[gtkada] Running GtKAda on a Win32 box drawing on an X11 Server ??

[Jeffrey Creem]

How about using something like vnc? http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
Is that an option?

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From: <prsa at systems.saab.se>
To: <gtkada at lists.act-europe.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: [gtkada] Running GtKAda on a Win32 box drawing on an X11 Server
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> I am aware that work will be involved, What magnitude of work do you think
> it will be to implement an X11 backend more the 500 hours?
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> Unforunate that is currently not not an option to run VMware.
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> To decribe the problem in mode detail.
> Whe application running under win32 is a  >1 000 000 lines of code system
> currently running on an  NT-network.
> And the aim of the new project is to reuse (by linking) the existing
> components  and make a new MMI drawing on an X-server instead of the Win32
> console.
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> > Does anyon know if the folowing has been done ?
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> This has not been done.
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> > Write an application using GtkAda to build and verify a GUI under Win32.
> > Relink that applicatin  using other low-level primitives to draw on an
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> > server instead.
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> You would need a Gtk+ built under windows, but for an X11 back end.
> Theoretically possible, but certainly a significant amount of work.
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> I'd suggest you use linux machines instead, with a virtual machine such as
> VMWare to run both linux and windows at the same time (or the other way
> around: run Windows, and Linux in a virtual machine).
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> Arno
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