MotiF is an Open Software Foundation (OSF) a graphical user interface system launched in 1989. Because of its integration
With the advantages in a variety of graphical user interface products, all members of OSF and the majority of third-party manufacturers
Wide support. Currently Motif has been used as software products in OS / 2, UNIX, SYS V, OSF / 1, VMS, Macinto
SH OS, ULTRIX and other 48 operating system platforms, and can be used in PCs, workstations, small machines and large machines
Run on a computer system.
In order to explain what the concept is MOTIF, let's talk about the hierarchical structure of the graphical user interface system (detailed knowledge)
Know everyone to check the information, if you talk too much, huh, huh), the general graphical user interface system consists of six hierarchics
Cheng: Desktop Management System, User Model, Window Model, Display Model, Operating System, Hardware Platform. MotiF
The user model layer. It is built on the X WINDOW system, that is, it makes a display mode in x window system.
Type window model.
Motif is made by toolbox (Motif Toolkit, User Interface Language (UIL), Window Manager (MWM)
, Style guide documents, etc. are composed of four parts.
1. Motif Toolkit is a specific X Toolkit product, including XT Intrinsics, Moti
F Object Metacity Collection and Justice This Object Metacity Collection of Simple functions are three parts.
2. Applications developed by MotiF can usually be divided into two parts: Part of the application interface
The code; the other part is the code about the specific functionality of the application. In general, these two parts in the application
Will not interfere with each other. For example, the change of the menu item is changed, and the replacement of the graph will not affect the application's work.
can. Based on the above fact, Motif introduces user interface language to solve the description of user interface.
3. Like other window management programs, Motif's window management programs provide a window on the screen.
The means of management, and its page strengthens the consistency of the user interface aspect. MWM supports MotiF style guide
Various windows and various conventions when displaying the window.
4. MotiF style guidelines should be observed when developing applications in a MotiF environment in the form of a document.
Specification.
