From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 06:51:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3B316A41F for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adewole@sympatico.ca) Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com (bayc1-pasmtp03.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69DB643D45 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:51:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from adewole@sympatico.ca) Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [64.231.252.56] X-Originating-Email: [adewole@sympatico.ca] Received: from newton ([64.231.252.56]) by BAYC1-PASMTP03.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:51:39 -0700 Message-ID: <007401c5a61d$e8a75530$6501a8c0@newton> From: "Mike Adewole" To: , References: <200508201638.43821.hselasky@c2i.net> <200508210238.32067.hselasky@c2i.net> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 02:59:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Aug 2005 06:51:40.0028 (UTC) FILETIME=[C855ABC0:01C5A61C] Cc: Subject: Re: Project BSDVISION Wants To Develop Native *BSD Console Desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:51:40 -0000 From: "Hans Petter Selasky" To: Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: Re: Project BSDVISION Wants To Develop Native *BSD Console Desktop > On Saturday 20 August 2005 17:29, Mike Adewole wrote: > > > I am just wondering, but will you be using QT 4.0 for this project? > > > > > > I might be interrested, though I am very comfortable with blackbox, it > > > > might > > > > > be nice with some icons, as long as it doesn't take forever to start. > > > > > > --HPS > > > > We'll be reimplementing TurboVision (C++) for the project so we can release > > under a BSD compatible license. It's almost done and it looks quite nice > > with overlapping windows and drag n drop. > > Maybe I misunderstood you, but will this be running under X or in some text > terminal? > > --HPS > It will be running on a virtual console in text or graphics mode like TurboVision used to, but we are focusing on text mode for now. As I just wrote to someone else, the main idea is to enable BSD programs to have a nice console (textual and graphical) interface with and without any windows system. So I could have a standalone program that looks like an X program for example but runs on a virtual console without X. Or I could have the program run in a desktop environment with other programs without changing a single line of code or recompiling the program. Cheers