From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 1 18:41:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA13819 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA13814 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:41:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id NAA02592; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 13:10:21 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612020240.NAA02592@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: text, menu/dialog/windowing, library, ideas? In-Reply-To: <199612011318.AAA01694@suburbia.net> from Julian Assange at "Dec 2, 96 00:18:08 am" To: proff@suburbia.net (Julian Assange) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 13:10:20 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Julian Assange stands accused of saying: > > > > Argh! Aren't there _any_ decent, simple, text windowing libraries out > > there? > > > > I've looked at : > > - libdialog (of sysinstall fame) > > - 'SAA' (from an obscure german FTP site) > > - D-Flat > > libslang. in ports. Uhh, it does? I've just looked at it, and nowhere is there anything that looks even remotely like a windowing library. (And the port is out-of-date, btw. 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[