jas@hpihoah.HP.COM (Jeff Schmidt) (11/04/87)
Here here.... Our group is in a similar bind. We already have an application based on X-Ray (X10). We want to expand it, plus work on some new ones. What strategy should we use? 1 - Use X10 and X-Ray. When X11 and the new tool kit come out, have fun re-writing code. 2 - Use Xlib. It will be more difficult to develop w/o use of a toolkit, but hopefully conversion from X10 to X11 will be mostly changing Xlib function names and re-arranging some parameters. (Is this a valid assessment?) Will there be an kind of conversion aid (translator or whatever) for X10 -> X11 Xlib clients? Thanks for your help, Jeff Schmidt Hewlett-Packard Co. Cupertino, CA (408) 447-6184 ...!hplabs!hpda!jas
fred@hpcvlo.HP.COM (Fred Taft) (11/10/87)
Under X 10, XrLib is one of the more useful and functionally complete toolkits available. It was distributed on the MIT X 10.4 tape, along with a complete set of documentation. If you plan to develop initially using X 10, and later move to X11, you will not pay a penalty for having used XrLib as your toolkit. XrLib has already been ported to X 11, and will be available on the December 15 X 11 tape distributed by MIT. The X 11 version of XrLib will require several small changes to your application (these are changes caused by design differences between X 10 and X 11); however, I can guarantee you that the changes will seem like nothing compared to the changes caused by the X10 to X11 transition! Hope this helps to make your decision easier! Fred Taft Hewlett-Packard Co. Corvallis, OR