Re: Obtaining Hummingbird-like behavior

[Nicholas Wourms <nwourms at yahoo dot com>]

David,

I'm sorry if my reply sounded harsh, but if you would search the
archives, we have people posting all the time "Gee, I'd like
Cygwin/XFree to do this or that".  If you would like to be active in
the project, the best place to start is the Cygwin/XFree website:

http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/xfree/

Read the FAQ, Users Guide, and Contributors Guide to become aquainted
with the project.  Then check out the link to the mailing list
archives, where you can check to see what previous conversations on
the subject.  To fill you in on your request, since it has been
discussed in the past, it is still in the planning stages.  Harold
estimates it will probably be ~6 months before we have a stable
implimentation of this.  If you are interested in helping, there are
some links to some great reference material on the Cygwin/XFree
website.  Check out the code, see how you feel.  We certainly could
use your help in any way possible, even if you don't feel you can't
do the Rootless implementation.

Cheers,
Nicholas
--- David Brusowankin <david@brusowankin.net> wrote:
> Dear Nicholas,
> 
> Please !!!! I was only asking if the functionality currently exists
> ! I 
> never demanded anything. As I am not an X programmer other than
> creating 
> some gui apps a long time ago with Bluestone, I would have no idea
> how 
> to do this. If I had, I would have investigated the source code on
> my 
> own before submitting to the list. As it was, I carefully read all
> of 
> the documentation before posting.
> 
> If  you have any idea where I would start looking if I were to
> attempt 
> to create such a patch, please tell me. There is not need to bite
> my 
> head off.
> 
> David
> 
> Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> 
> >--- David Brusowankin <david@brusowankin.net> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I would like Xfree86 under cygwin to display an app without the X
> 
> >>desktop taking over over my windows, a la Hummingbird. Using
> >>Hummingbird 
> >>one can either run in a mode where the X desktop rules or where
> the
> >>X 
> >>desktop is invisible (or somehow not required) and the only thing
> >>that 
> >>shows up is the application gui.
> >>    
> >>
> >David,
> >
> >Now why on earth would you want to get rid of the pretty X
> desktop? 
> >You know you don't have to use TWM, there is BlackBox, KDE,
> >Afterstep...
> >
> >Please realize that Harold, Jehan, and the rest of the crew are
> not
> >here to take requests at your whim.  They do this project without
> >compensation, so be grateful for what you have.  There are two
> ways
> >to rectify this:
> >
> >A)Go buy Hummingbird or
> >B)Submit patches that impliment this functionality.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Nicholas
> >
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> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


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