Re: Fwd: Building under a recent OS
Edward Robbins <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:12:38 +0100
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--===============7374438565487245569== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307ac75d45a54204da6b09e2 --20cf307ac75d45a54204da6b09e2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Also, I should add that I'm in the IRC channel if anyone wants to talk picogui. Ed On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:11 PM, Edward Robbins <[email protected]>wrote: > Cool, some people still use this! I sent my mail twice (and registered > twice) because I sometimes have trouble with mailing lists and > gmail/googlemail domain confusion, and I hadn't seen my own email come ba= ck > from the list so was also thinking that maybe the mailing list was broken= . > > You can find my efforts here: https://github.com/static-void/picogui > > I haven't really gotten too far with it yet, just got it to build. Also > note that I just copied my whole directory so there's a lot of junk (like > ".svn" folders) that I haven't cleaned up yet. As I said the X driver > works, but none of the others I've tried really do. I tried the ncurses > earlier driver - it starts but is a bit messed up. svgalib driver is > broken. What's bugging me the most at the moment is that most of the them= es > don't seem to work properly. I switched to a 32-bit vm to test it out, an= d > I mostly get > > *** ERROR (BADPARAM) : Stack overflow in fillstyle interpreter > > or similar. Unfortunately while I'm pretty comfortable with C/C++ and > automake, flex and yacc are uncharted territory so I don't know how I'll > get on there. The theme stuff looks pretty cryptic, and I'm not sure if t= he > problem is in pgserver or themec. At least (some) of the apps seem to wor= k > ok, even without a theme, or with a very basic one. > > Thanks for getting back to me, > Ed > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:35 PM, M. Elizabeth Scott <[email protected]>wr= ote: > >> Hi Ed, >> >> Nice to see that someone's still interested in using PicoGUI. If you do >> move it to github give me a shout, and I'll update the web site with a >> prominent link. >> >> As for why I gave up on it... life happens. It was fun to work on for a >> few years, then I needed to move on. The project might have lived on if >> there was more interest in it, but it never had enough momentum to conti= nue >> on without me :( >> >> =97beth >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Edward Robbins < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I guess that now, 10 years later, this list is pretty dead (like the >>> website). I know picogui from my psion days, and I decided to use picog= ui >>> for some development work because it's still much faster than anything = else >>> out there, and when you need a gui that can run multiple apps on a 150M= Hz >>> ARM9 machine with 32MB RAM you need something faster than X windows, an= d >>> something that doesn't need any real graphics capabilities. Being able = to >>> run multiple SDL programs, and already having a terminal app, are also = big >>> wins. Looking around, picogui is still really the only thing that fits = the >>> bill for this without investing serious amounts of time... why did you = give >>> up on it!? >>> >>> Anyway, I spent most of yesterday hacking, and managed to get the 0.46 >>> build system and code updated to the extent that it now builds on a mod= ern >>> OS. Unfortunately there are 64-bit compatibility issues with themec, wh= ich >>> I still need to look into, and I think that maybe the linux framebuffer= has >>> changed since picogui's heyday (when I run the framebuffer servers I ge= t >>> random looking text all over the screen - I'd be interested if anyone k= nows >>> anything about fixing this). But the x11 driver seems to work just fine= . >>> >>> I'm going to put the updated code onto github soon, and then look into >>> the x64 issues, then the framebuffer, then hopefully I can start writin= g >>> the apps I want, and getting it to build with an ARM cross compiler. I >>> don't think I'll actually be improving the code unless I run into bugs,= but >>> thought someone out there might be interested anyway. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ed >>> >>> >>> >>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- >>> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced >>> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for >>> building >>> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use >>> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! >>> http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pgui-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel >>> >>> >> > > --20cf307ac75d45a54204da6b09e2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Also, I should add that I'm in the IRC channel if anyo= ne wants to talk picogui.<div><br></div><div style>Ed</div></div><div class= =3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at= 8:11 PM, Edward Robbins <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:edd.robbin= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></spa= n> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><div= dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote">Cool, some people still use this! I= sent my mail twice (and registered twice) because I sometimes have trouble= with mailing lists and gmail/googlemail domain confusion, and I hadn't= seen my own email come back from the list so was also thinking that maybe = the mailing list was broken.