From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 10 22:06:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA20182 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:06:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from detlev.UUCP (56-sweet.camalott.com [208.239.153.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA20177 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:06:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.9.1/8.9.1) id AAA35596; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 00:06:07 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from joelh) To: Chuck Robey Cc: John Sconiers , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XWindows programing References: From: Joel Ray Holveck Date: 11 Dec 1998 00:06:05 -0600 In-Reply-To: Chuck Robey's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:53:23 -0500 (EST)" Message-ID: <863e6ngqlu.fsf@detlev.UUCP> Lines: 18 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 4. Next step down is going to C, where the X calls are really written > in. I'm going to suggest at this level, the Motif libraries, > because the widgets are written more regularly, documented much > better, and your choice of widgets to use is wider. You are going > to have to deal with all those lousy defaults, but there is a > wealth of Motif code out there, and if you MUST go down to this > level, you'll appreciate Motif, and see why people use it. Do you object to Athena? Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message