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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Toolkits, Widget sets
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Date: 4 Jan 90 22:13:46 GMT
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In article <1990Jan4.210520.15646@Neon.Stanford.EDU>,
loan@Neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) writes:
> I thought
> that a toolkit was a set of intrinsics for building widget sets
> plus a template for structuring widgets, but _not a widget set_.

This is certainly a useful definition of "toolkit".  Other people may
have conflicting, but also useful definitions.  I prefer to avoid the
issue.

> And the following are widget sets: Motif, OPENLOOK, Xaw, Xw,
> SUIT, DECWindows, and Xcu.
> I know that Xaw, Xw, SUIT, and Xcu are based on Xt, but what
> about the others, especially Motif?

DECwindows and Motif are based on Xt.  The AT&T implementation of
OPENLOOK is also based on Xt.  The Sun implementation of OPENLOOK is
not based on Xt.

> One of my goals might be to get Motif (R4) on a Personal IRIS.

Silicon Graphics is a member of OSF, the organization developing
Motif.  You should contact Silicon Graphics for Motif availability on
the IRIS.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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