From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 11 04:04:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA07322 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 04:04:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA07315 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 04:04:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id EAA26651; Thu, 11 Dec 1997 04:04:06 -0800 (PST) To: Jonathan Mini cc: The Classiest Man Alive , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why so many steps to build new kernel? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Dec 1997 02:18:56 PST." <19971211021856.61158@micron.mini.net> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 04:04:06 -0800 Message-ID: <26647.881841846@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I HATE C++. It has four problems that I consider unacceptable : Woogod, not a language war right now please, I just ate. :-) Needless to say, it sounds like we're in violent agreement on C++. Next topic! :) > > o Entry fields with reasonably emacs-like character editing > > support. > > ( ewww, emacs ) Nonetheless, it's what people are used to from libdialog. Keep it, please, or my fingers will hate you. :) > I have another project which requires a nearly-exactly-identical system. > I will spend a few days creating an API and then send you an overview for > comments. Do you want me to send it to you personally, post it to hackers, or > make the documents available via the web? However makes you happiest! :) > (My system will be expandable to graphics modes, just FYI) Cool - check out /usr/src/lib/libvgl too, in that case, just so you've some advance idea of one additional "drawing layer" might eventually look like and hopefully thus prevent painting yourself into any ncurses-colored corners. :-) Jordan