u-beasth%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (bryant eastham) (02/22/91)
Hello! I am currently writing quite a large application that I want to support across multiple platforms (Sun, Mac for example). This is a very graphics-intensive program, and I am interested in using a common graphic language. The X Windowing system is my first choice because I have experience programming in X on Suns. Does anyone have any information on X on the Macintosh? I am interested in cost (licensing), bugs, how you develop code on the Mac to run under X on a Mac, etc. I have heard of an application called MacX, but have not seen it run. Has anyone had experience with this application? I am also open to other options for a common graphic language, but I will definitely want to stick with the 'C' programming language. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Bryant Eastham
Louis.Pecora@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Louis Pecora) (02/24/91)
Have you looked into XVT (Extensible Virtual Windows or some such
things). I've seen it reviewed in several places, including UNIX Today!
with very good ratings. It supposedly has one windowing interface which
with the appropriate libraries can be compiled (C language) into an
application on your choice of platforms: Mac, X-window (Motif), Sun,
Windows 3.0, OS/2. This broad platform spanning interface has been
proposed by NIST as a GUI standard. That recommends it highly, I
believe, but you should judge for yourself. The company is XVT
Software, INc, Box 17665, Boulder CO 80308. --- Lou Pecora
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