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Article #75641Re: Programming in X Windows
From: Douglas Clinton
Date: Wed, 30 May 1990 21:28
Date: Wed, 30 May 1990 21:28
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In article <F#rlid2@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > Does the FSF encourage people to program in X Windows using > Interviews, or doesn't it matter which toolkit is used? After all, > aren't the other toolkits, Athena for example, free? I guess > compatibility, maintainability, and a few other abilities become an > issue. I don't want to learn N different widget sets and finding a > bug in, or trying to upgrade a program written in one of those (N-k) > other widget sets that a programmer doesn't know can be more work than > is necessary. Won't more get done in the long run if everyone sticks > with a standard? Well, InterViews is a C++ toolkit whilst Athena, Motif, etc. are C based so I don't really see how they can be compared. I know of only one other C++ based X toolkit and that is ET++ which is also free. I would be interested to hear of any others that are available. Doug Clinton -- Automatic Disclaimer: The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not represent the views of the IBM PC User Group. --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 141ba5,ee99f290abd7ac42,start X-Google-Attributes: gid141ba5,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,ee99f290abd7ac42,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-05-30 14:28:24 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!clint From: clint@ibmpcug.co.uk (Douglas Clinton) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,connect.audit Subject: Re: Programming in X Windows Message-ID: <1990May30.212824.5236@ibmpcug.co.uk> Date: 30 May 90 21:28:24 GMT Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Lines: 25 Posted: Wed May 30 22:28:24 1990