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From: ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Re^2: Gadgets in Motif
Message-ID: <100920102@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Aug 89 16:53:30 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>>... The latter may take some careful enhancements to the Xt
>>Intrinsics.
>
> Or, you can wait for the R4 intrinsics, which will fully support 
> gadgets, compatibly with Motif, XUI, the Athena widgets, or any other
> R3-based widget set.
>
>	-paul asente

Yeah, but...

There are a specific and fairly common set of design 
decisions/compromises that are embodied in the three gadget
implementations that you mention.  It is that design which is supported
in a general way by R4.  I was alluding to the potential for a 
conflicting set of design requirements that might require changes to
the intrinsics which were different than the R4 set of changes.

If you are interested in an "industry standard" or quick approach, use
R4.  If you are interested in exploring the extents and limits of the 
"Xt" technology, do whatever looks promising -- upto and including 
poking around in the intrinsics.

----
Ben