Re: GNUstep version number(s) (was: Re: GNUstep article (was: Re: gnustep compared to other toolkits))

[Chris B . Vetter]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:59:41 -0500
"Mondragon, Ian" <ian.mondragon@bankofamerica.com> wrote:
[...]
> i'm trying to plan how to go about moving the contraption away from
> making direct X calls to utilizing XGPS/XDPS almost exclusively,
> thereby making it the "pure" GNUstep WM, no exceptions.  however,
> that turns out to be deceptively complicated, so any input would be
> highly appreciated
[...]

Unfortunately, xgps and xdps are still missing a couple of calls
which seem (to me) to be essential, like DPScountwindowlist and
DPSwindowlist.

Since GNUstep is already "running" when a window manager gets
initialized (eg: GNUstep already checked display and screen) and by
looking at the source of xgps and xdps, it seems to me, writing a
window manager using the GNUstep API would be a lot like re-inventing
the wheel - nearly everything you would need is already implemented
in x[d,g]ps/Source/SharedX.
So instead of writing a "stand-alone" window manager, implementing one
into the backend would save a lot of time and work ...

Yes, I know, that's not GNUstep's goal.

-- 
Chris