From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 From: alleyne@teecs.UUCP (Adrian Alleyne) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 1990 16:14:39 GMT Subject: RE: Ada bindings for X-Windows Message-ID: <22270001@teecs.UUCP> Organization: Litton Systems, Toronto ONT Path: utzoo!censor!teecs!alleyne Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada List-Id: >> I'm looking for Ada bindings for X. The STARS program Ada Bindings: SAIC developed an Ada binding to Xlib (X11/R2) under the STARS contract. There's a version of this binding on wsmr-simtel20.army.mil if you have FTP access. There are also a number of companies that sell the Ada Software Repository on tape (MACA (505) 678-3288). You can also get it from NRL, according the STARS newsletter (which you can get by sending mail to newsletter@stars.reston.unisys.com). Many compiler vendors provide a binding mostly based on the orginal STARS version (e.g. TeleSoft), and there are companies, such as GHG, and Ada Plus that have taken the binding and commercialized it. The (new! improved!) X11R4 binding (for several different compilers) was scheduled to be released sometime in September '90. To get on the mailing list for further information, send mail to x-ada-request@expo.lcs.mit.edu. We have successfully produced our own bindings to Xt and Motif, but I have no idea if or when they will be released to the public. SERPENT: Serpent supports user interface development using both the motif and athena toolkit widget sets for X windows AND includes an Ada binding. This allows the development of ada applications for these X window toolkits but requires the use of serpent. we don't necessarily view this as a bad thing, however. 8^} we have not yet integrated the Open Look toolkit but we have developed a tool that allows the easy integration of X intrinsic based toolkits (i.e., XTK+ but not XViews). This tool is provided with serpent and we can assist you in the integration if you chose to attempt it. Our experience has been that it takes approximately 1/2 hour per widget to integrate a new, X intrinsic based toolkit. Support for both ada and X has been a strong selling point for serpent. There are several groups who are currently developing ada applications with Motif based user interfaces using serpent. Serpent is available for anonymous ftp (contact rCs see below) and is also available on the MIT X11 Contrib tape. -------- Thanks to: karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg) and rcs@SEI.CMU.EDU (rCs) for providing some of the above information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Alleyne email: alleyne@teecs.UUCP Litton Systems Canada Limited voice: (416) 249-1231 Etobicoke, Ont. Canada M9W 5A7 .