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In article <4aknpd$qug@acmex.gatech.edu>, ma201rs@prism.gatech.edu (SHONKWILER R
W) writes:
|> (1) Athena widgets -- these come with linux, but as far as I can tell,
|>     there is no canvas or drawing_area widget, so graphics isn't possible.

You can do graphics in Xaw by subclassing to create your own graphics
widget.  See chapter 7 in the Xaw manual.

|> (2) Openlook widgets -- even though there is an openlook window manager,
|>     there aren't the usual widgets such as Xol/DrawArea or OblongButton;
|>     also there is no libXol library.

The Open Look widget set is called OLIT.  I don't know of any Linux
versions.

|> (3) HP widgets Xw -- these are public domain, but I can not compile them
|>     on the linux system for some reason.

HP replaced Xw with Motif.  There are several Motif implementations
available for Linux.

|> (4) I just learned about olgx and Xview and slingshot widgets, but there
|>     is no documentation I can find about them.

Xview is not a X Toolkit widget set.  It uses a proprietary framework
that is not compatible with the X Toolkit.  I've never heard of the
others you mention.

-- 
Ken Lee, X/Motif Consulting, http://www.rahul.net/kenton/index.shtml