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SPELL=y
VERSION=0.2.1
SOURCE=Y-${VERSION}.tar.gz
SOURCE_DIRECTORY=${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/Y-${VERSION}
SOURCE_URL[0]=http://www.y-windows.org/releases/${SOURCE}
SOURCE_HASH=sha512:40820c9058e1bfaca7424b3f65c3429a493772d1f697c336e3c89b2ad886b66c1751aeb704a0fac4b8feb59b4d6f941d7295cc7bb5232984da42b5ff0d571f5e
WEB_SITE=http://www.y-windows.org/
ENTERED=20040219
LICENSE[0]="LGPL GPL"
KEYWORDS="display"
SHORT="Successor to the X-Windowing System"
cat << EOF
I've got tired with the state of desktop GNU/Linux. Most of the problems
that I see with it can be traced back to the underlying window system,
X. So I decided to write its successor...
Y was my final year project for my masters degree at the Department of
Computing, Imperial College, London. I set out to design and begin the
implementation of a modern windowing system. The Y design has the following
features:
* Network Transparency
Contrary to popular belief, supporting network transparency does not
reduce the speed of the window system on local hosts. Further, with Y's
in-server knowledge of widgets, applications run over a slow network
can appear almost as responsive as local applications (especially when
compared to an X application).
* Modularity (plug-in style: dynamically unloadable and reloadable)
Unload an old video driver, load a new version. On the fly. No restart
in sight.
* In-server implementation of widgets
Y specifies a core set of widget classes. Objects of these classes are
stored in the server, where they are closer to the user and thus more
responsive from the user's point of view.
* Consistency and Themeability
Y widgets use the currently loaded theme to render themselves. Since all
server widgets are using the same theme, all widgets appear consistent
throughout the desktop. Client applications can also use the theme's
drawing operations, allowing specialised widgets to make themselves fit
in with the look-and-feel.
* Support for hardware acceleration
The Y design can make use of hardware acceleration to speed up rendering
operations. This can even include the use of 3D-accelerators' textures
to draw windows with (someone has already implemented a prototype of
this which is very smooth).
* Better internationalisation, localisation, and accessiblity
In-server widgets means there can be exactly one current language,
one complex input method system for languages that require them, and
one set of accessibility features.
EOF
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