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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: Two simple user interfaces wanted
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Date: 6 Jun 90 15:51:11 GMT
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> ...since I'm writing with "pure" Xlib...

> I was wondering if anyone had a couple of Xlib-based routines to perform
> the following:

This is exactly the sort of thing that the X Toolkit was designed to make
easier.  I would suggest that you look into using a toolkit to do this.  There
are several avaliable, and they will substantially cut down on your development
time.  The following list is not comprehensive but gives a list of the most
widely used toolkit.

The Athena Widget Set
The Motif Toolkit
The Xt+ Toolkit
XView

"It is impossible to write an X Application without a Toolkit...  Although some
 people choose to inline their toolkits."

I suggest that you save yourself a lot of greif and build upon the work already
accomplished in this area.

						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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