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Subject: Xtools
Message-ID: <376@hscfvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 22:05:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 22:05:00 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 03:53:16 EST
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Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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Keywords: Xtools
Summary: Advice needed.


I am a bit confused about X toolkits, and would appreciate some
advice from the xperts. As I understand it, the recently released
preliminary Xtool kit is designed to utilize "the best of the X10R4
toolkits" and also present to the programmer (and user) a standardized
library/interface that will span Version 10 and Version 11. (I realize that
the Xtool release will be shortly updated to conform more closely to
V11 protocols.) If this is the case, then it would seem that using Xtool
is the only sensible thing to do between now and widespread availibility
of V11. Is this in fact the case ? Am I missing something ? Is the performance
of Xtool crippled by the need to emulate V11 in V10 ?  How good are the "tools"
in the toolbox ? How transparent will the transition to V11 be ?

Sorry for all the ???'s, but I'd love to hear some opinions from
those of you who have experimented with Xtools.

BTW, if anyone out there is a Masscomp user and has managed to upgrade from
Masscomp's 10R2 port to 10R4, I'd love to hear from you. I can't try the
tools till I upgrade.  Thanks.

		David McCallie
		Children's Hospital / Boston
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