Motif and Linux.

[Eric]

Doug,

I've been keeping track of Lesstif for the past few months.  While the
work there is quite impressive, it is very far from complete.  Their
tests don't all work, and they are certainly not a comprehensive test of
the features of Motif 1.2.  In short, I wouldn't use it to try to learn
Motif.  Your best bet would be to obtain one of the $100 Linux versions
from the 'real' Motif. 

-Eric.

Doug Todd writes:
 > Hi All:
 > 
 > I'm trying to teach myself how to use widgets. The book I have, and 
 > the examples are all Motif based.
 > 
 > I've downloaded and built the lesstif libraries, and they seem to 
 > function, but they are not complete.
 > 
 > Since I'm just learning how to do this, I'm having troubles figuring out
 > if the problems that I'm having are mine, or because lesstif is not 
 > yet complete.
 > 
 > I'm looking for one of two things, the shared libraries for Linux to 
 > run the motif widgets, plus any .h files required, and what the cost 
 > of these would be, or a pointer to some documentation that I could
 > use for the Linux supported widget sets.
 > 
 > >From my work at the office, I'm probably going to have to learn Motif.
 > 
 > Thanks in advance for the pointers and the help.
 > 
 > Douglas Todd.
 > 
 > dwt at atlanta.com