4 Reference Manual

The interface to the distribution library is in the following files:

All distribution specific patterns are in the file basicshell.bet and the discussion below thus describes these patterns.

shell.bet should be used as ORIGIN in programs not using X window libraries.
guienvshell.bet should be used as ORIGIN in programs using the guienv user interface library.
basicshell.bet should be used as ORIGIN in library fragments that must be usable in all of the above cases. The shellEnv pattern and all its nested patterns are in this file.
remoteRefAsText.bet contains patterns for converting remote object references into a textual format and vice versa.

Distributed Objects in BETA - Reference Manual

[Modified: Monday March 11^th 2002 at 16:16]