XawPlus is a clone of the original Xaw library, providing a more up to date look and some extensions to the original Athena widget set. This library is as compatible as possible to the original. It should be possible to compile the source code of an 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 makes it possible to use XPM pixmaps, tooltips, a truncate mechanism for too long label strings and UTF8 coded UNICODE labels without changing the code of your application. XawPlus comes with a set of adapted applications using also the new features of XawPlus.