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From: kahlers@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: X Windows and Motif
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Date: 22 Aug 90 19:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!kahlers    Aug 22 14:08:00 1990



> Has anyone done any work with X on the Apollo Workstation? 
> The release contained the Xt Toolkit which included about 6-8
> simple widgets.  They don't have the 3-D pushbuttons or other more
> sophisticated widgets. 

> Do I really need the Motif software to do any useful work? Apollo sells
> it for a lot more than X itself cost.

The 6-8 widgets without the 3-D look are the "Athena" widget set, which is
a standard part of any X-Distribution since X 11.0.  I have used these
extensively, but only because it was the only game in town 2 years ago.  
Since Motif 1.0 is now available on Apollos you should start with it.
Motif has much more future than the Athena widget set.  Both Athena and
Motif are based on the same set of Intrinsics (Xt Toolkit) (right now there
is a slight version problem between X11.3 Xt and Motif 1.0 Xt).

You can do "Useful work" with Athena and Xlib, but if you are trying to do
any reasonably complex user interface, go with Motif.  There are many more
widgets and more resources (options) available.

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