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From: fgreco@govt.shearson.COM (Frank Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What's what in OPEN LOOK/OpenWindows (long)
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Date: 27 Sep 90 20:02:28 GMT
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>>XView's foundation is similar to Xt in that they both provide a way to
>>do subclassing in C.  However, the implementation is significantly

>Is that foundation availble to non-toolkit writers who wish to add a
>"widget"?

	Yes.  There is a document floating around that clearly details
	the manner in which a programmer can add your own XView objects.
	If you wish, contact me via email and I'll send you a copy
	(in Postscript) that I obtained off the net sometime ago.

>>Don't know.  Also, all the SunView OPEN LOOK applications (I can only think
>>of four) are being ported to X11/OPEN LOOK, so it's a moot point.  However, 
>>the real reason for the large number of applications for OPEN LOOK is the 
>>volume of Sun and Sun-compatible machines already on the market and the 

>This doesn't necessarily follow.  As others have pointed out, there are a number
>of applications shipping (even as their first machine!) on Sun machines
>that use Motif rather than Open Look.

	Yes, that's true, however on the Sun workstation, the OL apps far 
	outweigh the Motif ones...  And as long as Sun does not formally support Motif,
	this will continue to be so.  When big corporations commit to a workstation
	vendor, they like the warm fuzzies they get from *official* Sun support.
	

Frank Greco
My opinions are mine, not my clients.