Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!unify!openlook!openlook-request From: oladmin@magpie.unify.com (Open Look Mailing list admin) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: comp.windows.open-look digest Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 21:50:00 GMT Lines: 35 This has appeared on openlook-request. I have re-directed it to the correct list and to the newsgroup. -Greg Daniel Smith writes: >> From: EYRING@cc.utah.edu >> Subject: What's the diff between xview and xt+? >> >> 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 -> Xlib Open Look interface w/out using Xt. Source > is much in the same style as SunView. In fact, > Sun ships shell scripts (in OW) that can do much > of the work of converting a SunView program > to an XView one. > > Xt+ -> Xlib Open Look interface, in the Xt style. Haven't > used it so can't comment further. > > Note that the user would not be able to tell which toolkit >(XView or Xt+) produced the program[1]...2 ways of getting the Open Look >interface in X. Also note, "OpenWindows" is the name of the product >Sun ships, not of any interface or toolkit. > > DevGUIDE produces XView code. It's enough to get you going, but >you may end up up doing lots of editing on it to increase performance. > > Daniel > >[1] if I'm wrong on this, please someone bark!