Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The world of SGML is very closed, X11 is not something they know, XT is > > developed on MS-Windows... > > I see that! Those guys need to get out more. I can't fault these guys for > releasing free software, but I do think they need to be hit over the head > with a large beanbag that says "X WINDOW SYSTEM".
Hey hey!! A little respect. IIRC, XT is from James Clark, C++ hacker extraordinaire. He wrote GROFF for god's sake, the first respectable GPL'd printing subsystem for Unix. > I withdraw my objection for the time being. But I hope you understand my > concerns; I get a migraine just thinking about some doofus who files a bug > against xlib6g because he can't figure out how to get libXt or libXp to do > XML document manipulation. I agree he coulda picked better names. > BTW, just as a heads up, there are rumblings from time to time about > junking the /usr/X11R6 tree and moving X into /usr, and someday it really > will happen. Since these libraries are Java classes, not archives or > shared objects, I don't antipate any name collisions, but it's better to be > aware of these issues now rather than later. Java classes don't share directory namespace with C or C++ libraries, AFAIK. -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
