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Applications with Specialized Interface Functionality

If the added functionality requires a new kind of interaction, for example specialized graphics, then the addition is more complex. A new kind of display widget must be built (using in our case the X Windows system) supporting the desired interface functionality. A module must also be added to build the new type of widget from the reference structure in the composition management layer. Finally, a way must be devised by which a particular item in the view can be distinguished and thereby displayed in the new widget.



Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995