On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 16:27, Rick Warner wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 13:53, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > > > > > Gnome and KDE are NOT X implementations any more than GIMP is an X > > implementation. Gnome and KDE are X _applications_. X implementations > > include the server, the font server, and Xlib, and maybe a few other > > things. > > Jonathan, we will have to disagree on the semantics. I believe that a > set of related applications and the interface to create them is an > implementation. It is not a complete X package as it does not include > the server (and by the way, a font is server is not required for an > X server; X existed for years without font servers; font servers just > make it easy to have one set of fonts for all X servers rather than > having a local set of all the fonts on each server). > > There is a HUGE difference in the scope of GIMP and Gnome for this > discussion. GIMP is pure and simple an X application (client). Gnome > is a set of applications and interfaces that are mainly X clients but > have the specific purpose of managing the user interface. That, in my > book, is an implementation. AFAIK GIMP has no API for managing a UI, > Gnome does.
Bad example. what do you think gtk is? [EMAIL PROTECTED] bhughes]$ rpm -qi gtk2 Name : gtk2 Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.0.2 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 4 Build Date: Mon 15 Apr 2002 04:56:00 PM CDT Install date: Mon 30 Dec 2002 12:19:13 PM CST Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Libraries Source RPM: gtk2-2.0.2-4.src.rpm Size : 5414933 License: LGPL Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> URL : http://www.gtk.org Summary : The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X. Description : GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites. [EMAIL PROTECTED] bhughes]$ IIUC the gimp team built a set of widgets and other tools for this very purpose. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
