On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:35 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 12:02:28PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> > >
> > >But if using host windows is non-trivial or involves rebuilding the
> > >VM, I'd rather find another way to solve my problem.
> > >
> > >Is there multiple host window support on Linux?
> >
> > Dave Lewis started working on it, but I do not know its current state.
> > Linux is the only one of the three major platforms not supporting
> > multiple windows yet. Where are the X hackers when you need them? ;)
>
> I did make a start at it, and have gotten as far as getting windows to
> open, set title and dimensions and so forth. I got distracted by other
> things and set it aside, so I guess I should go back and either finish
> it or post the bits that do work.
>
> I'm no expert on X. I was just trying to work it out by reading the
> book (Sheiffler & Gettys), stealing code from Ian, and experimenting.
> It's not trivial, and most definitely does involve building (and
> modifying) VMs.
>


Okay then.

For the meanwhile, I'll implement Subcanvas by BitBlting a Form inside the
extent of a Morph / SystemWindow. It'll be ugly and will break Morph drawing
a bit, but it will work.

As an aside, I'm hoping that one day I can make an implementation of the
Subcanvas API directly to X.

Thanks,
Gulik.


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