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  • Subject: Re: Requiring glib. Problem?
  • From: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 10:04:57 -0500 (CDT)


Hi Carey,

Sounds good, then.   If glib doesn't require X/gnome/GTK, and it may
tn5250 smaller, then I'm all for it. :)

In fact, I may look into using it in my own projects...

Thanks for the reply.



On 25 May 2000, Carey Evans wrote:
> 
> > I use tn5250 on a couple of machines that are just too old and slow to
> > run X (486sx-25 & slower, 8mb RAM).  If glib became a requirement, would I
> > then need to have X installed on these machines?
> 
> glib has nothing to do with X.  It's just some useful abstract types
> and utility functions for C that have been combined in one place for
> Gtk and Gnome to use.
> 
> > Also, its been discussed many times that it'd be nice to have a "emulator
> > on a floppy" wouldn't the extra size of glib make this impossible?
> 
> If you statically link with glib, you'll get only the functions you're
> using.  The tn5250 code itself would probably get slightly smaller.
> 
> I think using glib would be a plus where it's appropriate for us.
> 

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