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DateWed, 17 May 2006 09:46:30 -0400
From"Bob Copeland" <>
SubjectRe: replacing X Window System !
On 5/17/06, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 02:39:37PM +0200, linux cbon wrote:
> > If we have a new window system, shall all applications
> > be rewritten ?
>
> Unless you make your new system compatible with X, then all X
> applications must be rewritten.

True for things written directly with Xlib, but hardly anything new is
written without a toolkit these days. E.g. someone could port GDK to
the new windowing system of the week and all GTK+ applications would
work. Though I won't disagree that the idea is pointless.

Bob
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