Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 18:44:23 -0500 (EST)
From: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
To: OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: GUI look
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, -= ArkanoiD =- wrote:

> nuqneH,
> 
> > Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 14:15:19 -0500 (EST)
> > From: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
> > To: OpenDOS <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> > Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
> [dd]
> >
> > >
> > > We should devise something similair to the Win95 GUI (which _is_ easy to
> > > learn), but we should make the system MUCH MUCH better!
> > Why not make some generic API functions for controlling the screen, and
> > load them from the dynamic-load-modules..so if you wanted it to look like
> > Win95, you could tell it to load 'WIN95.DLM' or look like Mac with
> > 'MAC.DLM'...kinda like those DRVs that make win31 look like NeXT
> >
> 
> I prefer Xwindows approach - window manager as a separate program...

But do we really want to write severall different applications when we can
just create a DLM which contains functions like 'create_window(x,y)'? To
make it look like whatever, you just change the code for the function, and
make your DLM.... not to mention, they would be *much* easier to 
distribute.. IMHO the same approach should be taken to implement a
Active'X type of API.. DLM specific to a certain chipset, with functions
for all the API calls

...Nissim...
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