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- From: schultz@schultz.kgn.ibm.com (Karl Schultz)
- Subject: Re: Can Anyone Help me with PHIGS?
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.201103.17362@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:11:03 GMT
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- Organization: IBM AWSD Graphics Systems
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- In article <Bxv0KL.F6H@dei.unipd.it>, moka@esse3.dei.unipd.it (Enrico Minelle) writes:
- |> I need to know something about PHIGS systems and PEX.
- |>
- |> I work with an hp700 hewlett packard machine with HP-PHIGS
- |> and i have read about PEX but i don't know anything about
- |> it.
- |>
- |> Which are the differences between HP-PHIGS and SunPHIGS ?
- |> What is PEX and can i use pex libraries with my hp-phigs?
- |>
- |> I will be very happy if someone can post a FAQ or answer me.
- |>
- I think that Rich Thompson has been doing a good job with the FAQ.
- Hopefully he can send it to you or will repost it soon. I don't have a
- copy at the monment.
-
- I don't want to get into specifics on HP-PHIGS or SunPHIGS because I may
- not have the latest information. But in general, a vendor can create
- their own "vendorPHIGS" implementation that generates PEX. (PEX is
- a protocol - PHIGS is an API that may generate PEX) These particular
- implementations require that a X/PEX server be used to display the graphics.
- The application can be on the same machine or on two different machines in
- a network. In fact, the machines can be from different vendors, which is the
- whole point behind PEX.
-
- As a vendorPHIGS programmer/user, you may not be aware that vendorPHIGS
- generates PEX, beyond the requirement that you'll need a PEX server to
- see the results. You would not NEED to use 'pex libraries' if you are
- coding in vendorPHIGS. However, it MAY be possible to use something
- like PEXlib inside a PHIGS program to do things that you can't do with
- vendorPHIGS.
-
- --
- Karl Schultz schultz@vnet.ibm.com
- These statements or opinions are not necessarily those of IBM
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