Re: need information about XVT

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From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 17:33

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In article <1991Jun18.205101.28425@colorado.edu> thompsog@spot.Colorado.EDU (THOMPSON GEOFF) writes:
>by accessing the native window sytem components of XVT objects. Hence, the
>term "Extensible." In general, the full capabilties of the native window
>system are available in non-portable ways, including handling all native
>system events.
However, manager-type widgets like forms, rowcolums, tables... are not
accessable, unless quite a bit has changed since I last looked at XVT.
In my mind this toss out one of the best features of Xt.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
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Subject: Re: need information about XVT
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