From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:45:01 -0700
From: arnold@skeeve.com
Message-Id: <201204181545.q3IFj1lL031728@freefriends.org>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] nix at lsub
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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