Re: Porting GTK, requirements

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Sven Neumann <sven gimp org> writes:

> 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.

Cool. I did check the web page though before making the above
statement, so perhaps you need an update :-)

Regards,
                                        Owen