26 Dec
2022
26 Dec
'22
3:03 a.m.
"G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson(a)gmail.com> writes:
[snip]
And MoOLIT was, apparently, some kind of shim--whether
it supplemented
OLIT or replaced it, I am not sure--that, like XForms and Java's AWT,
allowed you to to write a "look-and-feel-neutral" application.
[snip]
Motif on OLIT, if I remember that correctly. Sort of a Motif look and
feel but without the need to purchase a license for Motif which you had
to do at the time (that is, in order to even RUN a motif linked
application, you needed the shared libraries which you could pretty much
only get by purchasing a license.. there was probably other ways, and
it has been a LONG time ago). Our group at AT&T used it to keep from
having to have the customer buy anything additional for a release but
who also wanted "Motif". I don't honestly remember if you coded in OLIT
or Motif, but probably OLIT, but the end result was something that sort
of looked like Motif in the end.
--
Brad Spencer - brad(a)anduin.eldar.org - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org