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Date: 13 Mar 91 11:39:42 GMT
From: math.fu-berlin.de!uniol!unido!dbulm1!gloger@uunet.uu.net  (Jochen Gloger)
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Subject: Khoros VMS DECWindows
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In the comp.graphics newsgroup I found as a part of the 'Frequently 
asked questions - READ THIS BEFORE YOU POST' article the following lines:

>    Khoros, a huge (~100 meg) graphical development environment based on
>    X11R4.  Khoros components include a visual programming language, code
>    generators for extending the visual language and adding new application
>    packages to the system, an interactive user interface editor, an
>    interactive image display package, an extensive library of image and
>    signal processing routines, and 2D/3D plotting packages.  Available via
>    FTP as pprg.unm.edu:pub/khoros/*.

I would like to get answered the following questions:

First some informations about our working environment:

                     VAX 8550   VMS 5.4  (server)

                     Several types of VAXStations in a cluster  (client)

                     DECWindows

1) Is it possible to run Khoros with DECWindows? (As far as I know
   DECWindows is currently based on X11R3 and Khoros needs X11R4.) Is 
   a VMS (or X11R3) version of Khoros available? 

2) I am mainly looking for a graphical library with a procedural 
   interface (not only a stand alone package with an interpreter shell). Is 
   Khoros that I am looking for? If not, are there any suggestions for 
   other modern graphical libraries available for DECWindows (please
   do not recommend GKS). I imagine a kind of graphical output as it is
   done by Mathematica.

3) Next problem: 
   IF (   1)=yes OR 2)=yes   ) THEN
      I can't FTP. Where can I get Khoros via email?
      Where can I get manuals or some more detailed descriptions about 
      the features of Khoros.
   ENDIF

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