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From: linton@marktwain.rad.sgi.com (Mark Linton)
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Subject: Re: Interviews as an implementation of Motif or OpenLook?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 16:05:57 GMT
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In article <1991Jun04.042325.22039@convex.com>, connolly@convex.convex.COM (Dan Connolly) writes:
|> Has anybody thought about a set of IV classes that would implement the
|> Motif or OpenLook look and feel?
|> 
|> 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?

Quest Systems sells a version of InterViews with either Motif or OpenLook look+feel
(I don't know how complete it is).  HP has been working on classes with Motif look+feel.
3.0-beta includes Motif-ish menus, buttons, and scrollbars.  We have the equivalent
OpenLook components implemented as well, though not yet incorporated in the release.

Translation tables and keyboard traversal are the only low-level obstacles to Motif level 1
compliance, as far as I can tell.  Some higher-level work is needed for compatible
text editing.