Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!paperboy!osf.org!dbrooks From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Some Very Basic Questions Message-ID: <22327@paperboy.OSF.ORG> Date: 29 May 91 14:20:07 GMT References: <1991May15.174459.16463@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 17 In article , toml@marvin.Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange) writes: |> Here we go again... Yes Motif is a specification. Unfortunately, |> (or fortunately, depending upon your viewpoint) part of the specification |> is the API which includes all the Xt'isms. So yes, you can go off and |> write a new toolkit that mimics motif, but you can never get it certified |> by OSF unless you also have the existing API. Here we go again... There are two levels of certification. Level I requires adherence to the Style Guide, which includes no Xt-isms. Motif look-and-feel can be, and has been, achieved without any of our code. Level II does require adherence to the API as well as the touch-and-see. So you could say Motif is two specifications. -- David Brooks dbrooks@osf.org Systems Engineering, OSF uunet!osf.org!dbrooks