[comp.windows.x.motif] Relationship between mwm and Motif toolkit

paul@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Paul Siu) (09/26/90)

I am just starting to programming in Motif.  I recently got the documentations
to motif, but I am very confused.  What exactly is the relationship between the
Motif toolkit and the motif window manager?  If I write a program, do I call
window manager, which calls the motif widgets?  Can anyone recommend any books
or article that will give me a decent overview of the entire motif/x-window
system.  I thank you for any assistance.

yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) (09/28/90)

In article <928@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM> paul@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Paul Siu) writes:

| I am just starting to programming in Motif.  I recently got the documentations
| to motif, but I am very confused.  What exactly is the relationship between the
| Motif toolkit and the motif window manager?  If I write a program, do I call
| window manager, which calls the motif widgets?  Can anyone recommend any books
| or article that will give me a decent overview of the entire motif/x-window
| system.  I thank you for any assistance.

	To put it simply, the Motif window manager (Mwm) provides window
	management functions (i.e. managing focus, raiseing, lowering,
	resizing, and moving) for all your X windows clients on your
	display.  You can think of Mwm as the program that puts the titlebar
	and resize border on your windows.  Mwm should be used with Motif
	clients/applications so that a consistent user interface is
	maintained.  Other window managers (e.g. twm, gwm, olwm) can be
	used, but using Mwm will provide a consistent PM/Windows/CUA
	compliant user interface.

	=Mike
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= OSF/Motif Senior SW Engineer
= "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