Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!princeton!twg.com!david From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: NeXT & Interface Builders Message-ID: <8080@gollum.twg.com> Date: 13 Oct 90 01:05:56 GMT References: <33198@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: david@twg.com (David S. Herron) Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 28 In article <33198@nigel.ee.udel.edu> S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) writes: >On 11 Oct 90 08:20:16 GMT you said: >>In article <8036@gollum.twg.com> david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: > >I may be wrong, but I think the original author meant that the NeXT doesn't run >X as its native OS. Not that it doesn't run X at all. You still have to run >NeXTStep to run X. Yes.. that's pretty much what I meant. I have vague memories of hearing of an X port to NeXT but could easily have forgotten about it. Also .. since it's not "commercially available" a lot of people would discount it if for no other reason than you have to make an effort to hear about it. (People talk about it on The Net, but not Everybody is attached to The Net, nor does Everybody who is Attached read the Right Groups on The Net ...) I used to "discount" the idea of running X inside a window for another windowing system as sheer hackery. But lately it's seems to me to be a Good Expedient -- the person is then able to make use of both worlds at once. Seems "useful" .. -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <- <- Remember: On System V it's "tar xovf", not "tar xvf"!