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Article #239Re: Don't use Motif for free sw: it now requires runtime royalties!
From: Amancio Hasty Jr
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 00:38
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1993 00:38
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In article <BOLDT.93Nov21221453@emile.math.ucsb.edu> boldt@emile.math.ucsb.edu (Axel Boldt) writes: >In article <CGr25w.9vA@news.cis.umn.edu> ehhchi@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Ed H. Chi) writes: > >>What I don't understand is: >>Why didn't they use tk/tcl toolkit? It has the ease of Motif programming, >>and it is free! >> I vote tk/tcl to be the toolkit of the choice. If you have never looked >>at tk/tcl, it is the time NOW. > >I agree wholeheartedly. It's also important to mention that tk gives >you an interpreted language, and modifications to the client become >almost trivial. > >> O'Reilly will be coming out with a tc/tkl Book in the early '94 (it is >>written by a professor at Brekeley whose name has escaped me.) I have >>seen a draft of the book, and this book is *good*. >> Is there any chance for Mosiac to be rewritten in tc/tkl?? :) <I know it >>probably won't happen, but it would be a step in the right direction >>IMHO.> > >Been done. Check out tkWWW. Location is in the WWW-FAQ, I guess. > >Axel. Checkout any tcl/tk ftp site for a postscript version of the forthcoming coming book on TCL/TK. I printed a copy of it at work and we used it a lot :-) Amancio -- This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3 Amancio Hasty | Home: (415) 495-3046 | ftp-site depository of all my work: e-mail hasty@netcom.com | sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/X
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