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- From: daerb@vms.macc.wisc.edu (David Erb)
- Subject: Question: what do I lose by using Xt?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.114528.24677@macc.wisc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center
- Date: 12 AUG 92 06:43:31
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- As a software developer, what do I *LOSE* by using the
- Xt "intrinsics toolkit" over raw Xlib calls in my code?
- Efficiency? Larger executables? Decreased reliability?
- Reduced portability between platforms? Do I cut myself
- out of any platform vendors which might have Xlib
- implemented but not Xt? I need to balance losses against
- obvious gains in functionality.
-
- In my design considerations, portability is number
- one since I can't possibly afford to purchase an
- instance of each workstation on which I want my
- software to run. For the same reason, I must ship
- source code, therefore, I need Xt to be consistently
- implemented on all platforms. Complexity for the
- users to understand is not an issue because X is
- completely hidden. (In fact, X is only one of
- several display technologies used by my code.)
-
- Any help and advice would be appreciated. Pointers
- to sources of other info would be great. Please
- e-mail me directly and I will post a summary.
- Thanks in advance.
-
- Dave
- daerb@macc.wisc.edu
-