From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 2 01:48:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA16325 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 01:48:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from news.IAEhv.nl (root@news.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA16318 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 01:48:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@bowtie.nl) Received: from LOCAL (uucp@localhost) by news.IAEhv.nl (8.6.13/1.63) with IAEhv.nl; pid 17732 on Tue, 2 Dec 1997 09:48:19 GMT; id JAA17732 efrom: marc@bowtie.nl; eto: UNKNOWN Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bowtie.nl (8.8.2/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA19612; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 10:46:49 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199712020946.KAA19612@bowtie.nl> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Alex , "hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Out of Box experience (Was: Re: How is selection made of what goes into CDrom?) In-reply-to: jkh's message of Mon, 01 Dec 1997 19:36:16 -0800. <29598.881033776@time.cdrom.com> Reply-to: marc@bowtie.nl Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 10:46:48 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [snip] > Another option which hasn't really been explored is the idea of using > TurboVision's UI model and making an API compliant version that uses X > windows for all the various objects, e.g. you just write the > installation utility as a wrapper which loads the main body and the > turbovision library of choice dynamically based on $DISPLAY. But > someone would also have to be insane enough to do a version of TV for > X. :-) > Is it that much work? I thought they put all lowlevel stuff in one file (system.cc?). I have only briefly glanced at it though. Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ----------------------------------------------------