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From: joel@dtscp1.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Future of HP widget set....
Message-ID: <811@dtscp1.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jun 89 15:38:30 GMT
References: <8906281433.AA00556@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: joel@dtscp1.UUCP (Joel Rives)
Organization: Digital Transmission Systems (a subsidiary of DCA), Duluth, GA
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In article <8906281433.AA00556@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Damon.Lipparelli@MIRACLE.EDRC.CMU.EDU writes:
>Hello.  I'm in the process of writing a rather large widget application and
>would like to use the HP widget set to simplify things (I'd rather not have
>to write my own menu widget stuff, if possible), but I gather from following
>various net conversations that the HP widgets are in the process of being
>phased out.  Is this true?  If it is true, what kind of time frame are we
>talking about before they are no longer considered usable?  And lastly, if
>they are on they're way out, is there anything that will be replacing them?

I don't see any reason for not using the HP widget set -- other than that
they will not be maintained (ie. automatically upgraded with future releases
of X). This doesn't strike me as a significant problem unless the Toolkit
Intrinsics undergo another major revision. 

For the most part, i find the HP widget set more useful and certainly better
documented than the Athena widget set. This is not to say that certain
widgets within the HP set are without bugs. But for the most part, i have
found them to be very useful and will continue to use them.

					Joel Rives