X11 Server for Squeak!

Joshua 'Schwa' Gargus schwa at cc.gatech.edu
Sat Oct 18 03:32:03 UTC 2003


I hadn't noticed that.  Thanks for pointing it out!

Joshua


On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 09:46:00PM -0500, Aaron J Reichow wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> kirtai in #squeak tonight brought to my attention a very interesting
> package on SqueakMap, called "X Windows System Server."  I hadn't heard
> much on the list about this, so I gave it a try- and was surprised that
> while most stuff didn't work, xterm did!
> 
> This package has a ton of potential, and I'm surprised to see it not a hot
> topic on the list.
> 
> I suppose the point of this post is to let anyone else interested in
> "Living out of Squeak" that this project exists *and* to let those working
> on the project (Ian, and perhaps others?) that I'm very excited about
> this!
> 
>   A functional X server for Squeak would allow many things- in my case, it
> would allow me to make Squeak my entire GUI environment, running it
> directly on the framebuffer on Linux, and running Mozilla Firebird within
> Squeak using this X Server.  After all, I can do pretty much everything
> with the tools we have now in Squeak- excepting a web browser, for which I
> rely on the host OS.
> 
> Keep up the good work!
> 
> Regards,
> Aaron
> 
> --
>   "if i don't stay true to live and hate, how do i differentiate
>               between chasing cream and chasing dreams"  :: atmosphere
> 



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