From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-dev+bounces-26134-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1IT2fI-0000oI-SB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:44:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l85LaQCY020324; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:36:26 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l85LYHbC017933 for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:34:17 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so6914056pyb for <gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:34:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=UKbU4kqUyFRxbRLxzfOUCPl3uYQG3CNv6PILgLRgg4LFQebmRdC4fPeOfHGGenIWYZop3FDsIBx7aKzg7AQwcsnxlQWsuI7+m9PsoZ8yrQylams4MQNO9yyVpq8roApAS4VAFA8HC20QFNQtVw/E+Ur54ZY+VDPb8hfExd/CW9k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dV0ENMr3uCHQpJWLUZonWmo0Mq+JjGCUTUTdqW41me/nmhnIhncf7e5tnfCdsCZpZMVQuMnAHu56cLG9bKD0Y4He0wtDUI/3kZx/fqOZj3TTaBSwXuaWhOhN8xj2MuHSTAupiqeW2i/Ps6YOeibLLHoCgRAHjUaIcGTRghvC0PM= Received: by 10.35.75.15 with SMTP id c15mr9184994pyl.1189028056905; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [76.17.130.205]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u6sm5351403pyb.2007.09.05.14.34.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46DF2168.5080803@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:36:40 -0500 From: Benjamin Gramlich <benjamin.gramlich@gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070905) Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-dev+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-dev+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-dev.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Gentoo Graphical User Interfaces Project References: <46DBCB6C.20401@gentoo.org> <fbm2n6$ko5$1@sea.gmane.org> <fbmte5$qnv$1@sea.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <fbmte5$qnv$1@sea.gmane.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a7af5f23-0596-447d-9e02-7a352e4ec814 X-Archives-Hash: 97be8d6cab1e408727c1966ccaafa2de >>From what I can tell the goal is to make GUIs to programs like equery, rc-update, eclean, etc., right? Is there a formal design process here, or could we all just take a stab at it? Ciao, bg Markus Ullmann wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I take it you intend to use GTK. May I suggest you also provide ncurses >> interfaces to your programs? I'm not sure how much additional work that >> would be, as I don't program UIs. But an additional ncurses interface >> would provide users with the comfort of having the same tools available >> in case their Xorg fails for some reason, and on their X-less servers. > > Erm, there is a big hint: patches welcome. > Ncurses has the disadvantage of being a bit "underdocumented". > So programming isn't that much fun, although when someone is willing to > start, help will be there for sure :) > Though we don't limit ourselves to one GUI. From what I've heard on IRC, > nobody declined a request for other toolkit(s) if other people help with it. > > Greetz > -Jokey > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list