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| From | MrSpud_2fxg@cligh74ct.info |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Wheel re-invention (Was: comp.lang.c blocked on Google Groups |
| Date | 2021-07-19 07:50 +0000 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <sd3asq$1dpk$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <scpifs$9gm$1@dont-email.me> <scrjon$bh5$1@gioia.aioe.org> <scs8s3$29j$1@dont-email.me> <scurhg$11n6$1@gioia.aioe.org> <scv0ij$51k$1@dont-email.me> |
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On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 16:30:12 -0000 (UTC) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote: >On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 15:04:16 +0000, MrSpud_Ccq3_3_r wrote: >> I should imagine most display managers are little more than a window that >> accepts password credentials which does credential checking and if ok simply >> exec's the required WM or enviroment. > >Not really. To satisfy a purely local login, you need a minimum of two input >edit fields: a Username that echoes typed characters and a password that >doesn't. >If you add XDMCP into the mix (which I intend to do), you need an additional >field that allows you to pick the host to connect to from a list of eligible >hostnames. These three fields may require just one window, but more likely >require more. In my experimentation, I have 7 windows just to handle this >(a window for the Hostname, a window for the ScrollUp button, a window for >the ScrollDown button, a window to frame the ScrollUp/Hostname/ScrollDown >set, a window for the Username, a window for the Password, and a window to >frame the whole set). > >Add to this a window for a localtime clock, a window for a terminal >identification, >and a window for a DM identifier, and all the miscellaneous windows >needed to frame these presentation windows, and you have quite a number >of windows to manage. > >Then, of course, there's the actual activities that the windows themselves >present. I have a clock, so I must format and present the time and date. >I have two text inputs, so I must write text editing code. I have a scrollable >selection window, so I must write logic to update the selection, and to handle >the ScrollUp and ScrollDown buttons. You can obviously add as many bells and whistles as you like, but ultimately all you need for a basic login system is username and password - 1 window, 2 textboxes. For the other stuff you don't need a drop down, you could just have them pre-listed which can then be clicked on, much simpler. >And, then there's other, non-window logic, such as the logic to start the X >server (if necessary), the logic to validate usernames and passwords (both >locally and remotely), and the logic to start the user's WM of choice. Basic *nix fork-exec stuff. >> Personally I'd go for Motif if you can still find libraries that'll work on >> modern systems. > >Pish, tush. > >I have, at my fingertips, the Athena widget set (both Xaw and Xaw3d), and >Motif, >supplied as part of the Slackware Linux distribution I work in. I also have I do have a soft spot for slackware - mainly the lack of the god awful systemd - but its hardly a standard distro these days and was last updated 5 years ago so obviously not much happening these days. I doubt any of the common distros will have those libraries installed so if you want it to be used by others....
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