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Reply-To:cwy@bksmel.UUCP (Chris Young)

In article <1991Jun19.052126.9204@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> jarober@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (DE Robertson james an 740-9172) writes:
> Not exactly. Xview is built directly on top of the Xlib libraries. The 
> Xview toolkit is available in source form on the MIT tape (contrib side)
> along with olwm. The Xview toolkit is quite a bit easier to learn than is
> the Motif toolkit (or the Athena Widgets or OLIT for that matter). Xview
> is not built on a proprietary intrinsics library, just without the Xt libs.

Well yes, you are techically correct. Xview uses Xlib and is not actually
proprietary.

Nevertheless, not using Xt means that MANY of the things we take for 
granted in the X world do not work properly - files tend to appear in
bizarre places, resource files don't work right , etc.

Also, I STRONGLY disagree that Xview is easier to use than Motif ...
you obviously have done more Xview - I find it the other way around as
I have done more Motif. You should be more carefull making sweeping
statements on the net unless you are asking to be flamed !

Personally, I just wish the inconsiderate sods out there would come to an
agreement on a "look & feel" standard. These virtual toolkits with half
a dozen different modes are fabulous products but REALLY !

Chris Young,
BKX Australia.
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