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From: rfg@ics.uci.edu (Ronald Guilmette)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ and MOTIF ?
Keywords: C++,MOTIF
Message-ID: <25E31D16.22190@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 21 Feb 90 22:58:30 GMT
References: <106@sherekhan.zgdvda.uucp>
Reply-To: rfg@ics.uci.edu (Ronald Guilmette)
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In article <106@sherekhan.zgdvda.uucp> dingelde@sherekhan.zgdvda.uucp (Dennis Dingeldein) writes:
>
>I want to use X and MOTIF using C++. This does not work with the
>original headers, not even with X11R4. I am *urgently* seeking C++
>compatible files for X, XIntrinsics and MOTIF.
>I do know that X11R4 has some prototyping, but not for all files. I have
>heared from the protoize-tool from Ronald Guilmette, but if I use that
>there will be still some work to do.
>Is there anyone out there having these things for me ??? Headers only
>for MOTIF would be enough to make me happy !!!

I think that you are making an incorrect assumption about the amount of
work that you would have left to do after running protoize.

If all you want are prototyped header files (and only for Motif) I would
guess that there would only be perhaps about one day's worth of additional
work that you would have to do on the header files to make them ANSI C and C++
compliant after you had protoized them.

If you do decide to do that (and I heartly encourage you to do so) please
let me know so that we can try to figure out a way to make the resulting
patches available to the net community (in a way that will not violate any
copyrights).  I believe that we can find a way to do this.

I will be glad to provide assistance to anyone who wants to develop ANSI-C/C++
versions of programs (or header files) that could possibly be of general
use to many people.  I will be *especially* glad to provide technical
advice and assistance with respect to any effort to return the benefits
of such work back to the net community.

The world is slowly but surely moving towards ANSI C and C++.  It will be
very stupid if a lack of cooperation results in the same conversions
being done over and over again in a thousand different organizations.
Don't curse the darkness.  Light a candle!


// Ron Guilmette (rfg@ics.uci.edu)
// C++ Entomologist
// Motto:  If it sticks, force it.  If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.