Jan Brosius jan.brosius@skynet.be writes:
Is mcclim built entirely on top of CLX?
No, McCLIM (and CLIM in general) is completely device-independent. Currently, the default and best backend for McCLIM is indeed based on CLX, but this is merely because that backend is the oldest, and the one that has received the most work.
Is there a gtk backend for clx (other than motif)?
"Gtk backend for CLX" does not make much sense (and McCLIM does not have a Motif backend at all, though the commercial CLIMs do). There is an experimental backend named "Gtkairo" that blends use of Gtk and Cairo, but it is not yet as stable or full-featured as the CLX backend. It may work for your programs, depending on what you want to do. In general, the drawing primitives work very well with it, but the more obscure CLIM facilities are less well supported.
Is mcclim in alpha stage?
There is no defined stage. Strictly, it is not feature-complete as a CLIM implementation (but pretty close), so it would not be appropriate to call it a beta. On the other hand, while McCLIM is no rock pillar of stability, it is certainly not as unstable as "alpha" might imply.