Re: Future directions

Reinhard Dietrich (dietrich@ipw.agrl.ethz.ch)
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 12:48:21 -0700

>Reinhard Dietrich wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for simple Drawing-Editor, which is integrated in Oberon/F.
>> So that it's possible to make simple line-pictures, which can for ex.
>> displayed in a Module-Documentation.
>
Stan Warford wrote:
>I would like this capability also. In general, I wonder what users
>of Oberon/F would like to see for future directions of the system.
>When I demonstrate Oberon/F to others the three most common remarks
>I get are (1) no graphics editor, (2) no sound, and (3) no threads.
>Regarding (1), I would like to see an extensible platform independent
>graphics subsystem similar to the text subsystem provided by Oberon
>Microsystems. In addition to a drawing system, Oberon/F ought to
>have a platform independent way of handling bitmap images.

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I think there are two points:
1. all knows which captability will be nice, but everybody will wait until
Oberon microsystem has done it. Why not start somebody with writing a small
graphics-editor and other helps him/her with Ideas and implemting some
special part of this project?

2. I believe, that a lot of you have written small modules, which are help
for your personal work. But you think that they are not generic enough for
public use, I sugges. So I am, for example: I've written a module for
reading gif-files, it works for fine my reason, but it is not realy
integrated in the Oberon/F-structure. Because there was no need for me.
That's the reason why you could not find it anywhere. So the question is: Is
there an interrest to look at not "perfect", particular "components"? For
me, I would like to see how others have solved their special problems.

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