Re: Porting GTK, requirements

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> writes:

> There are two sets of framebuffer code ... the linux-fb code
> in in the GTK+ distribution and the directfb port of GTK+
> (http://www.directfb.org) Both are linux specific; the linux-fb
> code is probably easier to port to a different
> keyboard/pointer/framebuffer API because it is much simpler
> and more self contained.

DirectFB is no longer Linux-specific and does not even require a frame
buffer device. The latest version has been compiled on FreeBSD and
MacOS X. Other platforms are about to follow.


Salut, Sven