hi, i just wanted to clarify what the implications are, from this: http://wiki.x.org/wiki/ChangesForX11R71
and this: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2008-September/038602.html the first one says that LBX is deprecated. however, has any replacement for LBX been written _before_ deprecating it? has any replacement been considered? the second one says "xproxymngproto is no longer supported" due to certain libraries having been deleted from xorg (presumably lbx). that implies that the xrx project, the only way of embedding unix applications into web browsers, is, by inference, "no longer supported". i'm just starting a project to create a desktop window manager to run in web browser technology. it's written in python, and is therefore incredibly small, and is compiled to javascript using a dedicated compiler. the possibility of writing tiny amounts of code in a high-level language, for execution in web browsers as quotes web 2.0 quotes is both a very exciting and a very powerful prospect. to make it actually _useful_ however, you need to be able to execute actual "real" applications, inside the web browser. the use of AJAX techniques allows the "real" application to be moved around, resized, brought to front, closed etc. all using simple, simple javascript. _anyone_ could write a desktop window manager in a matter of a couple of hours (and i _did_ write a simple desktop window manager in a couple of hours), and a really sophisticated one in a matter of days, by knocking together a few bits of javascript libraries off the internet. this is the sort of thing that could be taught to university students as a simple programming exercise. "write your own window manager, in javascript" in order to embed actual "real" applications, i figured, "hey, let's see if someone has done an NPAPI plugin to run an X-Server!" lo and behold, a 2 minute search on the internet showed up xrx, which, although it's not very well documented, is damn good, and it does exactly what i need: fires up an X-Windows app, under the control of a web browser, using < embed >. this will therefore work in webkit, safari, firefox, netscape, and anything else that supports the NPAPI plugin architecture. ... except... it won't, will it? because, according to the above message, xproxymngproto support has been destroyed, thanks to the removal of lbx support. please can someone clarify that i have this right: that a particularly interesting and exciting line of possibilities for desktop development, hosted by the "free desktop organisation", has been terminated by the xorg developers. l. _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
