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From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Motif is a behavior spec also (was Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel)
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Date: 2 Jul 90 16:39:23 GMT
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In article <3590@auspex.auspex.com>, guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> Well, actually, OSF apparently now has a certification process for
> toolkits, so they've finally realized that "The Toolkit is *NOT* the
> Look&Feel".  Given that there are non-Xm toolkits under development (and
> some may already exist) that offer a Motif L&F, this would seem to be a
> sensible acknowledgment of reality....

The separation between Appearance/Behavior and implementation has been
there from the beginning, although it's easy to be distracted from
that by the focus on the Xt-based implementation that we ship.

It was explicit in our Request For Technology in fall '88; it's
highlighted by our PM-compliant behavior rule; it's spelled out in the
introduction to our (much-maligned) Style Guide; and the two-level
trademark certification process was announced at a press conference
July 11, 1989.  Admittedly this is turning out rather slow in
implementation.

Also, one of the more popular Motif-compliant applications is
implemented without our reference toolkit.

So we've been in touch with reality all along.
-- 
David Brooks				dbrooks@osf.org
Systems Engineering, OSF		uunet!osf.org!dbrooks