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From: templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (jeffrey templon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Graphics Lib, GUI, ..., "X Lit"?
Keywords: Minix V1.5, EGA, VGA, Drivers, GUI
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Date: 13 Sep 90 14:41:42 GMT
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How about MGR, the windowing interface from bellcore (available by anon
ftp from bellcore.com)?  it seems similar to X and uses a client-server
model.  i don't know if it would be possible to write some glue routines
which would map X-windows calls to MGR routines.  there is some documentation
on the C interface library at bellcore (mgr-man.out or something like that.)
MGR already (the server; i guess the client would run on any machine) runs
on suns, Macs, decstation 3100, and AT&T unix-pcs.  Other machines may be
supported but I don't remember.  The reason it was ported to the unixpc
is precisely the one you mentioned, X takes up too much memory space.

					Jeff