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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X programs without events
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Date: 30 Oct 89 18:32:37 GMT
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In article <8910300603.AA06783@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>,
mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse) writes:
< 
< Just in case someone still thinks that an X program must handle events
< to be useful, I offer the following, which I wrote because I wanted the
< functionality and couldn't find an existing tool for it.
< 
< As its author, I hereby place this program into the public domain.
< It's simple enough anyway that it's a little silly to try to claim
< ownership of it.
< 
< I call it xwarp.
< 

[ really "useful" program deleted ]

Finally an X program for people with two broken arms!

OK, let's all admit there are some programs that can be written for X
without handling events, but let's keep the discussion limited to 
*useful* programs.
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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.