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From: marriott@grebyn.com (Marriott Corp.)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals,alt.graphics,comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: Looking for C-Scape vs. Vermont Views Comparison
Summary: VV is great, have you looked at JAM?
Keywords: C C-SCAPE PROGRAMMER VERMONT VIEWS MENU MENUS WINDOW WINDOWS JAM
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.212726.18103@grebyn.com>
Date: 14 Apr 91 21:27:26 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.141749.26112@idsssd.UUCP>
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In article <1991Apr10.141749.26112@idsssd.UUCP> bruce@idsssd.UUCP (Bruce T. Harvey) writes:
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>Two products we are curious about (since they cost the most and offer
>the most) are C-Scape and Vermont Views.  
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I have used Vermont Views under MS-DOS and I really loved using it.  I
thought the library-programmer interface was great.  The naming
conventions were very sensible and their general software approach was
very clean.  You can either have "loose" control of your screens (i.e.,
you let VV have complete control), or you can have very tight control.
We needed very tight control and managed to accompished just about
everything we wanted to.  VV has many "hook-points" at which you can
take control and modify the normal functioning of the screen.  I
recommend it highly.  Performance was very snappy under MS-DOS.

I am currently using a screen package under unix called JAM.  Although
it doesn't seem to allow quite as tight control as VV, is has other
advantages.  JAM has an "authoring" tool in which screens can be built
and tested interactively.  This tool is similar to, but a little more
powerful than, the VV designer.  JAM is *very* portable.  We currently
use versions for MS-DOS, SCO Unix, AIX, and AT&T Unix SVR4.  There is
also a MOTIF version of JAM which allows your ASCII-developed screens to
be tranparently used in a MOTIF/X-Windows environment.

JAM is developed by JYACC (offices in NY City).

Both JAM and VV are excellent products, but with different approaches
and different strengths.

Chris