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From: don@zardoz.coral.COM (Don Dewar)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Calling Actions, List Widget
Message-ID: <9011051254.AA27131@zardoz.coral.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 12:54:59 GMT
References: <1990Nov3.155232.8670@athena.mit.edu>
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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) Return-Path: <uunet!expo.lcs.mit.edu!xpert-mailer>
) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 90 15:52:32 GMT
) From: uunet!athena.mit.edu!bjaspan  (Barr3y Jaspan)
) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
) Subject: Re: Calling Actions, List Widget
) References: <1990Nov2.191421.19731@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, <1990Nov2.231256.25030@athena.mit.edu>, <1990Nov2.235548.1125@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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) In article <1990Nov2.235548.1125@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, ems@aristotle.JPL.NASA.gov (Eric Slimko) writes:
) |> > Yes.  You can use XtCallActionProc(Widget w, String action, XEvent *event,
) |> >  String *params, Cardinal num_params).
) |> Hmmm-- I gave this a try but came up with an undefined symbol.
) 
) XtCallActionProc() is new with the R4 version of the X Toolkit.  If Motif
) doesn't have it, flame at the OSF (and stop using Motif).  :-)
) 
) Barr3y Jaspan, bjaspan@mit.edu
) 
) 


I don't quite see how you can blame OSF.  You are talking about an X
call.  We buy Motif sources and build it here.  Some organizations buy
the Motif executables with X bundled in from other companies that sell
Motif.  But, As far as I am concerned it is up to the user to make sure
their X is up to date.  Moreover, OSF/Motif has done a pretty good job
keeping up with the major and minor changes and fixes to X.  

I think your suggestion to flame OSF and stop using Motif shows an
unjustified bias against the organization and their product.  Sure, you
may disagree with philosophy or on technical points of the product,
but to make such an obscenely obtuse and short statement such as that
is dishonorable.   At least have the good taste to back such words
with logical and thoughtful commentary.


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