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

[Nick D. <nic...@ya...>]

Hi Patrick,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Mauritz" <ox...@st...>
To: <rea...@li...>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] native vs. Win32 - again


> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 11:44:20PM +0200, Aliberti Emanuele wrote:

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

> it should at least use win32 windows and messages - that way you can
> run win32 and os/2 stuff on one desktop.
> getting them on one desktop with two distinct "window lists" (or however
they
> are stored internally) you'll have a big time trying to keep them all
> up-to-date...

I see where you're coming from here. I'm wondering how much of win32 it
would be feasable to strip from ReactOS if the user only wants to run OS/2
apps (save some space on your 40 gig hard disk :-] ). It seems to me that in
order to do this you'd have to go back to the kernel and write an OS/2
GDI/GUI, but wouldn't this be a seperate project from OS/2 binary
compatibility?

I have that Linux thingy that lets you run apps (recompiled to PE standard)
in one common interface. I think this is fine for the odd app that no one
would really want to port to the win32 GUI but it is slow and has problems.

Regards,

Nick.

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Nick Date
Bath, England, UK




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