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Article #954Re: Mixing window system and graphics operations
From: Michael Sierchio
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1988 18:47
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1988 18:47
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It seems to me, and has for some time, that one of the major defects of
PHIGS and GKS, etc. is that they provide the user interface support that
they do -- they simply aren't designed for multi-taking workstations in
which the input and output focus are the responsibility of a special
process (the Notifier, etc). They were designed for plotters, dumb
serial graphics terminals, and film-recorders.
As we move into Network Windowing Systems on cheaper and faster wk-stations,
these annoying vestiges make life difficult -- why use PHIGS's hierarchical
database when your LAN offers a realtional engine (hardware, etc)??? Why
use GKS when all you want is to render a metafile image in a window under
X11???
--
Michael Sierchio @ Small Systems Solutions
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!well!sierch From: sierch@well.UUCP (Michael Sierchio) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Mixing window system and graphics operations Message-ID: <6300@well.UUCP> Date: 16 Jun 88 18:47:13 GMT References: <3648@briar.Philips.Com> Reply-To: sierch@well.UUCP (Michael Sierchio) Organization: Small Systems Solutions Lines: 19