Re: non-x window manager

[Rogelio M . Serrano Jr .]

On 2003-10-22 08:54:04 +0800 Chris B. Vetter <chrisv@web4inc.com> 
wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:35:22 +0800
> "Rogelio M.Serrano Jr." <rogelio@smsglobal.net> wrote:
> > is there a gnustep window manager that uses only gnustep-gui? no x 
> > dependency at all.
>
> Currently, no.
>
> > Is it possible to create one?
>
> Yes. But you will have to consider two things:
>
> 1) -gui is not thread-safe
> 2) what about non-GNUstep applications, ie. legacy X11 programs?
>
> The best way to do that (ie. solve the problem of #2) would be a 
> backend
> that had an integrated window manager.

That means an x backend will have an integrated x window manager and a 
directfb backend will also have its integrated window manager? How 
would legacy x11 programs with direct dependencies on x work on a 
direcfb system?