Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:18:24 10/02/00
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On October 02, 2000 at 12:33:58, ERIQ wrote: >If a socalled programer can't make a graphic interface for linux >is it a problem of linux or a personal problem. I think a personal problem!! >Don't blame the os for your inabilities. > > sign, > Eriq There are two issues: 1. In linux, xboard works fine. Anybody can join the now huge list of xboard/winboard compatible engines. 2. If you write your own, you have to use xwindows graphical calls. X has been around 10 years longer than windows, but Microsoft didn't choose to adopt the X standard. Which means that if you roll your own GUI, you will have to roll two versions (compare xboard and winboard sources to see what Tim Mann does here). Two versions of something is always gross...
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