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From: pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Pablo Fernicola)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  X11 and GL windows
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Date: 13 Jan 90 00:20:43 GMT
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In article <9001112326.AA11088@aero4.larc.nasa.gov> you write:
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>If so, I can't see why not.  Now if you are saying an X11 window and a
>GL window from the same executable, that may be interesting.
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>	Brent L. Bates
>	NASA-Langley Research Center

We are looking at doing exactly that.  Has anybody tried it already?
If I am succesfull (or even if I am not :-) ) I will post our results
to the net.

Combining X Windows and GL graphics would be very useful, at least until the
time that SGI releases an interface builder toolkit, mainly because it is 
easy to build good user interfaces with the Athena widget (buttons, fields,
and such).
Also, portability may come into play (although the GL routines wouldn't be
portable, one would have to wait for 3D extensions to X Windows).

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pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu - Pablo Fernicola - Machine Intelligence Laboratory - UF
		IF YOU CARE ENOUGH TO READ SIGNATURES ...
	I am graduating Spring 1990 and I am looking for a job.  
	MS EE, my graduate work incorporates OO-DBMS/Graphics/Robotics/AI
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pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu - Pablo Fernicola - Machine Intelligence Laboratory - UF
		IF YOU CARE ENOUGH TO READ SIGNATURES ...
	I am graduating Spring 1990 and I am looking for a job.  
	MS EE, my graduate work incorporates OO-DBMS/Graphics/Robotics/AI