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From: grp@magpie.unify.com (Greg Pasquariello)
Subject: Interviews as an implementation of Motif or OpenLook?
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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 16:05:42 GMT
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Dan Connolly writes:
>
>As a programmer, I'm all but sold on interviews. But everywhere I look
>I see Motif and OpenLook apps. And from time to time the little differences
>between interviews scrollbars and other scroll bars bug me.
>
>Has anybody thought about a set of IV classes that would implement the
>Motif or OpenLook look and feel?

At one point I began developing a set of Open Look classes for IV.  Then 3.0
came along, I only had g++ to work with, I had a baby, things came up at work,
there was an earthquake in Costa Rica...

Anyway, I now have a real C++.  When I get some time, I plan on reimplementing
my Open Look stuff.

>
>The menubar of the 3.0 doc app looks a lot like the motif stuff. Is there
>more where that came from?
>
>Are there user-interface policies embedded deep in the interviews code, or
>would it be straightforward to adopt Motif policies?
>

I think the only thing that would prevent Motif is the licensing.  That's why
I'm doing OL and *NOT* Motif.

>Thanks, and I'm sorry if I've blasphemed the holy GUI.
>
>Dan

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Greg Pasquariello	grp@unify.com
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