<br> </div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"> <div><br></div><div>You can find my efforts here:=A0<a href=3D"https://gith= ub.com/static-void/picogui" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/static-voi= d/picogui</a></div><div><br></div><div>I haven't really gotten too far = with it yet, just got it to build. Also note that I just copied my whole di= rectory so there's a lot of junk (like ".svn" folders) that I= haven't cleaned up yet. As I said the X driver works, but none of the = others I've tried really do. I tried the ncurses earlier driver - it st= arts but is a bit messed up. svgalib driver is broken. What's bugging m= e the most at the moment is that most of the themes don't seem to work = properly. I switched to a 32-bit vm to test it out, and I mostly get=A0</di= v> <div><br></div><div>*** ERROR (BADPARAM) : Stack overflow in fillstyle inte= rpreter</div><div><br></div><div>or similar. Unfortunately while I'm pr= etty comfortable with C/C++ and automake, flex and yacc are=A0uncharted ter= ritory so I don't know how I'll get on there. The theme stuff looks= pretty cryptic, and I'm not sure if the problem is in pgserver or them= ec. At least (some) of the apps seem to work ok, even without a theme, or w= ith a very basic one.</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks for getting back to me,</div><div>Ed</div></div>= <div><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On = Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:35 PM, M. Elizabeth Scott <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a h= ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>>= ;</span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Ed,<div><br></div><div>Nice to see that s= omeone's still interested in using PicoGUI. If you do move it to github= give me a shout, and I'll update the web site with a prominent link.</= div> <div><br></div><div>As for why I gave up on it... life happens. It was fun = to work on for a few years, then I needed to move on. The project might hav= e lived on if there was more interest in it, but it never had enough moment= um to continue on without me :(</div> <div><br clear=3D"all"><div>=97beth</div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div>On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:13 A= M, Edward Robbins <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:edd.robbins@googl= email.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrot= e:<br> </div></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo= rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><di= v>I guess that now, 10 years later, this list is pretty dead (like the webs= ite). I know picogui from my psion days, and I decided to use picogui for s= ome development work because it's still much faster than anything else = out there, and when you need a gui that can run multiple apps on a 150MHz A= RM9 machine with 32MB RAM you need something faster than X windows, and som= ething that doesn't need any real graphics capabilities. Being able to = run multiple SDL programs, and already having a terminal app, are also big = wins. Looking around, picogui is still really the only thing that fits the = bill for this without investing serious amounts of time... why did you give= up on it!?</div> <div><br></div><div>Anyway, I spent most of yesterday hacking, and managed = to get the 0.46 build system and code updated to the extent that it now bui= lds on a modern OS. Unfortunately there are 64-bit compatibility issues wit= h themec, which I still need to look into, and I think that maybe the linux= framebuffer has changed since picogui's heyday (when I run the framebu= ffer servers I get random looking text all over the screen - I'd be int= erested if anyone knows anything about fixing this). But the x11 driver see= ms to work just fine.</div> <div> <div><br></div><div>I'm going to put the updated code onto github soon,= and then look into the x64 issues, then the framebuffer, then hopefully I = can start writing the apps I want, and getting it to build with an ARM cros= s compiler. I don't think I'll actually be improving the code unles= s I run into bugs, but thought someone out there might be interested anyway= .</div> <div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Ed</div></div></div> </div><br></div> <br></div></div><div>------------------------------------------------------= ------------------------<br> Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced<br> analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building<= br> apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use<br> our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account!= <br> <a href=3D"http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter" target= =3D"_blank">http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter</a><br= >_______________________________________________<br> Pgui-devel mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">Pgui-= [email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel" target= =3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgui-devel</a><br> <br></div></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> </div></div></div><br></div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --20cf307ac75d45a54204da6b09e2-- --===============7374438565487245569== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. 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