Re: [ros-kernel] native vs. Win32 - again

[Aliberti E. <ea...@us...>]

On 30 May 2002 at 22:21, Casper Hornstrup wrote:

> > So may I use these dlls for implementing so2ss.
> 
> Yes you may, and I even recommend that you do.

I am quite off the ros project lately, but I want to say that I 
dislike this approach.
 
> > the graphics architecture is not too comon to me.
> > Is it this way possible to draw lines and use windows as a win32 app
> > would be able to?
> 
> Yes. If your OS/2 subsystem DLLs link with gdi32.dll you can use
> drawing primitives to perform drawing activities. Use user32.dll for
> higher level objects such as windows, menus and messages.

OS/2 has its own graphics and windowing API: why should it use Win32?

> > With other words: Has csrss.exe much to do with windowing.
> 
> No. Csrss.exe handles consoles and access to the blue screen device.

I propose to rename that server "w32ss.exe". It is no more a c/s run-
time and our implementation is not plug-in based (=DLL based).