[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/20/2024 11:00 AM, chrisq wrote:
> On 4/20/24 02:23, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 4/19/2024 8:05 PM, chrisq wrote:
>>> Absolutely, Solaris, Linux, Freebsd and even cygwin + X + xfce4, all 
>>> depend on X11 at core. VMS as well, though not sure of current status.
>>
>> That's a pretty pliable definition of "depend on" regarding VMS, since
>> there is literally no dependency on X11 within VMS.
>>
>> Yeah, if you want a non-character cell interface, then X11 is the only 
>> option
>> on VMS, but to claim a dependency is a bit much.  Even then, your X11 
>> experience will be using a lot of DECterm windows most of the time.

> Perhaps a poor choice of words, but are there any desktop / GUI systems,
> other than windows, that do not depend on X11 ?. The point was that it
> is a standard, and not optional. Can't remember if the old Motif based
> CDE used X11 libs or not, but that's long gone anyway. VWS, ditto...

I don't think macOS use X either (for native macOS
applications - can run X applications).

And even though Android and iOS does not qualify as desktop, then
Windows + macOS + Android + iOS is like 99% of all GUI.

Arne