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From: totty@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Totty)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Free Widgets
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Date: 24 Nov 90 23:06:45 GMT
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Reply-To: totty@flute.cs.uiuc.edu (Brian Totty)
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	The response to my latest suggestion about collecting and distributing
	a set of free widgets was very well received.  I was sent many letters
	expressing interest in the idea, and giving suggestions.

	I want to set up a mailing list of people who have interest in
	helping plan the logistics of this free widget collection.  We
	need to:

		(1) Collect widgets
		(2) Select some minimal set of inclusion standards (all
		    widgets should include makefile, man page, test program...)
		(3) Decide how to arrange distribution of these widgets
		    (ftp, mail server, attempt to integrate into standard
		    X release).

	If we get a good set of widgets and can massage them to fit into
	some standard framework, then we might very well end up with a
	successful package.  This weekend I put together 4 widgets (multiple
	selection, colored string list widget, scrolled list widget, file
	selector widget, and pixel editor widget), and made initial man pages
	for them.  This can act as the initial set of widgets.

	If people interested in helping making this free widget library
	come to be could email me their mail addresses, we can start building
	the library soon.

							--- Bri


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