From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Apr 11 22:36:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-ports Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA24308 for ports-outgoing; Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from metronet.com (root@mail.metronet.com [192.245.137.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA24288 Thu, 11 Apr 1996 22:36:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.metronet.com (dal92.metronet.com) by metronet.com with SMTP id AA05794 (5.67a/IDA1.5hp); Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:35:07 -0500 Received: (from rick@localhost) by localhost.metronet.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA00600; Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:31:19 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:31:16 -0500 (CDT) From: rbarton X-Sender: rick@localhost To: Jake Hamby Cc: Terry Lambert , lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lesstif (motif compatible) package. In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, rbarton wrote: > > > Since we're on the subject of GUIs... any word on Fresco? Is there > > anybody working or considering this? > > I'm perfectly happy with Motif, using the Doug Young method of wrapping an > entire widget tree into a C++ class, rather than the thin-wrapper approach > of encapsulating every widget. I think that objects should correspond to My concern isn't on the language as much as it is the look-n-feel, and that it's free. :-) > As for Fresco, I was under the impression that it was an experimental > component of X11R6, similar to LBX (the low-bandwidth X extension I found I didn't know it was just experimental. I just thought it was going to lean toward a good interface, not a total redo of all the widgets. > Personally, if I wanted to move away from Motif, but still use X and Unix, > I would choose Java (which, in the Unix implementation, is itself based on > Motif). Java is OOP, and cross-platform too, and in theory, could be > easily integrated with C++ programs in the manner of TCL/Tk (although it > isn't common practice, but it is how Java's standard classes are bound to > Motif and other standard libraries). I like Motif too. I haven't tried integrating TCL/TK into any C/C++ apps though. I suppose I'll break down and purchase Motif some time. rick | o________________________|________________________o \/ o \/ any landing you can walk \___/ away from is a good one / | \ rbarton@metronet.com