[comp.windows.x] Program level differences between MOTIF and Presentation Manager.

bferguso@ics.uci.edu (B. Ferguson) (09/19/89)

At a recent MOTIF school given by OSF, a claim was made that there
are only seven differences between MOTIF and PM.

I find this hard to believe, considering the server client/object orientated
aproach of MOTIF, vs the pc orientation of PM.

Anyone with any input on this, please let me know what the actual diffreneces
are.

Thanks much,

Bruce.

vania@osf.ORG (Vania Joloboff) (09/22/89)

There are 7 differences in the *behaviour* when you consider a 
single application, i.e. the same functions keys
are used for the same effect, the window manager has the same buttons
in the title bar with the same meaning, etc.

The API is totally different.

Vania

swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) (09/22/89)

> I want my program to be say something like
>
>	XtInvokeAction("action_procedure_name", <whatever args are needed>);

Such a procedure is in the proposed R4 revisions.