Re: FVWM: New guy

From: Chris Laas <chrisl_at_cybercom.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 22:41:44 -0400 (EDT)

On 18 Jun, Charles Hines wrote:
> I've toyed with the idea of the next one being a big rewrite, beyond
> just what I had in mind for the GSFR (this would be 3.x). Clean more
> stuff up, change rc syntax again (built in language, but add ways to
> change to other scripting languages for the folks who would like
> that), change module stuff (dynamic loading instead of or in addition
> to a cleaned up socket communications protocol), etc. Essentially
> redesign it. Scary thought, no?

Well, I was thinking as I read this that you're precisely describing
the GIMP's (version 0.99 beta) PDB (procedural database). (Except for
the part about dynamic loading, since the PDB uses pipes.) I don't
claim to know well FVWM's module subsystem, but I know the GIMP's
plug-in system pretty well, and it might just be possible to bolt in
some code from the GIMP to FVWM. Problem is, the GIMP's GPL'ed, so you
run the risk of infecting your own code. *sigh*

Anyway, the GIMP's home site is
http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~gimp/gimp.html , if you're interested.
That's my $1/50th.

--Chris

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