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Re: Real Number on PVWAVE [message #18102 is a reply to message #17901]

Mon, 29 November 1999 00:00

rkj
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Andrew J Leaper (andrew@leaper44.freeserve.co.uk) wrote:
: Adrian Clark wrote:

: > Hey, we're out here!
: >
: > We just don't get to subscribe to newsgroups that much. It's must be the
: > result of one of the following:
: >
: > a) We're all so clever and PV-Wave is so straight forward, that we never
: > need to ask questions on newsgroups
: > b) We're all so dumb and PV-Wave is so obscure and buggy that we're so
: > busy trying to get things to work that we never get round to asking
: > questions on the NGs.
: >
: > Which do you reckon it is? ;-))
: >
: >

: I think that I would prefer to believe (a)...

Then you must not be developing "elegant" user-interfaces through
direct calls to the Motif toolkit via the Wt functions. This is
the epitome of "obscure." The only semi-redeeming aspect of this
is that you feel like a "real programmer" because you regularly
consult the O'Reilly Motif Manuals (aka the Sacred Tomes).

But even when you have found the little-known resource that does just
what you want, there is only a 50/50 chance that setting it will have
any effect. So after pulling your hair out for hours, you decide to
"settle" for a "just ok" interface using the Ww layer. It's too bad IDL
users don't have the "joy" of going through this process since they
don't have the illusion of so many interface design choices :-)

Kyle

: > Adrian
: >

: --

: Andrew Leaper
: andrew@leaper44.freeserve.co.uk
: andrew.leaper@gecm.com

Kyle

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		Real Number on PVWAVE By: daniele.monti on Wed, 17 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: davidf on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: Tim Cross on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: rkj on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: davidf on Thu, 18 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: rkj on Thu, 18 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: daniele.monti on Thu, 18 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: Adrian Clark on Mon, 22 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: rkj on Fri, 19 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: rkj on Mon, 29 November 1999 00:00
		Re: Real Number on PVWAVE By: Andrew J Leaper on Mon, 29 November 1999 00:00

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