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From: kozak@mmm.UUCP (Darryn Kozak)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.lang.lisp
Subject: X windows and Lisp
Keywords: X windows and Lisp
Message-ID: <1281@mmm.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jul 89 16:21:15 GMT
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Hi,

	We are interested in "combining" the X window system and Common 
Lisp together. We are writing our  application on Unix and X based
workstations. Our current intentions are to use X and Motif for our 
user interface, but to keep our application in Lisp.

	Is anyone else doing this? There does seem to be alot of interest
in X amongst the Lisp community, but is anyone using it to develop 
applications? What supported products are there? Are either CLUE or CLX 
supported? Are they "portable"?

	THIS IS IMPORTANT:
	What is the easiest way to take advantage of existing widget 
toolkits(such as Motif) from lisp? Does CLUE provide any help here?

	Where should the line between C and Lisp lie. That is, where should
the control of the application be? It appears that all of the Xlib and Xt
data structures must remain in C. Where does CLOS(Common Lisp Object System)
fit into this? Should there be CLOS objects for windows and widgets, even
thought they already have C structures?

	I am interested in hearing how others taking advantage of X from Lisp.
I think some discussion on the net would be helpful, although I don't know
if it should be in comp.lang.lisp or comp.windows.x (so I've posted to both).


	Thanks,

        Darryn Kozak

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