"nath31" <nath31@ifrance.com> writes: > As someone here ever try the Xvil demo ? Yes I have. I even wrote a minimal driver for my tsi powerbraille 80 for it. > and if yes what do you think about it ? I was quite supporised how well it worked. I managed to use the Admintool of Tru64 UNIX 5.1 remotely through DISPLAY redirection. Thats also the main reason why I tried it. In UNIX administration area, there is more and more X required, and some software products simply dont have any text-mode interface anylonger. > What can we do today with this demo ? I wouldnt use it for day-to-day work. I love the console too much to give it up for some unstable gui kind of thing. But in situations where you have to use some X app because there is no other thing which is text-based, try XVIL. > after visiting BEAM website I think Wvil developpment is not very > active. but perhaps i'm wrong because of my bad english. Can you > give me more details ? Thanks in advance. I had brief contact with them about their driver module system, but I lost interested as the system is only partially free and even the module system isnt free enough to make compiling etc. easy. Anyway, IMHO for developers, GAP is the way to go. For Users, have a look at XVIL, it really works for some apps. -- CYa, Mario <mlang@delysid.org> Homepage(s): http://delysid.org | http://piss.at/ "Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX." (By Stephan Zielinski)