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From: ms2@doc.ic.ac.uk (M Shelley)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: X windows word processor
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Date: 23 Nov 90 17:51:31 GMT
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I'm just a poor humble student who is just learning about X windows.
I am just about to start writing a MacWrite style word processor that
will run on Sun 3's under X windows, and I was wondering if anybody has
any source code that might be interesting to look at.

I will be using the toolkit widgets and so I suppose that xman is a good
starting point? Or might it be a better idea to learn to use Motif?

Also, I know that X uses pixel based fonts. Could anybody tell me
anything/direct me to any information about vector font usage (i.e. where you
specify the line that make up the characters, rather than the bitmap image of
it.)

I guess that laserprinter output will be a good idea, so is postscript the
right thing to use? If so are there any good books on it?

        Cheers
                Martin

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Martin Shelley				email:		ms2@doc.ic.ac.uk
Department of Computing
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