a google > search appear this address and phone number. > > XTREME sas > > > Padova Directory > 95, v. Beato Pellegrino > Padova, PD > 35137 > Phone: 049 8718245 > > See a map: >

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Tony wrote: > For those of us that still have a copy in their box, DesqviewX might > also be an option. I understand that its now considered "abandonware" > and there is a download site for it, but you will have to Google, as i > wont post it here, just in case it r

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:21 AM, nospam wrote: > You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: > > http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ > > The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. > > Georg > Hi Georg, I'm very interested in NanoX, and

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Hall
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Koh Choon Lin <2choon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Marco Achury wrote: >> >> XAppeal is a proprietary X11 server for MS-DOS based on XFree86. The web >> used to be http://www.xtreme.it/pub/xappeal/ but now appear to be death now.

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread nospam
Nano-X and NXlib are released using the MPL licence which allows to integrate the code into commercial projects. It can also be integrated into a GPL project. e.g. FLTK can run based on Nano-X and NXlib: http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/wiki/Screenshots Georg --

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-10 Thread Koh Choon Lin
Hi On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Marco Achury wrote: > > XAppeal is a proprietary X11 server for MS-DOS based on XFree86. The web > used to be http://www.xtreme.it/pub/xappeal/ but now appear to be death now. If someone is willing to start a free as in freedom graphical interface for FreeDOS,

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread Florian Xaver
Cool! Flo -- Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Linux-Mobiltelefon mit K-9 Mail gesendet. nospam schrieb: You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. G

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread nospam
You may also be able to use Nano-X / NXlib which I have ported to DOS: http://code.google.com/p/nanox-microwindows-nxlib-fltk-for-dos/ The port of the Dillo browser is based on this. Georg -- Write once. Port to many. G

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread Marco Achury
Another address I found at google Company Name: Xtreme s.a.s. Brief: Xtreme s.a.s. is a Italy company in Piazza Attias 13, Livorno 57125 - ITALY. Address: Piazza Attias 13 City/State/Country: Livorno 57125 - ITALY Contact: Novelli Giovanni Phone: Fax: International Call: It

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread Marco Achury
The readme file says that the company name is "xtreme sas", doing a google search appear this address and phone number. XTREME sas Padova Directory 95, v. Beato Pellegrino Padova, PD 35137 Phone: 049 8718245 See a map: http://maps.boomtrek.com/italy/pa

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread Tony
#x27;t know how well FreeDOS will play with QEMM. ( i should try it.. i miss Quarterdeck :) ) On 1/9/12 6:19 PM, freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:49:25 -0430 > From: Marco Achury > Subject: [Freedos-user] x windows

Re: [Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-09 Thread Jim Hall
If anyone knows how to reach the Xtreme folks, please let me know. Their home web site seems to be dead (as Marco suggested) and the contact email I was able to uncover no longer works. I'd like to discuss with them the possibility to release XAppeal under an open source license, so others can cont

[Freedos-user] x windows server for DOS

2012-01-06 Thread Marco Achury
XAppeal is a proprietary X11 server for MS-DOS based on XFree86. The web used to be http://www.xtreme.it/pub/xappeal/ but now appear to be death now. There is a mirror with a demo version at: http://download.unesp.br/msdos/xappeal/ May be some of you will fin