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- From: boba@miki.pictel.com (Bob Alexander)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif,comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: XVT toolkit??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.131034.2499@miki.pictel.com>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 13:10:34 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.173238.6810@atinc.uucp> <BxCptF.Jw1@world.std.com>
- Organization: PictureTel Corporation
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- I have used XVT extensively on MS Windows, and I've done a preliminary
- port to the Mac. It handles the basic stuff very well - windows,
- dialogs, standard controls, menus, drawing, and printing. There have
- been times when I needed to write non-portable code to handle things
- that XVT doesn't support - palette manipulation, drag and drop, serial
- port communications, and icon toolbars. I've tried to isolate and
- minimize the non-portable code so that it's currently 12% of my code
- and *shrinking.* (I.e. my XVT code is growing faster than my
- non-portable code.)
-
- XVT probably doesn't include absolutely everything you'll want, but I
- doubt any other package would either. The bottom line for me is that,
- if I had to do it again, I'd still go with XVT.
-
- (BTW, their technical support has been very responsive and a big help.
- That's been very important.)
-
- Bob Alexander boba@pictel.com
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