Hi Brett, I was certainly expecting this reaction ::) Concerning the use of Gdk by Bertrand (or more generally TVirtualX on Windows), the Gdk interface must be modified if you want to get the performance. In addition, the most complex stuff has to do with threads (as explained by Valery). Even if you have a fully compliant Gdk implementaion, you still have to use threads under Windows. Rene Brun a clarification. . Brett Viren wrote: > > Rene Brun writes: > > - a TGDk implementation of TVirtualX by Brett Viren ? > > Heh. Hold on a minute, big guy! Don't go volunteering me for this!! > <grin>. Anyways, this is essentially what Bertrand is doing for the > Windows port, right? At Root2001 I remembered he mentioned something > about wanting to modify Gdk a little. If that could be avoided, then > wouldn't we get a cross platform TGdk for free? > > As for me, in the short term I am more interested in coding directly > to Gtk-- but still retaining the ROOT TCanvas/TPad for event displays > and histograms. So the thing I would like to do is continue working > on my Gtk-- copy of QtROOT. Whether I can do this or not depends on > some internal MINOS decisions, about which I won't sully this ML. > > As for your original post, I enjoyed hearing about ROOT's history and > the long term perspective you are working from. It is something I > didn't, and probably still don't, fully appreciate. > > Regards, > -Brett.
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