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- From: dbl@osf.org (David Lewis)
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- Subject: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 4/7
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- Date: 2 Oct 1996 20:16:02 GMT
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- Archive-name: x-faq/part4
- Last-modified: 1996/09/26
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- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 74) Where can I get XDM's Wraphelp.c ?
-
- X11R5/R6 supports a DES-based form of authorization. There are several
- implementations of the file Wraphelp.c, which may be missing from your
- distribution; one is on ftp.psy.uq.oz.au:/pub/X11R5.
-
- The R6 release notes point to /pub/R6/xdm-auth/README from ftp.x.org for
- more information.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 75) Where can I get patches to X11?
-
- The release of new public patches by the X Consortium is announced in the
- comp.windows.x.announce newsgroup.
-
- Patches themselves are available via ftp from ftp.x.org and from other sites
- from which X11 is available. They are now also distributed through the
- newsgroup comp.sources.x. Some source re-sellers may be including patches in
- their source distributions of X11.
-
- People without ftp access can use the xstuff mail server. Send to
- xstuff@x.org the Subject line
- send fixes #
- where # is the name of the patch and is usually just the number of the patch.
-
- There are 13 patches for X11R6 (12/95); there will not be any more patches.
-
- 1) fix-02 is in 5 parts; you need to request "2a", "2b", "2c", "2d",
- and "2e" separately and concatenate them together before applying
- 2) fix-03 refers to a separate file of documentation, fix3docs.tar
- 3) fix-05 is in two parts, "5a" and "5b"
- 4) fix-09 needs a separate file, XHPKeymaps.uu
- 5) fix-10 needs a separate file, fix10fonts.Z, which is not available
- via the xstuff mail daemon; you can apply just the basic patch in order to
- avoid future failures
- 6) fix-11 needs separate files, XFree.uaa through XFree.uaz
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- The xstuff server has 26 patches for X11R5 [11/93]. There will be no more
- patches to X11R5.
-
- Here are a few complications:
- 1) fix 5 is in four parts; you need to request "5a", "5b", "5c" and
- "5d" separately
- 2) the file sunGX.uu, which was part of an earlier patch, was
- re-released with patch 7 [note: the file doesn't work with Solaris]
- 3) fix 8 is in two parts: "8a" and "8b"
- 4) fix 13 is in three parts: "13a", "13b", and "13c"
- 5) fix 16 is in two parts: "16a" and "16b"
- 6) fix 18 replaces the R5fix-test1 for the X Test Suite, which
- previously was optional
- 7) fix 19 also needs PEXlib.tar.Z, which you can obtain from xstuff
- by asking for "PEXlib.uu.[1234]".
- 8) fix 22 is in 9 parts, "22a" through "22i"
-
- The MIT Software Center, in addition to offering the entire system on tape, is
- offering a new tape with public patches 1-23. Tapes are available in 6250bpi
- 9-track reel-to-reel and QIC-24 cartridge formats. Information: +1 617 258
- 8330
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 76) What is the xstuff mail-archive?
-
- The xstuff server is a mail-response program. That means that you mail
- it a request, and it mails back the response. Any of the four possible
- commands must be the first word on a line. The xstuff server reads your
- entire message before it does anything, so you can have several different
- commands in a single message (unless you ask for help). The xstuff server
- treats the "Subject:" header line just like any other line of the message.
-
- The archives are organized into a series of directories and
- subdirectories. Each directory has an index, and each subdirectory has an
- index. The top-level index gives you an overview of what is in the
- subdirectories, and the index for each subdirectory tells you what is in it.
-
- 1) The command "help" or "send help" causes the server to send you a
- more detailed version of this help file.
- 2) if your message contains a line whose first word is "index", then
- the server will send you the top-level index of the contents of the archive.
- If there are other words on that line that match the name of subdirectories,
- then the indexes for those subdirectories are sent instead of the top-level
- index. For example, you can say "send index fixes" (or "index fixes"). A
- message that requests an index cannot request data.
