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From: clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Is Motif on the RS6000 "normal" ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.011634.9016@acheron.uucp>
Date: 3 Oct 90 01:16:34 GMT
References: <536@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US>
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From article <536@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US>, by friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US (Steve Friedl):
> reasonable.  If we develop an application using their particular
> widget set, do we stand a fighting chance of making it run on
> another platform with Motif?

I don't think you can call something 'Motif' if you don't conform to
the standard.  The widgets should work the same as on any other box
unless you use some IBM extensions in the area of international text.

These might be standard Motif rather than IBM extensions; I'm not
sure.
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