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[William McKeehan]

What if it looks like a monolithic program, but under the covers forks to
provide the modular client-server configuration?

That seems like it would provide the best of both worlds.

Just at thought - I love the idea of going modular; I would really like to
have multiple map windows open with various maps/zoom levels.

On Fri, November 12, 2004 1:33 pm, Curt, WE7U said:
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Rick Green wrote:
>
>>  While the power and utility of a completely modular client-server
>> implementation as you describe would be seen by an experienced user, the
>> resulting complexity would be an insurmountable stepping stone for the new
>> user, especially one used to the monolithic model of the windows world.
>>
>> (wow, I can't believe I just wrote a four-line sentence!)
>
> So we make a wimpy-Xastir option which compiles monolithic, and make
> it the default.  Experienced users can make a real program via a
> configure option.
>
>     --enable-nonwimpy
>
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