From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H4ehW-00014W-Lv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:45:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0AEhQY3012484; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:43:26 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0AEbLj0000422 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:37:22 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99BC64D43 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:37:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.592 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.592 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.007, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OFxgo3B2mFgn for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE25764596 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H4eZH-00071t-8Z for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:36:43 +0100 Received: from c-76-17-154-185.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([76.17.154.185]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:36:43 +0100 Received: from grante by c-76-17-154-185.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:36:43 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gtk+ wants to install xorg-server Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:36:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20061230060133.GA20760@nibiru.local> <200612301817.26925.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <20061231024446.GA31187@nibiru.local> <200612311113.26459.bo.andresen@zlin.dk> <20061231162307.GA9539@nibiru.local> <20070101115010.12c78a17@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <20070106175708.GA20396@nibiru.local> <33a557360701092148i36fdeee4hc9fa2d343672e091@mail.gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-17-154-185.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: db2c0c4a-2bdf-4b03-acbf-a4ac8c885883 X-Archives-Hash: eb0c0cde3c690ee49ab5273c71ea7387 On 2007-01-10, Bruno Espinoza wrote: > GTK (www.gtk.org) is a graphic interface library. It was used > to create The GIMP and for writing GNOME. Obiously, this > programs need a Windows System in order to run. Obviously wrong. They need X _client_libraries_ to run. There is not requirement that an X server be installed on the machine where the client is installed. > And thats why it need the X Window System (Xorg) in order to > compile succesfully. That's bullshit. > Have you ever see The GIMP in a terminal? I don't think so. I have many times seen X apps running with the X server on a different machine than the client. X is net-work transparent. X applications can be run with the X server and X client on different machines. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Did we bring enough at BEEF JERKY? visi.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list