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diff --git a/libXt/specs/acknowledgement.xml b/libXt/specs/acknowledgement.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ea25a5a49 --- /dev/null +++ b/libXt/specs/acknowledgement.xml @@ -0,0 +1,323 @@ +<!-- <acknowledgements> --> +<dedication> +<title>Acknowledgments</title> + +<para> +The design of the X11 Intrinsics was done primarily by Joel McCormack +of Digital WSL. Major contributions to the design and implementation +also were done by Charles Haynes, Mike Chow, and Paul Asente of Digital +WSL. Additional contributors to the design and/or implementation were: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='2' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.2cm"?> + <entry>Loretta Guarino-Reid (Digital WSL)</entry> + <entry>Rich Hyde (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.2cm"?> + <entry>Susan Angebranndt (Digital WSL)</entry> + <entry>Terry Weissman (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.2cm"?> + <entry>Mary Larson (Digital UEG)</entry> + <entry>Mark Manasse (Digital SRC)</entry> + </row> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.5cm"?> + <entry>Jim Gettys (Digital SRC)</entry> + <entry>Leo Treggiari (Digital SDT)</entry> + </row> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.5cm"?> + <entry>Ralph Swick (Project Athena and Digital ERP)</entry> + <entry>Mark Ackerman (Project Athena)</entry> + </row> + <row><?dbfo row-height="0.5cm"?> + <entry>Ron Newman (Project Athena)</entry> + <entry>Bob Scheifler (MIT LCS)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +The contributors to the X10 toolkit also deserve mention. Although the X11 Intrinsics present an +entirely different programming style, they borrow heavily from the implicit and +explicit concepts in the X10 toolkit. +</para> + +<para> +The design and implementation of the X10 Intrinsics were done by: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='1' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>Terry Weissman (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Smokey Wallace (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Phil Karlton (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Charles Haynes (Digital WSL)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Frank Hall (HP)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +The design and implementation of the X10 toolkit’s sample widgets were by +the above, as well as by: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='1' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>Ram Rao (Digital UEG)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Mary Larson (Digital UEG)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Mike Gancarz (Digital UEG)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Kathleen Langone (Digital UEG)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +These widgets provided a checklist of requirements that we had to address in the X11 Intrinsics. +</para> +<para> +Thanks go to Al Mento of Digital’s UEG Documentation Group for formatting and generally +improving this document and to John Ousterhout of Berkeley for extensively reviewing early +drafts of it. +</para> +<para> +Finally, a special thanks to Mike Chow, whose extensive performance analysis of the X10 toolkit +provided the justification to redesign it entirely for X11. +</para> + +<literallayout> +Joel McCormack +Western Software Laboratory +Digital Equipment Corporation +March 1988 +</literallayout> + + +<para> +The current design of the Intrinsics has benefited greatly from the +input of several dedicated reviewers in the membership of the X +Consortium. In addition to those already mentioned, the following +individuals have dedicated significant time to suggesting improvements +to the Intrinsics: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='2' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>Steve Pitschke (Stellar)</entry> + <entry>C.Doug Blewett (AT&T)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Bob Miller (HP)</entry> + <entry>David Schiferl (Tektronix)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Fred Taft (HP)</entry> + <entry>Michael Squires (Sequent)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Marcel Meth (AT&T)</entry> + <entry>JimFulton (MIT)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Mike Collins (Digital)</entry> + <entry>Kerry Kimbrough (Texas Instruments)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Scott McGregor (Digital)</entry> + <entry>Phil Karlton (Digital)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Julian Payne (ESS)</entry> + <entry>Jacques Davy (Bull)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Gabriel Beged-Dov (HP)</entry> + <entry>GlennWidener (Tektronix)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +Thanks go to each of them for the countless hours spent reviewing drafts and code. +</para> + +<literallayout> +Ralph R. Swick +External Research Group +Digital Equipment Corporation +MIT Project Athena +June 1988 +</literallayout> + + +<para> +From Release 3 to Release 4, several new members joined the design team. We greatly appreciate +the thoughtful comments, suggestions, lengthy discussions, and in some cases implementation +code contributed by each of the following: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='2' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>Don Alecci (AT&T)</entry> + <entry>EllisCohen (OSF)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Donna Converse (MIT)</entry> + <entry>Clive Feather (IXI)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Nayeem Islam (Sun)</entry> + <entry>Dana Laursen (HP)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Keith Packard (MIT)</entry> + <entry>Chris Peterson (MIT)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Richard Probst (Sun)</entry> + <entry>Larry Cable (Sun)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +In Release 5, the effort to define the internationalization additions was headed by Bill McMahon +of Hewlett Packard and Frank Rojas of IBM. This has been an educational process for many of +us, and Bill and Frank’s tutelage has carried us through. Vania Joloboff of the OSF also contributed +to the internationalization additions. The implementation efforts of Bill, Gabe Beged-Dov, +and especially Donna Converse for this release are also gratefully acknowledged. +</para> + +<literallayout> +Ralph R. Swick +December 1989 +and +July 1991 +</literallayout> + +<para> +The Release 6 Intrinsics is a result of the collaborative efforts of participants in the X Consortium’s +intrinsics working group. A few individuals contributed substantial design proposals, participated +in lengthy discussions, reviewed final specifications, and in most cases, were also +responsible for sections of the implementation. They deserve recognition and thanks for their +major contributions: +</para> + +<!-- <sidebar> --> +<para> +<informaltable frame='none'> +<?dbfo keep-together="always" ?> + <tgroup cols='2' rowsep='0' colsep='0'> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <colspec colwidth='1.0*' /> + <tbody> + <row> + <entry>Paul Asente (Adobe)</entry> + <entry>Larry Cable (SunSoft)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Ellis Cohen (OSF)</entry> + <entry>Daniel Dardailler (OSF)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Vania Joloboff (OSF)</entry> + <entry>KalebKeithley (X Consortium)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Courtney Loomis (HP)</entry> + <entry>Douglas Rand (OSF)</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Bob Scheifler (X Consortium)</entry> + <entry>Ajay Vohra (SunSoft)</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</informaltable> +</para> +<!-- </sidebar> --> + +<para> +Many others analyzed designs, offered useful comments and suggestions, and participated in a +significant subset of the process. The following people deserve thanks for their contributions: +Andy Bovingdon, Sam Chang, Chris Craig, George Erwin-Grotsky, Keith Edwards, Clive +Feather, Stephen Gildea, Dan Heller, Steve Humphrey, David Kaelbling, Jaime Lau, Rob Lembree, +Stuart Marks, Beth Mynatt, Tom Paquin, Chris Peterson, Kamesh Ramakrishna, Tom +Rodriguez, Jim VanGilder, Will Walker, and Mike Wexler. +</para> + +<para> +I am especially grateful to two of my colleagues: Ralph Swick for expert editorial guidance, and +Kaleb Keithley for leadership in the implementation and the specification work. +</para> + +<literallayout> +Donna Converse +X Consortium +April 1994 +</literallayout> +</dedication> +<!-- </acknowledgements> --> |