Re: X circa 1992

2013-05-13 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 05.05.13 13:23, schrieb Robert Heller: [...] > So does xterm. Probably the *oldest* known X11 application there is. I > expect twm is still available, should anyone really want to go there. twm is the default window manager in NetBSD (yes, I am writing this in 2013...) > The only other i

Re: X circa 1992

2013-05-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 05/ 5/13 04:23 AM, Robert Heller wrote: Yes, the *core* X11 library has been unchanged for a very long time. It is like the wheel -- nobody has really updated the basic shape (round) in *thousands* of years. We did make a new one that doesn't stop rolling as often, called libxcb, but it's s

Re: X circa 1992

2013-05-05 Thread James Cloos
> "GP" == Geruva Publications writes: GP> I am looking at the adaptation of a fairly sizable software package to a GP> more modern (Linux) environment. The package in it's present state is GP> configured to use X for graphics, but it appears to date from about 1992. The biggest hurdles I've

Re: X circa 1992

2013-05-05 Thread Robert Heller
At Sat, 04 May 2013 20:53:37 -0700 Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > On 05/ 3/13 11:20 PM, Geruva Publications wrote: > > Gentlemen, > > > > I am looking at the adaptation of a fairly sizable software package to a > > more > > modern (Linux) environment. The package in it's present state is configur

Re: X circa 1992

2013-05-04 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 05/ 3/13 11:20 PM, Geruva Publications wrote: Gentlemen, I am looking at the adaptation of a fairly sizable software package to a more modern (Linux) environment. The package in it's present state is configured to use X for graphics, but it appears to date from about 1992. In some of the rel