- 3) if your message contains a line whose first word is "send", then
- the xstuff server will send you the item(s) named on the rest of the
- line. To name an item, you give its directory and its name. For example
- send fixes 1 4 8a 8b 9
- You may issue multiple send requests.
- The xstuff server contains many safeguards to ensure that it is not
- monopolized by people asking for large amounts of data. The mailer is set up
- so that it will send no more than a fixed amount of data each day. If the work
- queue contains more requests than the day's quota, then the unsent files will
- not be processed until the next day. Whenever the mailer is run to send its
- day's quota, it sends the requests out shortest-first.
- 4) Some mailers produce mail headers that are unusable for extracting
- return addresses. If you use such a mailer, you won't get any response. If
- you happen to know an explicit path, you can include a line like
- path foo%bar.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu or path bar!foo!frotz in the body
- of your message, and the daemon will use it.
-
- The xstuff server itself can be reached at xstuff@x.org. If your
- mailer deals in "!" notation, try sending to
- {someplace}!mit-eddie!x.org!xstuff.
-
- [based on information from the X Consortium, 8/89, 4/90.]
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 77) Where can I get OSF/Motif?
-
- You can obtain either OSF/Motif source or binaries from a number of
- vendors.
- Motif 1.2.5 source is now available; it is based on X11R5. Motif 2.0 is
- also available; it, too, is based on X11R5.
- Motif 1.1 is based on the R4.18 Intrinsics and is finished [7/92] at
- 1.1.5.
- A conformant Motif implementation not based on OSF-derived source is
- being developed by fox@crisp.demon.co.uk (Paul Fox).
- An OSF/Motif source license must be obtained from OSF before source can
- be obtained from the Open Software Foundation or any value-added vendor for
- any version. Call the Direct Channels Desk at OSF at 617-621-7300 for ordering
- information (direct@osf.org).
-
- Various hardware vendors produce developer's toolkits of binaries,
- header files, and documentation; check your hardware vendor, particularly if
- that vendor is an OSF member.
- In addition, independent binary vendors produce Motif toolkits for
- machines for which Motif is not supported by a vendor; the kits include varied
- levels of bug-fixing and support for shared libraries and are based on widely
- divergent version of Motif:
- Motif 2.0 with X11R6 on SunOS 4.1.3 is available from Soft*Star,
- fax +39-11-746487.
- Quest Windows (408-496-1900) sells kits for Suns, as well;
- IXI (+44 1223 518000, +1-408-427-7700) offers kits for Sun3 and Sun4.
- NSL (+33 (1) 43 36 77 50; requests@nsl.fr) offers kits for the Sun 3
- and Sun 4.
- Bluestone Consulting, Inc. (609-727-4600) offers Motif 1.1.5 & 1.2 for
- SunOS, and Motif 1.2 (X11R5) for Solaris 2.1 & 2.2.
- ICS (617-621-0060, http://www.ics.com ) makes several binary kits,
- notably for Sun.
- HP and DEC have announced support for Motif on Sun systems.
- Unipalm (+44-954-211-797) currently offers for Sun systems a Motif
- Development Kit including X11R4 and based on Motif 1.1.2. The US distributor is
- Expert Object Corp (708-926-8500).
- BIM ships Motif 1.1 binaries for Suns. Shared library support is
- included. Contact Alain Vermeiren (av@sunbim.be) or Danny Backx (db@sunbim.be)
- at +32(2)759.59.25 (Fax : +32(2)759.47.95) (Belgium).
- SILOGIC (+33 61.57.95.95) ships Motif 1.2 and Motif 1.1 on Sun
- machines.
- S.I. Systems offers Motif 1.2 for Solaris 2.1; info: 1-800-755-8649 in
- USA and Canada.
