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From: grh@cbnewsl.att.com (george.r.heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.lang.c++
Subject: OLIT vs. OI...Which toolkit to choose?
Keywords: OLIT OI X11
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.183637.7410@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 14 Jun 91 18:36:37 GMT
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Fellow netters:

     My group is about to embark on a new X Window System display project
and have decided to explore the various toolkits available.  The project
involves both a CAD-like graphics editor and a data analysis display.
Both these tools must have an OPEN LOOK look and feel (by order from on high).

     We are likely to do the actual implementation in C++ and have identified
two candidate toolkits for doing the graphics work.  One is the SUN widget
set OLIT and the other is the Solbourne/USL toolkit OI.  My personal
preference based on reading man pages is OI, but we have nobody here with
personal experience using either library.  I need to justify my choice
to my boss and am looking for praise or horror stories about either toolkit.
Please send email and if there is sufficient interest, I will summarize
to the net.  Thanks.

Randy Heuer
grh@cbnewsl.att.com