Re: Xaw: Label widget class

Tim Roberts wrote:

> Alexander Pohoyda wrote:
> >I'd very like to have color pixmaps in labels and buttons, which I
> >suppose is only possible with XCopyArea() call.  Please correct me if
> >I'm wrong.

> Yes, but that's not the only place it will burn you.

I could fix one place at a time, or even bulk search and replace.  I
don't want to start yet another Xaw clone.


> Xaw is so yesterday.

Yes, but I like that simple look and feel.  I'm writing some new
control prototypes and I think that the simplest the framework, the
better.


> There has been some work at updating it (check for Xaw3d, XawPlus,
> or XawXpm),

I know about them, but I could not find them in XFree86 source tree,
so they don't exist for me.  It's a pity those people spent so much
time in wain.


> but I suspect you'd be better off moving into the 1990s
> with something like gtk or Qt.

I will use some modern toolkit if my prototypes prove to be useful.
Thank you very much for reply!


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