jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) (06/16/88)
>> [note on using a single window for menus] > > I find this approach very depressing. I thought > windows were supposed to be cheap in X! The whole idea of subwindows > (at least in my mind) is that you don't have to muck around with the kind > of thing described above. There is a difference between cheap and free. The current sample server is geared towards being able to support up to [very roughly] on the order of a thousand windows. In an ideal world, windows would cost nothing; however, they contain a lot of information (we're hoping to investigate ways of reducing the memory consumption, but don't hold your breath too tightly). The approach that Guido describes is a valid solution for many types of menus. It's all a matter of tradeoffs. Jim Fulton