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From: chan@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif -> Open Look look & feel
Message-ID: <1210034@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Jul 90 18:29:31 GMT
References: <2986@osc.COM>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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>>Motif defines not just a look & feel, but an API.
>
>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....

Indeed, I believe the people who wrote Looking Glass (a desktop manager
for X11) used their own Motifish library. (If I'm wrong please correct
me; that was the impression I got from a trade rag article and we all
know how accurate they can be). Also, OpenDialog from the Apollo folks
has a Motif mode that is not really Motif.

			-- Chan