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From: guttman@mashie.ece.jhu.edu (Michael A Guttman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Multiplatform considerations
Keywords: Sparc, IBM, SGI
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Date: 3 May 91 13:30:52 GMT
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Hi all,

We're going to develop a package with a GUI and we need to support
Sparc, IBM RISC and SGI workstations.  We would like to use a UI
builder program to cut development time.

I'm new to X GUI programming and am looking for suggestions.  Our goal
is minimization of development time while supporting the multiple
platforms. 

First one basic question:
Is MOTIF just a window manager, or does it also fall into the toolkit
category? 

One possible solution for us:
Someone recommended a UI builder named "Devguide" from Sun which
creates code for Xview.  Has anybody out there ported Xview to the IBM
and/or SGI?  Will code written to use the Xview tools work well under
the window managers of the other machines (i.e. MOTIF)?

Other solutions/experiences?


Thanks,
	Mike
	guttman@mashie.ece.jhu.edu