Resources for Rolling Your Own Windowing System?

WalterGR asks: "There are plenty of resources available for writing operating systems, e.g. Tanenbaum's Modern Operating Systems, the Dinosaur Book, and countless web sites. For those of us who aren't interested in low-level issues, and prefer focusing on human-computer interaction, what resources are available for designing windowing systems (a la X Window)? Issues like the object hierarchy, event management, modularity, redefining behavior at runtime (e.g. for skins) etc. Any suggestions?"

Comments

Re:A possibly useful page for "window designers"

[Anonymous Coward]

Another page about window design:
CIBSE Window Design paper

It's a ten line program

[CatherineCornelius]

#include
#include <rants/msvapple.h>
#include <rants/nextstep.h>
#include <slashdot/troll.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
puts("Real programmers use curses");
return 0;
}

You're absolutely right!

[tswinzig]

I mean, who the hell would switch to using an operating system just because the new UI kicks ass?