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From: Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:49:09 +0200
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] nix at lsub
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Is it exported as files?

I thought I knew Qt, but, if it provides a file interface, I missed that.

On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:45 PM, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:

> Hi.
>
>> To make it explicit, the plan I have is to
>> throw away o/live and o/mero and write something native for
>> macos, linux, and perhaps ios such that the UI widgets are abstract
>> and handled in a similar way they are handled in o/live.
>>
>> Only that they'd be native widgets with the look of the native system
>> (that's not to say you can't implement an editable text-pannel with
>> the mouse language we all love).
>
> Qt already provides this (and much more). It means working in C++ (which is
> either a bug or a feature, depending upon how you look at it).
>
> I have used Qt and find it well designed and pleasant to use, but many
> 9fans might find such a thougt to be heretical.
>
>> Also, as Forsyth points out, the set of widgets has to be rethought, e.g.,
>> there should be a web widget.
>
> I think Qt even has that.
>
>> Then it's a matter of using those files from inferno, and remote systems.
>>
>> But, as I said, I don't have a single line of code yet for all of this.
>
> It sounds like interesting work!  Good luck!
>
> Arnold