Re: CVS repository retired

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:10:38AM +1200, Eric Gillespie wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2003, Micah Dowty wrote:
...
> 
> Thank flipping GOODNESS!  Auto* seems to have been causing a bit of trouble
> recently among a number of projects, not just this set.

:)

> 
> I look forward for a merge with the twin-work, not that it's ever going
> to happen.  But! Twin is considering a driver for the framebuffer. If that
> happens, then I gain graphics too!  Please, ecuse me for sounding like a
> zealot. I just do most of my work in twin now.  A merge of the twin work with
> the work picogui has ALREADY done in how to stick windows on screen could be
> really worthwhile...however, I don't exactly know how picogui would benefit.
> 
> The twin environment has been an absolute boon to me for both its simplicity
> and the fact it works in character mode. However, character mode is also
> somewhat of a disadvantage.  Once their fb driver comes on stream, they can
> REALLY consider how to put windows on a screen.  At this, picogui seems to
> excel. If I could conceivably run twin within a picogui term, I'd be a happy
> man...or even run picogui within a twin window too (not currently possible).
> 
> Incidentally, how far forward is the terminal support?  Is there something a
> real beginner could do?

The terminal emulation improved a lot in the 0.45 release. If twin runs
over ncurses, there's a good chance it will run fine in picogui's
terminal widget.

If you do have to modify the terminal, it should be relatively simple.
The terminal widget has separate files for the widget frontend, the text
rendering, and the terminal emulation. The terminal emulation file
should only depend on code in the text rendering file.

> 
> I'm sticking my hand up for SVM access.

I just sent instructions in another mail

--Micah

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