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From: wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: GUI tools and toolkits
Summary: More info on C++ GUI toolkits, please
Keywords: object C++ motif tools toolkit user interface
Message-ID: <737@ubbpc.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 90 12:49:19 GMT
References: <3745@osc.COM>
Organization: Unisys UNIX Portation Center, Blue Bell, PA
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In article <3745@osc.COM>, george@osc.COM (George Baggott) writes:
> 			[ ... ]                           Does anyone out
> there have any experience with some of the tools and/or class libraries
> available for X or X/Motif?
> 
> I know of two C++ class libraries:
> The OI toolkit -- supports both Motif and Open Look styles [ ... ]
> Open Dialog -- supports Motif via a C++ toolkit and a user interface language
> that appears to be slightly more powerful than UIL.  From what I understand,
> this has been around for about 5 years and is in its second incarnation. [ ...
> ... ]

 How can Open Dialog for Motif have "been around for about 5 years"
when Motif has been around for much less than 5 years?

 If you are going to mention toolkits like this, please do not tantalize us ...
mention the company, institution, or person who produces the toolkit!

 I just did a 'grep' of all messages to comp.windows.x for 1990 and I find
no reference to Open Dialog other than yours.
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