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- From: udo@umunk.GUN.de (Udo Munk)
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- Subject: Re: Are we dead??
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 02:27:53 GMT
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- Grant Edwards (grante@aquarius.rosemount.com) wrote:
- : Once the device driver kit comes out, I think porting the MGR window
- : system would be an excellent idea. This will require graphics drivers
- : that implement the standard bitblt operations for various boards , as
- : well as mouse drivers.
- :
- : The actual port of the Bellcore window manager code is probably best
- : done by a single person. But, if a device driver interface is
- : defined, the graphics drivers could be written separately. Once the
- : core package is ported the various client programs (there aren't too
- : many) could also be ported separately.
-
- I've started with the window manager of MGR some time ago, but with a
- low priority because of the missing driver kit. Every one is wellcome
- to join this project. Is anyone out there who is really familar with
- writing device drivers? I never wrote one so far, maybe someone else
- has more experience whith that then I. As Grant stated above, there
- are graphics drivers for the various boards to write. The driver
- kit comes with an bus mouse driver, but I also would like to see
- an driver for serial mice.
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