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From: jdn@mas.UUCP (Jeff Nisewanger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: X windows on the nExt
Keywords: X windows
Message-ID: <1781@mas1.mas.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 89 22:37:01 GMT
References: <2777@rtech.rtech.com>
Reply-To: jdn@mas1.UUCP (Jeff Nisewanger)
Organization: Measurex Automation Systems, Cupertino, CA
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In article <2777@rtech.rtech.com> brett@rtech.rtech.com (Brett Taylor) writes:
>Anyone out there planning on porting X to the nExt machine?  Seems like
>you could approach it several ways.  The first being to take over the
>display like the current X model.  The second and more desirable method
>would be, have an X server translate X requests into nExt step calls.
>This would allow concurrent nExt apps and X apps.
>
	Except that Display PostScript doesn't support traditional
rasterop functions and X11 is centered around using rasterops for
any kind of special effects like rubber-banding etc. etc.

	Jeff Nisewanger
	Measurex Automation Systems
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