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From: korp@atlantis.ees.anl.gov (Peter Korp)
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Subject: Re: What's the diff between xview and xt+?
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Date: 14 Nov 90 17:05:01 GMT
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>In article <102130@cc.utah.edu>, EYRING@cc.utah.edu writes:
>> What is the difference between xview and xt+?  Thought that Motif
>> was the xt intrinsics, but what is the xt+ toolkit that is provided
>> with OpenLook?  Does dev guide produce xview or xt+ code?
>
>XView is an X11 toolkit that is NOT based on the X Consortium standard Xt.
>

Oh come on now....

XView is an X11 toolkit based on Xlib, which is just as "standard" as Xt.
If Xlib changes, Xt code will break too. I happen to find code written in
the "SunView" API much cleaner than code written using any Xt based toolkit.
Sun uses C varargs quite a bit in XView, a feature only recently introduced
in the R4 Xt.

This "standards" thing has gotten a bit out of hand.

[Xt+ and Motif discussions deleted]

>Having the various options and implementations seems to have done more
>to confuse people than to help them by providing flexibility, but maybe
>the confusions will be only temporary and the market will benefit from
>having the options.  I think that was the original intent, anyway :-)

Yes it was, quickly porting 2000+ SunView apps was an important consideration
for Sun in the design of XView. If you were starting from scratch and like
to belive all this "standard" stuff OLIT (Xt+) is for you.

>-- 
>Michael L. Siemon		"O stand, stand at the window,
>m.siemon@ATT.COM		    As the tears scald and start;
>...!att!sfsup!mls		 You shall love your crooked neighbor
>standard disclaimer	    	    With your crooked heart."

Peter