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From: tmcclory@gomer.wright.edu (Tom McClory)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: X Windows Release 4 Basic Question
Keywords: Help novice X11R4
Message-ID: <934@thor.wright.EDU>
Date: 12 Jan 90 04:15:58 GMT
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Would some knowledgeable person mind helping me understand what the new
X11 release 4 means to me in my initial explorations of the X windowing
system?  I've seen several messages posted over the last few days
that look like they affect me, but I'm too much a novice to interpret
them.

I have two concerns:

   1) My current project is to gain some mastery of one of the X 
      toolkits.  To that end I've purchased Doug Young's book,
      "X Window Systems Programming and Applications with Xt."
      Judging from some of the postings over the past few days, the HP
      widget set used in Mr. Young's examples goes away in release 4.  
      Is this true, and what, if anything can I do to compensate?

   2) Once I've gained some experience using at least one of the
      X toolkits, my first real application of X will require using 
      the Ada Bindings to X.  What, if any, affect will the new X release
      have on my ability to use the Ada bindings?  I understand
      the Ada bindings use the Xr toolkit.

Thanks in advance.  I would really appreciate the help.


Tom McClory				tmcclory@wright.edu
Wright State Univ.