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From: mikep@sco.COM (Mike Patnode)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: R5 Portability Improvements
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Date: 20 Aug 90 18:12:08 GMT
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1. It's been mentioned before, but I'll say it again:  Please take
gettimeofday() out of lib/Xt/NextEvents.c.   Nobody in their right mind
is going to use that implementation anyways.  If it's in bsdemul, at
least people will see it.

which leads me to my next suggestion:

2. Why not have Xlib have the same structure as the server, with all the
OS dependent parts in a subdirectory: ./lib/X/os/{BSD,SYSV}?  Then
porting Xlib to your machine would just involve the apropo directory.
The sysV-bsdemul is a start, but the server/os structure does a much
cleaner job.  The connection mechanism should be put here as well.


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