introductory architecture questions ?

2000-03-17 Thread jont
e any programs, and b) no programs can access the window list associated with the login dialog. Because I don't really have a good grasp on the architecture its possible Im not asking the right questions ... TIA - JonT --- Jon Tidswell Advanced OS Technology Group / SawMill Linux Project IBM TJ

(very little) info on plan9

2000-03-20 Thread jont
self: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/ I particularly recommend (to this list) the one about the device/screen/window model (8.5): http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/doc/8%bd.html You can also download some floppy disks with a tiny system to test hardware compatability. Enjoy ! - JonT (*) Sl

Re: MPEG in GGI?

2000-04-18 Thread jont
accessible, even instantiable, through the | public API. You should not to be forced to by an input context just | because you need an output context. Perhaps output 'structures' need to be generalised to deal with offscreen bitmaps, but input should only be allowed in association with its &

Re: MPEG in GGI?

2000-04-18 Thread jont
| one, at least in a single threaded application). This has unfortunately wandered. I was responding in the context of XDisplays, where X has multiple windows from multiple applications. - JonT