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From: farmer@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Gary Farmer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: DIRT User Interface Management System and C++ Widgets
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Date: 14 Dec 90 19:31:52 GMT
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I am studying the Widget Creation Library, which allows the developer to save 
the interface specification in a resource file.  The basic philosophy is:  

1.  separate the user interface from the application

2.  read the user interface specification from a resource file, avoiding 
    recompilation.  

The Design in Real Time (DIRT) User Interface Management System takes advantage 
of this philosophy.  DIRT currently contains the Athena and UKC widget sets and 
is extensible to contain other widget sets.  However, I do not know if it is 
extensible to C++ widgets.  

1.  Is DIRT widget set extensible to C++ widgets?  

2.  Is DIRT widget set extensible to InterViews interactors?  

3.  Are there any known drop-and-drag User Interface Builders or Management 
    Systems that use C++ widgets?  

4.  Does anyone know the differences between the Solbourne and University of 
    Lowell C++ wrappers for Motif widgets?  

I have been trying to get on the dirt-user mailing list, but my requests have 
not gotten through.  Is the correct name dirt-user, dirt-users, dirt.users, or 
something else?  

Thank you in advance,

Gary Farmer
farmer@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu