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From: jcb@frisbee.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: SunView and XView code possible in same process?
Keywords: SunView XView
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Date: 10 Jan 91 00:01:32 GMT
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scott@talarian.UUCP (Scott Weitzenkamp) writes:

    Can anyone out there think of any way to get a SunView  and  XView
    interface in the same executable?


An  interesting  proposition,  for sure. One thing that you might have
problems with is global variables that are shared between both SunView
and  XView.  Although  I don't know for a fact there will be problems,
since XView is effectively the next generation of  SunView  (from  the
same source base way back when) there are potential conflicts in terms
of global data being of the same names between the two.

We cleaned up and changed many of the names within  XView,  but  there
could be something in there that would bite you.

My recommendation is to replace your main code  with  either  a  shell
script that starts up the correct program or a true program that forks
the  correct  child.  This  would  always work correctly, and not have
builtin headaches.


-Jim Becker
 XView Group


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