Re: Framebuffer port of GTK/GDK !!

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"Shawn T . Amundson" <amundson@eventloop.com> writes:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 09:16:53AM -0800, ArcadePreserv Center wrote:
> > 
> > Am I right, when I assume that this will make it possible to run GTK 
> > programs, like Gimp without X ?
> 
> GIMP can already run without X on at least 2 platforms, so the answer
> to that is yes.
> 

However BeOS and Windows both have windowing systems to use I would
think, for straight framebuffer you have to write a simple windowing
system. A windowing system suitable for a kiosk-style app is probably
pretty trivial, possibly much easier than one suitable for desktop
apps.

Havoc