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From: bbadger@x102c.harris-atd.com (Badger BA 64810)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Proposal for Toolkit Nomenclature (long)
Summary: Keep the 'X' prefix
Keywords: Toolkits Widgets Classnames
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Date: 25 Apr 89 14:24:24 GMT
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In article <7798@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> gdykes@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Gene Dykes) writes:
[...]
>Proposed Convention for Widget classname : IdClass
>
>  "IdClass"  :
>  "Class"    : ambiguous.
>  "XidClass" : not concise; 'X' conveys no information
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Thank you for your attention.  Pardon me while I don my anti-flame suit.
>-- 
>Gene Dykes, gdykes@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu

I disagree.  X toolkits also have to operate with other non-X, perhaps 
non-graphical toolkits.  The prefix 'X' helps prevent clashes there too.
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