bnfb@june.cs.washington.edu (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) (04/18/91)
Some non-network connected friends of mine are interested in experiences with moving MS Windows programs to X windows under OpenLook or Motif? They thank you for any information. Regards, Bjorn N. Freeman-Benson
n8443916@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (John Gossman) (04/18/91)
In article <1991Apr17.185135.1050@beaver.cs.washington.edu> bnfb@june.cs.washington.edu (Bjorn Freeman-Benson) writes: >Some non-network connected friends of mine are interested in experiences >Bjorn N. Freeman-Benson The programming models are pretty different. If you are familiar with lots of GUIs and program with that experience in mind, it is relatively easy to port between them. If you are familiar with one GUI, and try to port to another, good luck. MS Windows code is usually based around a huge message receiving switch statement (the switch statement from hell). This does not port well to Motif. It works slightly better for OpenLook (using the SunView toolkit). Motif and OpenLook are certainly more than powerful enough to do anything (and more) a Windows program would want to, but the programming style is apt to be a bit different. // *************************************************************** // John Gossman SoftSource (206)676-0999 Phone WWU Math Dept. My employer stands behind all my opinions, except in public. // ************************************************************** //