Alastair Reid
At present, I'm modelling my infrastructure (Makefiles, directory structure, etc) on the HOpenGL infrastructure so, naturally, I'm putting it in fptools/libraries/X11 and have the following modules:
module X11 -- reexports X11.Types and X11.Xlib module X11.StdDIS module X11.Types module X11.Xlib
1) Is this the right place to put X11 in the directory tree or should I put it under libraries/base or some other existing directory?
Yes, I'm sure your current location is fine. Presumably it will appear as a ghc/nhc98 "package", just like HOpenGL, HaXml, etc.
2) Is this the right place to put the X11 module in the hierarchial namespace?
Probably not. HOpenGL uses a Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL prefix, whilst GLUT uses Graphics.UI.GLUT and these accurately reflect the nature of the libraries. I don't know exactly what your X11 library provides, but assuming that it has a mix of rendering and user interface capabilities, I would guess that Graphics.X11 might be an OK location? On the other hand, HGL would probably fit better into Graphics.Rendering.HGL since it is mostly concerned with drawing, yes? As for your Win32 library, again I don't know exactly what capabilities it provides. If it is mainly a mixture of graphical things, then Graphics.Win32 would be right, but if it is wider in scope, such as perhaps interfacing to the entire win32 DLL, then System.Win32 would seem more appropriate. Regards, Malcolm