rburns%master@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) (10/19/88)
I am quite new to the world of X-windows. I have a friend who is porting an application from the Amiga to the Mac. He later intends to port this same application to some unix workstations and possible OS/2 machines. I am looking for the most expedient way to handle this. Is it possible to write a package for the Macintosh OS or MS-Windows such that the package can be ported and recompiled to a unix machine running X-Windows? Is this a valid use of X-Servers running on PC's and Mac's? My understanding is that the X-windows system contains both much of the event handing/user interface functionality of the Macintosh plus additional networking protocols for manipulating the display of windows on a computer other than the one on which an application is running. I would think this would mean that an application could be written on a mac using some sub-set of X-windows and later more functionality could be added. Is anyone working along these lines?
alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein) (10/19/88)
In article <73421@sun.uucp>, rburns%master@Sun.COM (Randy Burns) writes: >...Is it possible to write a package for the Macintosh OS or MS-Windows such > that the package can be ported and recompiled to a unix machine running > X-Windows? There is a package called the Extensible Virtual Toolkit which may be of interest. It purports to be a high level programming interface for applications which must run under the Mac Toolbox, MS-Windows and X Windows. It is made by Advanced Programming Institute, Ltd Box 17665 Boulder, CO 80308 (303) 666.9472 They ship their manual, or you can download it from Compuserve. Also of interest is a Mac X server which runs under Multifinder. It is being developed by White Pine Software 94 Rt 101A PO Box 1108 Peterborough, NH 03031 (603) 886.9050 I haven't used either of these, so I make no claims. -alan%metasoft@bbn.com