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From: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (R.L.Hesketh)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Looking for UI builders with X
Message-ID: <176@elder.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 17 Jan 91 09:46:03 GMT
References: <721@mephisto.edu>
Reply-To: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh)
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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In article <721@mephisto.edu> stasko@par.gatech.edu (John Stasko) writes:
>
>I have been
>beating the bush for UI toolkits|builders|management systems|etc.
>without a lot of success.  This is probably due to the following
>parameters:
>
>Environment: SPARCs--OS 4.1 (actually, this isn't a problem)
>Cost: free
>Installation: pretty easy (these are)

"Dirt" is a UI Builder for the Xt Intrinsics and a number of Widget Sets.
Its free, quite easy to install (normally .. "xmkmf; make World") and
works on SPARCs (I use it most days on a SPARC1 SunOS 4.0.3 but I have been
told it runs under 4.1).

The first Alpha release is available for anonymous ftp from
expo.lcs.mit.edu [18.30.0.212] under:

	/contrib/dirt.README
	/contrib/dirt.A1.7.tar.Z
	/contrib/dirt.patchA1.8.Z  (a patch for the above distribution)

There is also a "dirt-users" mailing list (with currently >100 names on it 8-).
Send mail to "dirt-users-request@ukc.ac.uk" to be added to this list.
I am very much interested in getting critical as well as pragmatic feedback
from users!

>Unfortunately, we do not have OpenLook (yet) or Motif (yet) but
>hopefully, they'll be here soon.

Unfortunately Dirt is yet to support either the OpenLook or Motif widget set.
This is being worked on .. although I haven't much time spare!  Dirt was
designed to be expandable to any other widget set but does require some extra
coding such as TypeToString converters for new resource types used by these
widgets.

If you want more specifics contact me directly.

Richard Hesketh
Computing Officer, Computing Lab., University of Kent at Canterbury,
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, United Kingdom.
        Tel: +44 227 764000 ext 7620/7590      Fax: +44 227 762811