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frames and panes (East coast) versus overlapping independent windows (West coast)
I think I know the answer to this question, but you know what
they say about people who assume they know the answer to
everything :-)
With all those MacHeads and UnixGoons out there using CLIM, you'd
think that if it were easy to make CLIM handle West Coast windows
there'd be contributions in Cambridge and discussions in the CLIM
list. But, alas, I see none (although I vaguely remember but
cannot find a short discussion on this). I assume that the lack
of discussion is not because West Coast windows are obvious
(and thereby left up to the reader). But, is it so?
We're moving a system from a controlled user population
to the population at large and the population at large does not
take to fixed layouts, paned frames, and other non-standard
constraints. (Although they seem to relish the non-standard
presentation system!) I'm afraid we may have to use MCL's and
Allegro PC's interface stuff with the concomitant lack of
portability and CLIM functionality :-(
I understand the CLIM developer's capital constraints and
ontogeny; any (private) suggestions about what it would take ($$,
time) to support something more Macish and MS Windowish? Any
other developers who would like to band together to weigh the
business advantage of supporting such a development?
Don Mitchell dmitchell@trc.amoco.com
Amoco Production Company (918) 660-4270
Tulsa Research Center
P.O. Box 3385, Tulsa, OK 74102
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