From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3092f6.57316c{at}harborwebs.com...
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>>But others like to talk to the metal so.....then your app comes with it's
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> own
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>>reqs i.e. they all need an underlying drawing thing (e.g. X) but then do
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> it for
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>>KDE then you req KDE/QT, do it for GNOME then you need  etc.etc.etc.
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> Yes but that's what I'm saying, as the popular distribs standardize on one
> GUI then the others will either have to include that basic functionality or
> GUI apps may not work on them. At some point it will happen.
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> Geo.
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Hummmmm.....


Depends on the functionality required.

If you're talking about drawing boxes on the screen then they all need X.
If you're talking about say swapping clipboard info then yes you can
& will have the various methods talking (though possibly over a neutral
object messaging system such as CORBA.)

Other than that, if you want to run KDE apps you'll have to have kde/qt on
baord, if you want to run gnome apps you'll have to have gnome on board
etc.

Adam

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