On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Jiri Baum wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (richard):
> >     This is purely an asthetic question, so all coments are welcome. I'd 
> > like to standardise
> > my X Windows, so that they all look and operate the same. 
> 
> In X, any window can look any way it likes. That said, though, most
> X apps are written using one of only a few toolkits (widget sets),
> and all apps written with the same toolkit will look similar and
> configure similarly.
> 
> Perhaps try thinking of Athena as "membrane keys" and Motif as
> "push-buttons". Nobody seems to mind if the microwave oven has
> different type of buttons than the blender...
> 
> You'll be able to configure some things to be the same (scrollbar
> dragging), but others will be difficult (3D look).
> 

You could try nextaw or xaw3d or xaw95. These are plug-in replacements for
the standard athena widget set which give a NeXtStep, a 3d, or a win95
look-n-feel respectively. 

Andrew Tarr

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