James Hunkins wrote
> My only reason to not use ProWesS for my project is that there would be
> too many people with slow systems who might have an issue with speed.
> Part of a proper desktop is the requirement that it doesn't get in the
> way. If there is a speed issue, it would detract from many people
> using it.
>
In the PC / Unix world, a slow system is less than 500 - 1000 MIPs
ProWesS is fast on very slow systems (50 MIPS) and works well on
extraordinarily slow systems
> However, as you said, ProWesS is a very nicely put together sample of
> object coding
Wrong!!! It's an outstanding achievement.
> greatly simplifying many tasks.
Greatly simplifying, but still requiring programming skills
> >
> > With ProWesS, the COMPLETE code to write a 'Hello World' program in
> > its own movable window is :
> >
> > #include "ProWesS_h"
> >
> > void init()
> > {
> > PWObject window;
> >
> > PWCreate(NULL,&window,PW_TYPE_LOOSE_ITEM,
> > PW_LOOSE_TEXT, "Hello World",
> > NULL);
> > PWActivate(window);
> > }
> >
If you find this incomprehensible, try deciphering the standard C++ "Hello
World", I've tried and I failed. I think I'll stick with assembly language.
There are other simpler methods. How about
alert('Hello World') .... (Javascript)
Perhaps instead of pursuing WMAN, we could try an HTML / CSS window manager?
The main difficulties are the font and image rendering and Joachim has
really mastered that.
Tony Tebby
