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From: berger@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Bitmapped window software?
Message-ID: <9100006@datacube.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 16:00:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 16:00:00 1986
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Nf-From: datacube!berger    Jan 28 16:00:00 1986


Am looking for a windowing package that is ultra-portable both in terms
of operating systems and display hardware.  This is different from curses,
wms, etc which are all oriented twards character devices like terminals.

I am interested in a package that would support bit-mapped graphics where
the display device is a frame-buffer.

The ideal package would:

* Multifont bitmapped text in windows

* Graphics (lines, circles, rectangles, etc (GKS?)) in windows

* Window management (dealing with overlapping windows, connecting
  processes with windows, etc)

Is there such a package, or proto-standard that is available for cheap
or public domain?

Please mail me any suggestions or pointers!
			Bob Berger 

Datacube Inc. 4 Dearborn Rd. Peabody, Ma 01960 	617-535-6644
	
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