It provides a more up to date look to the original Athena widget set. This library is as compatible as possible to the original. In the most cases it is possible to compile the source code of a Xaw client without any changes (except the include path of the XawPlus header files) to get the new look of XawPlus to this client. XawPlus make it possible to use XPM pixmaps in labels, toggles or buttons without changing the code of your application via setting the bitmap resource.
