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What is LessTif?

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What is LessTif?

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LessTif is a clone of the Motif® toolkit. Currently LessTif is partially implemented with most of the API in place. Saying this a lot of the internal functionality is still missing. Compatibility can have several degrees, the ultimate one being binary compatibility. This is the one we’re aiming for. This can be tested even today on most platforms on which shared libraries are supported : if you also have Motif® shared libraries, you can choose which library to use by setting an environment variable such as LD_LIBRARY_PATH prior to executing an application. The primary objectives have been to develop the widget code of the LessTif Toolkit. Intermittently, the window manager (mwm) and the combination of UIL compiler and libMrm are being worked on. Volunteers to advance one or more parts of LessTif development, or for writing documentation without an OSF, X/Open or The Open Group copyright on it, are always welcome.