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X/Winteracter
v5.10
X/Winteracter
is a major new implementation of the Winteracter GUI toolset, designed
for use with X Windows, the standard Unix/Linux windowing system.
X/Winteracter is based on the Motif toolkit.
Features
X/Winteracter
is fully source compatible with the Win32 implementation. Windows-based
Winteracter programs can therefore be recompiled and relinked under
Unix/Linux. Around 90% of Winteracter routines are currently functional
under Motif, Substantial Winteracter-based applications can therefore
be ported, as evidenced by the Motif-based implementations of several
of I.S.S.'s visual tools, which are themselves Winteracter-based
programs.
X/Winteracter
offers a wide range of powerful GUI capabilities to the Fortran
9x developer under X Windows, including:
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Multiple windows
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Memory bitmap manipulation & bitmap viewer windows
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Text editor windows, with optional command lines
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Event handling
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Text based menus, including floating menus (toolbars have still
to be implemented)
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Dialog handling, including tabbed dialogs and nearly all control
types (grid controls are the current exception)
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Common dialogs, e.g. file selector, message box, etc.
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Full range of graphics primitives
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Presentation graphics
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Graphics hardcopy/export/import
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Display and save BMP and PCX bit image files
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Operating system interface & binary file handling
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OpenGL support (provisional)
The
majority of Winteracter's visual tools are included:
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WiDE : Winteracter Development Environment
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Wizard : application quick start
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Resource Editor : menu/dialog/toolbar/image designer
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Help2HTM : Windows Help to HTML converter
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GraphEd : presentation graphics designer
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PlotConv : view/print/convert graphics files
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IFD2DLG : INTERACTER form to dialog converter
A
resource compiler is also supplied, enabling resource scripts defining
dialogs/menus/etc. to be incorporated into X-based applications
in the same manner as the Win32 version.
Motif
The
X/Winteracter library utilises the Motif user interface toolkit.
While several such toolkits exist for use with the X Windows System,
Motif is the nearest to being an industry standard. It is included
as standard with commercial Unix implementations such as Solaris
and Compaq/Digital Unix. Motif is used in a wide range of professional
applications, including Netscape and Acrobat Reader.
The
workalike substitute known as LessTif is also useable under most
conditions, but this is unsupported. The recent decision by the
Open Group to make an open source version of Motif available means
that Motif is readily accessible to all developers.
Documentation
Direct
equivalents of Winteracter's on-line help files are included, in
HTML format. These feature contents/index pages and navigation controls
which reproduce the functionality of the Windows Help engine. The
Winteracter manual also includes full X Windows compatibility information.
The manual is supplied in both hardcopy form and on disk in Adobe
Acrobat (PDF) format.
Platforms/Compilers
X/Winteracter
is available now for:
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Intel/Linux and Lahey LF95
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Intel/Linux and Absoft Pro Fortran
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Intel/Linux and NAGWare f95
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Alpha/Linux
and Compaq Fortran
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Alpha/Unix and Compaq/Digital Fortran
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SPARC/Solaris and Sunsoft Fortran 90 v2
Linux
versions require a version of the operating system based on glibc
2.1 or higher (e.g., Red Hat 6.0 or later).
Demo
An
Intel/Linux version of the standard Winteracter demo
program is available for download.
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