From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a875d9649dde34e3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny09.POSTED!da342007!not-for-mail From: "stephane richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <2s2k77F1em754U1@uni-berlin.de> Subject: Re: GWindows and a future home for it X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:22:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.149.79.227 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny09 1096557735 141.149.79.227 (Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:22:15 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:22:15 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4444 Date: 2004-09-30T15:22:15+00:00 List-Id: "Nick Roberts" wrote in message news:2s2k77F1em754U1@uni-berlin.de... > Stephen Leake wrote: >> I was hoping we would have a more general discussion of whether >> Gwindows is what we want to take forward. >> >> I've been collecting names in this thread. Here's what I think is the >> current situation: >> ... > > Please add me to this list. I actually have my own design, now called > Titian, which I have not yet published. Its design is quite well advanced, > but not its implementation. > > Titian is designed to be totally non-specific to any platform, and to be > most suited to Ada 95, in terms of a package structure, naming style, and > general simplicity, and is not at all derived from any pre-existing > non-Ada design. It has a comprehensive object-oriented component model > (plus an OO device model, an OO window model, and an OO 'window manager' > model), and some innovations. It is readily extensible, and makes > provision for programs to be able to automatically adapt to widely > differing environments (hardware capabilities). There are two basic levels > of functionality: simple raster-based graphics, suitable for desktop GUIs > and embedded/turnkey systems; advanced scaled graphics, suitable for > sophisticated desktop GUIs and graphics workstations. > > I have done a very small amount of work on a Windows implementation; > enough to show, I think, that such an implementation is highly viable. > Obviously, my aim is to make an AdaOS implementation in due course. > > I had intended to start a Titian SourceForge project in the near future. > However, this might be a silly duplication of effort if a GWindows or CLAW > continuation or successor project is going to be started. > > Would anyone be interested in a brief rundown of Titian's design? > > -- > Nick Roberts I'd like that rundown :-).....brief or detailed ;-). you can email it to me if you want. Unless it's ok to post it here? whatever's good with you. Stephane Richard "Ada World" webmaster http://www.adaworld.com