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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Information Junkie)
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Subject: Re: help w/issue re 1.0 -> 1.1 porting
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Date: 2 Apr 91 20:32:51 GMT
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> 0.  The answer to this is probably "no", but I'll ask anyway.  Is
>     there any chance of compiling a 1.0 appl with the 1.1 toolkit
>     and having it work?
Actually the answer is Yes.  But it depends on what you've done of course.
In fact I've even run 1.0 apps with the 1.1 shared libraries - although I
wouldn't ever want to ship something in that configuration.

> 1.  What is involved with changes to the functions relating
>     to input focus?  We currently use the 1.0 undocumented
>     _XmGrabTheFocus(), and need to know how the operation
>     of this function (or its analog) has changed with the 
>     new toolkit.
Use XmProcessTraversal and cross your fingers.

> 3.  Can a 1.1 application function correctly with a 1.0 window
>     manager (and vice versa)?  _Is_ there a 1.1 window manager, 
>     or is 1.1 just a toolkit release?
1.1 has a new Mwm.  I haven't used it yet since I expect most of our
customers to still have the old one.  So the answer is Yes.

> 4.  If there is a 1.1 window manager, is any programmatic access
>     provided to it?
No more than 1.0, as far as I know.  Although I gather that at 1.0 it didn't
all work correctly.

> 5.  Any major changes to resources?  What they are called, where
>     they are found?
Some changes wrt who frees XmStrings.

> 6.  Is Motif 1.1 based on X11R3 or X11R4?  If it's based on R4
>     can I run my application on an R3 server?
R4, yes.

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