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From: janssen@holmes (Bill Janssen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Window Managers and Client Menus
Message-ID: <3198@arisia.Xerox.COM>
Date: 26 Sep 89 01:23:18 GMT
References: <663@thor.wright.EDU> <654@thor.wright.EDU> <1839@bacchus.dec.com> <671@thor.wright.EDU>
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In-reply-to: adatta@odin.wright.edu (Amitava Datta)

In article <671@thor.wright.EDU>, adatta@odin (Amitava Datta) writes:
>... At least we will have a uniform interface to all menu. 

Well, not really.  Only to those clients that use *your* menu package,
which is built into a window manager.  Clients that use the Motif or
Open Look packages will present their menus themselves, and will 
look different from your menus.  You really can't win.

Bill

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