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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!lgc.com!lgc.com!danson From: danson@lgc.com (Doug Anson) Subject: Re: Motif on X386??? Message-ID: <1992Aug18.140803.19951@lgc.com> Sender: usenet@lgc.com Nntp-Posting-Host: voodoo.lgc.com Organization: LandMark Graphics Corporation LGC References: <16kt8jINN9so@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug16.210959.17266@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1992Aug17.140857.3882@lgc.com> <1992Aug18.015024.8369@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:08:03 GMT Lines: 40 In article <1992Aug18.015024.8369@fcom.cc.utah.edu>, terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: |> In article <1992Aug17.140857.3882@lgc.com> danson@lgc.com (Doug Anson) |> .... stuff deleted .... |> > |> >Motif 1.2 Really? --- 1.1 is running on my 386BSD quite nicely. I had no |> >problems compiling it based on X386 1.2E 1.0.2. Furthermore I compiled it |> >in about 30 Meg space (including install). |> |> I have had problems with 1.1 on X11R5. These problems went away with 1.2. |> |> Admittedly, some of these problems were related to the Berkeley version of |> the portable C compiler's well known pop-order bug and libXt, but some were |> decidedly bad interactions. |> |> Are you direct widget-level programming in Motif, or are you using UIL/an |> app generator/standard applications? |> |> I also saw problems with menus not coming active unless you let go of the |> button popping up the menu, then quickly pressed it again (not in the menu |> .... No, I did no programming with Motif --- I just tried compiling it to satisfy a "what if I try" question. The window manager seemed to work fine. I believe that Motif 1.1 is a licensed thing.. I cannot distribute sources and/or binaries (sorry, but them's the facts..). I only tried this to see if it could be done. I believe the 386BSD has *REAL* potential -- a few rough edges still, but nonetheless a fairly stable system. Cheers, Doug -- ------------------------------------------- Doug Anson Internet: danson@lgc.com Phone: 713-579-4739 SNAIL: Landmark Graphics Corporation LGC 333 Cypress Run Houston, TX 77094 -------------------------------------------