[net.micro.att] Integrating An Application with the UNIX PC Interface

gwl@rruxa.UUCP (George W. Leach) (03/26/86)

      Has anyone out there had any experience in integrating 
application code with the User Interface of the UNIX PC(7300)?
How would you compare the Terminal Access Method (TAM) calls
with some of the higher level library functions such as menu,
window, form, track, etc...  
 
      I have not had much experience with the UNIX PC.  From my
initial investigation it appears that the TAM facilities provide
a device independent interface which supports windowing in a 
low level manner.  On the other hand the other library functions
appear to be on a higher level than the TAM library calls but
dependent upon the UNIX PC window manager.  Am I heading in the
right direction with these assumptions or am I totally off the
mark here?

     Also if anyone has had any experience in integrating some 
application code that they have written with the PC's window
manager I would appreciate if they could elaborate on their
experiences.


                        George W. Leach (aka. Reggie)
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