Hi Eddy,

On 19-Oct-99, Eddy Thilleman wrote to Stewart Honsberger:

 SH>> The WPS isn't the GUI, though.

 ET> The WPS is a graphical program environment.

The WPS (Work Place _Shell_) is the GUI manager. It is, in itself,
just another application. It even has the standard graphical program
header, although it is deliberately positioned off the top of the
screen and all that is visible is the display area.

 SH>> OS/2 starts something along the lines of X11,

 ET> What's 'X11' ?

A *NIX graphical interface.

 SH>> and the WPS is simply the window manager.

 ET> I thought PM (program manager) is the window manager?

PM (_Presentation_ Manager) is the underlying graphical support
system. If you are a programmer, all the basic graphical and window
management calls are to the PM subsystem and are documented in the
Presentation Manager .inf file (document).

Program Manager is a Windows thing...

George

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