GUIs - A Modest Proposal

[Chris Rebert]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/10 08:20, Martin P. Hellwig wrote:
>> However I don't think that x11 represents that majority (just a gut
>> feeling I have no data to back this claim up) of gui users, so an equal
>> solution should be found for windows and macs.
>>
>> I do think it is technically possible to have your own window manager in
>> python on x11 but I have no idea if you have equal possibilities on mac
>
> Doesn't Mac uses an X server as well?

Nope, it uses Quartz: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_(graphics_layer)
Apple does offer X11.app though, but that just runs on top of Quartz
and is there to let you run *nix GUI programs.

Cheers,
Chris
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