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From: cflatter@ZIA.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Chris Flatters)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  OpenWindows/Motif Mixed Metaphors?
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Date: 21 Sep 90 16:08:42 GMT
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> Does anyone out there in X land have much experience running the Motif
> window manager in conjunction with a OpenWindows server?  We have been
> instructed to use Motif style, but run applications packages that
> currently only come in SunView or OpenLook implementations.  This
> seems to me to be at least dangerous, if not just impossible.  Is this
> half-hearted compromise feasible?

This should be possible.  I don't see any reason why running OPEN LOOK
clients under mwm (which I haven't tried) should be any more difficult
than running them under twm (which I have tried) and your SunView
applications will not give a damn what window manager you are using since
they will just blow away X on those parts of the screen they use.

It is not really clear from the above what you mean by using OSF/Motif
style.  If you are developing clients that conform to the OSF/Motif GUI
it would make sense for you to use the Motif window manager, at least while
you are testing and debugging your clients.  If you are not doing development
work and are just running applications, running OPEN LOOK clients under
mwm will not make them Motif style --- they will still be OPEN LOOK clients
but will have Motif window decoration --- but will deny them OPEN LOOK
functionality that requires on the cooperation of the window manager.  In
this case your boss' instructions look pretty dumb.  If the majority of
your applications follow the OPEN LOOK GUI then it doesn't make much
sense to use anything other than an OPEN LOOK window manager (unless
you are a religious fanatic on the subject of window managers).  Similarly,
if the majority of your applications use Motif it makes little sense not to
use the Motif window manager.  

			Chris Flatters