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- From: schmidt@rpksun1.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Martin Schmidt)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.pex
- Subject: Re: what is PEX5 in MIT-X11R5 patch 19
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 10:56:14 GMT
- Organization: Univerity of Karlsruhe (FRG)
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- Hi,
- just to clarify my first question
-
- |> I using the PEX-SI server and the phigs API from MIT X11R5
- |> on my SparcII. As you know the PEX-SI server does not support
- |>
- |> - HLHSR_MODE
- |> - no monochrome screens
- |> - ..
- |>
- |> Since some days we have installed MIT-X11R5 patch ..,19,20,21.
- |> In patch 19 a new PEX library is included (PEXlib or PEX5 called).
- |>
- |> 1. Question:
- |> How can I use that library ? What are the new features ?
- |> Is there a PHIGS API available to this implementation ?
- |> Does patch 19 changes my PEX server (or are there now 2 servers) ????
- |>
-
-
- > You seem to think that PEXlib might add some new features to PEX.
- > No. PEXlib is a new API that gives you complete access to the
- > PEX protocol. Some of its advantages over PHIGS is that it is
- > policy free, provides immediate mode capablities, and it integrates
- > very cleanly with your Xlib and toolkit applications.
-
- For me it is still unclear:
- - Is PEXlib a new API to the PEX-SI server ! Does this mean
- that the capabilities of the server remain unchanged !?
- - Can someone just point out what are the important new features
- of the PEXlib which were not available by the old PEX-binding ?
- - The problem in using PEX API is that it is very much low level
- interface. This was the reason why I mentioned that I use the
- "phigs API from MIT X11R5". Is there any similar "high level
- interface" to this PEXlib ??
- - Exist there some demonstration programs ?
-
- Thanks for you answers Ralph. You must know that I am a "user" who is
- not interessted in low-level protocol details. What I am looking for is
- a high-level 3D-graphic library and a c/c++ programming interface. And
- all of this should be for nothing (public domain).
-
- Ciao
- Martin
-