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Article #1397Re: Open Look versus Motif, and it's effect on NeWS vs. X.
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 17:49
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 17:49
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> >One thing that occures to me is that this Open Look versus Motif thing
> >would be easier to deal with under NeWS. It would be reasonable to implement
> >most of the UI in the server, and have the *user* choose Open Look or
> >Motif, with NeWS. It's not really reasonable to do this under X.
> Unless: [dynamic linking] + a single API for both Motif and Open Look +
> [binary compatible interface]
That's a good point. If you can get the APIs together for Motif and Open
Look it should be possible to let the user select them. So "unreasonable"
isn't a fair description.
Is anyone working on this, though? It looks like the "standard" for Motif
and OpenLook is pretty much cast in stone. It seems as if NeWS gives you
more leeway for getting around shortcomings in individual programs.
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