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From: amanda@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Motif/Openlook, is there a trend?
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Date: 4 Feb 91 21:52:20 GMT
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In-reply-to: nazgul@alphalpha.com's message of 3 Feb 91 02:56:29 GMT


>>>>> On 3 Feb 91 02:56:29 GMT, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) said:

Kee> Consistancy requires both using the Style Guide and watching what
Kee> the applications that go before you do.  Apple's shipping MacPaint,
Kee> MacWrite, MacDraw probably did as much or more for application
Kee> consistancy than the Mac style guide.  In the X world we don't
Kee> have these precedents, and thus we see a lot of shitty but "compliant"
Kee> interfaces.  My advice is to base your Motif apps on Mac apps and go
Kee> from there.

Sun{Write,Paint,Draw} is unfortunately not bundled with Sun
workstations.

However, OpenWindows comes with the DeskSet suite of applications
(mailtool, filemgr, dbxtool, cm, etc.).  The XView source at mit also
contain an text editor and a terminal emulator, among other things.
Maybe they will have more success...