loan@Neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) (01/05/90)
I've got a beginner's question about toolkits/widget-sets, but it sounds like others may want to know too... There's been a lot of talk recently about which toolkits are best to use, and I'm still confused as to what a toolkit is. I thought that a toolkit was a set of intrinsics for building widget sets plus a template for structuring widgets, but _not a widget set_. A widget set, then, is, as the name implies, a set of widgets built on a certain toolkit. If this is the case, then I think I can name four toolkits: Xt, InterViews, Andrew, Clue. And the following are widget sets: Motif, OPENLOOK, Xaw, Xw, SUIT, DECWindows, and Xcu. I know that Xaw, Xw, SUIT, and Xcu are based on Xt, but what about the others, especially Motif? One of my goals might be to get Motif (R4) on a Personal IRIS. Is this possible? Straightening me out in this matter would be GREATLY appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Peter Loan | | loan%alice.stanford.edu@sunrise.stanford.edu | | loan%neon.stanford.edu | | ** I weel not buy this tobacconists, it is scratched ** | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee) (01/05/90)
In article <1990Jan4.210520.15646@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, loan@Neon.Stanford.EDU (James P. Loan) writes: > I thought > that a toolkit was a set of intrinsics for building widget sets > plus a template for structuring widgets, but _not a widget set_. This is certainly a useful definition of "toolkit". Other people may have conflicting, but also useful definitions. I prefer to avoid the issue. > And the following are widget sets: Motif, OPENLOOK, Xaw, Xw, > SUIT, DECWindows, and Xcu. > I know that Xaw, Xw, SUIT, and Xcu are based on Xt, but what > about the others, especially Motif? DECwindows and Motif are based on Xt. The AT&T implementation of OPENLOOK is also based on Xt. The Sun implementation of OPENLOOK is not based on Xt. > One of my goals might be to get Motif (R4) on a Personal IRIS. Silicon Graphics is a member of OSF, the organization developing Motif. You should contact Silicon Graphics for Motif availability on the IRIS. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee
mss+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Mark Sherman) (01/05/90)
Using your terminology: The "Andrew Tool Kit" is a tool kit, implemented by the code in the "basics" subdirectory; "insets" are contained in most of the other directories and correspond to widgets (including a calendar widget and a spreadsheet widget alluded to in earlier messages). "Andrew" refers to the entire release, which has the tool kit, the widgets, and systems build on top of the widgets, such as a direct manipulation application builder (ADEW), embedded language for controlling widgets (Ness), the Andrew Message System, ODA translators and lots of other good stuff. It has no relation/dependencies on Xtk. -Mark