glasgow@POPEYE.NOSC.MIL (Michael Glasgow) (02/14/89)
I have seen a lot of messages regarding gadgets lately, and I am wondering what the status is? I think windowless widgets ( gadgets ) are an excellent idea. I use the X Toolkit and the HP Widget Set extensively and know that it would be nice to eliminate some of the unnecessary overhead added on to various widgets. I have read DEC's publication on DECwindows, and it briefly mentions gadgets. It talks more about how their windowing environment would look, and bypasses the implementation of the X Toolkit extensions. I have also heard that HP is working (or has finished) a version of gadgets. What I am wondering is where does this stand with the X Consortium? Will this become part of the X Standard, or will it be a usefull extension that is not standardized. Will it be available with future distributions of X, or will HP and DEC keep the source for themselves? Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. Michael Glasgow glasgow@popeye.nosc.mil Tiburon Systems, Inc. 4025 Hancock St. Suite 207 San Diego, CA 92110 (619)-224-3161
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (02/14/89)
The bare essentials for gadgets already exist in the R3 implementation of the Intrinsics. The new classes are not yet part of the official spec, but are currently under review in the X Consortium. Whether and when any public widget sets will include gadget support, and of what flavor, only time will tell.