Butifying Motif applications - Motif
This is a discussion on Butifying Motif applications - Motif ; I have a few Motif applications which were developed during the
early/mid 90s. They have since been upgraded gradually with new
buttons here, new options there and even the odd tab. While the
functions are all there and the "mechanics" ...
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Butifying Motif applications
I have a few Motif applications which were developed during the
early/mid 90s. They have since been upgraded gradually with new
buttons here, new options there and even the odd tab. While the
functions are all there and the "mechanics" of the HCI is
generally optimised, the "looks" leaves something to be desired.
Are there any general "tricks" to freshen up the Motif 1.x look
which is relatively low on labour, but gives good results?
Regards,
-Frode
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Re: Butifying Motif applications
Aaron Hsu wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 07:52:03 -0500, Frode Tenneboe
> wrote:
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>>I have a few Motif applications which were developed during the
>>early/mid 90s. They have since been upgraded gradually with new
>>buttons here, new options there and even the odd tab. While the
>>functions are all there and the "mechanics" of the HCI is
>>generally optimised, the "looks" leaves something to be desired.
>>Are there any general "tricks" to freshen up the Motif 1.x look
>>which is relatively low on labour, but gives good results?
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> You might see this article which gives tips about how to "freshen" up the
> look of NEdit.
>
> http://www.nedit.org/technotes/looks-1.php
>
The point being that by setting the right resource values on an
applications widgets there is no type of appearance ("look and feel")
that cannot be achieved. Motif's widgets are almost infinitely
configurable...