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    This is scary -- Here I am, a Windows programmer with a strong Unix and Java background, being forced to regress into the dark ages of GUI development. That's right, I have to make an app using Motif :wtf: Could someone break my computer now? It would make the pain so much easier to deal with... :rolleyes: -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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      This is scary -- Here I am, a Windows programmer with a strong Unix and Java background, being forced to regress into the dark ages of GUI development. That's right, I have to make an app using Motif :wtf: Could someone break my computer now? It would make the pain so much easier to deal with... :rolleyes: -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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      Navin
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      Nah, just use wxWindows[^] , the Motif version. :-D Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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        Nah, just use wxWindows[^] , the Motif version. :-D Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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        I wish it were that simple! My co-contractor has a home-grown C++ library already in place based on the Douglas Young book, "Object Oriented Programming with C++ and OSF/Motif." We're also using the XRT widget libraries from Sitraka Software. So, unfortunately, I don't have any choice in the matter. :(( -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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          I wish it were that simple! My co-contractor has a home-grown C++ library already in place based on the Douglas Young book, "Object Oriented Programming with C++ and OSF/Motif." We're also using the XRT widget libraries from Sitraka Software. So, unfortunately, I don't have any choice in the matter. :(( -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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          It's hard to imagine people building GUI apps these days that they only intend to run on a particular Unix platform. Oh well, at least it's with C++. I hope you have decent documentation and a visual debugger to get you through. Regards, Alvaro Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

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            It's hard to imagine people building GUI apps these days that they only intend to run on a particular Unix platform. Oh well, at least it's with C++. I hope you have decent documentation and a visual debugger to get you through. Regards, Alvaro Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein

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            *cough*Debugger?*cough* ;) Actually, this is a cross-platform application. It was originally designed to run on HP-UX. However, their customer wants it to run on Linux now, because they think Linux will be cheaper than HP-UX. Yes, the hardware and software is less expensive, but now they have to address the cost of retraining personel, and face the fact that they don't have one vendor (HP) to turn to when there's a problem. They'll have to do all of the technical stuff in-house instead of farming it out. Idiots. -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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              *cough*Debugger?*cough* ;) Actually, this is a cross-platform application. It was originally designed to run on HP-UX. However, their customer wants it to run on Linux now, because they think Linux will be cheaper than HP-UX. Yes, the hardware and software is less expensive, but now they have to address the cost of retraining personel, and face the fact that they don't have one vendor (HP) to turn to when there's a problem. They'll have to do all of the technical stuff in-house instead of farming it out. Idiots. -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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              Idiots The world is full of them. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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                This is scary -- Here I am, a Windows programmer with a strong Unix and Java background, being forced to regress into the dark ages of GUI development. That's right, I have to make an app using Motif :wtf: Could someone break my computer now? It would make the pain so much easier to deal with... :rolleyes: -- Paul "I drank... WHAT?"

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                Chris Maunder
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                Ah - that brings back memories... I remember we used to use Motiff with the understanding our apps would be cross platform. BWahahaha <-- cynical laugh cheers, Chris Maunder

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