jipping@cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) (03/09/89)
Fellow Sun-Spotters:
Let's assume that I have a Sun 3/60 running SunOS 4.1 with X11/NeWS, a
DecStation 3100 running DecWindows, and a HP machine (whatever model)
running X11. All windowing systems are "based on" X11 and are claimed to
be "compatible" in every way with X.
Will a toolkit used on one of these machines "port" to another fairly
painlessly?
You see what I'm driving at. If View2 is simply an X toolkit running in
an X environment, can I use it on a DecStation? Or an HP? If a "port"
isn't possible (whatever that means in an X environment), then what
happens if the DecStation uses the Sun as an X server? What happens then?
I don't know a whole heckuva lot about X yet, but I'm learning. This
toolkit business is REAL inviting if I can standardize window environments
across machines from various vendors.
Mike Jipping
Hope College
Department of Computer Science
jipping@cs.hope.edu