- Metro Link, Inc. (+1 305-970-7353, sales@metrolink.com) ships X11R5
- and Motif 1.2.2 (including a sharable libXm.a) for the 386/486 Unix market.
- Motif 1.2.3 is also available for QNX, SunOS, Solaris Sparc, and Linux.
- Lasermoon sells Motif on Linux.
- in GmbH (+49 7531 65022, gvr@in-gmbh.de) offers development and user
- kits for SunOS and Solaris.
- OSF/Motif 2.0 binaries for Linux are available from Soft*Star
- (fax +39-11-746487, softstar@pol88a.polito.it).
-
- LessTif will be a complete drop in replacement for OSF/Motif 1.2. It
- is currently under development. The URL for information regarding LessTif,
- and a link to the current snapshot, is:
- http://www.cs.uidaho.edu:8000/hungry/microshaft/lesstif.html .
-
- The Common Desktop Environment is available for Linux from X Inside; see
- http://www.delix.de for more information.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 78) Does Motif work with X11R4? X11R5? X11R6?
-
- Motif 2.0 and 1.2 are based on X11R5.
-
- Motif 1.1, available in source form from OSF as of August 1990, uses the
- "vanilla" X11R4 Intrinsics, where "vanilla" means "with just a few patches";
- the file fix-osf which OSF distributes is obsoleted by the Consortium's
- patches 15-17. The file fix-osf-1.1.1 distributed with the 1.1.1 version or
- its subsequent modification needs to be applied after fix-18, though.
-
- Motif 1.1.1 to 1.1.3 will work with X11R5 if X11R5 is compiled with
- -DMOTIFBC; 1.1.4 and later should work with the vanilla R5, although there
- are some known new geometry-management problems.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 79) Where can I get toolkits implementing OPEN LOOK?
-
- Sun's XView has a SunView-style API. Version 3.2 is available (7/93) from
- xview.ucdavis.edu in /pub/XView/XView3.2 or ftp.x.org in /contrib/libraries/
- (patches and upgraded to X11R6).
-
- XView and X binaries for the Sun 386i ("roadrunner") are available for ftp
- from svin01.win.tue.nl (131.155.70.70), directory pub/X11R4_386i.
-
- Supported binaries of XView 2.0 or 3.0 include:
-
- XView for non-Sun Platforms (domestic and selected international vendors).
- Several are also available from Sun; contact your local sales office.
-
- Amiga GfxBase, Inc. 1881 Ellwell Drive
- (AmigaDOS) (408) 262-1469 Milpitas, CA 95035
- Fax: (408) 262-8276
-
- SGI
- Sony (NEWS-OS)
- IBM RS/6000
- HP 9000
- DECstation UniPress Software 2025 Lincoln Highway
- (Ultrix) (908) 985-8000 Edison, NJ 08817
- Fax: (908) 287-4929
-
- UniPress Software, Ltd. PO Box 70
- 44-624-661-8850 Viking House
- Fax: 44-624-663-453 Nelson Street
- Douglas, Isle of Man
- United Kingdom
-
- DEC VAXstation TGV 603 Mission Street
- (VMS) (800) TGV-3440 Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- (408) 427-4366
- Fax: (408) 427-4365
-
- Unipalm Ltd. 145-147 St. Neots Road
- 44-0954-211797 Hardwick
- Fax: 44-0954-211244 Cambridge CB3 7QJ
- England
-
- Intel 386 Quarterdeck Office 150 Pico Boulevard
- (DOS) Systems Santa Monica, CA 90405
- (213) 392-9851
- Fax: (213) 399-3802
-
- Intel 386 SunSoft Corporation 6601 Center Drive West
- (Interactive 310-348-8649 Suite 700
- UNIX and Los Angeles, CA 90045
- SCO UNIX)
-
- Stardent Scripps Institute Clinic MB-5
- (Stellix OS Fax: (619) 554-4485 10666 N. Torrey Pines Road
- and Titan OS) Include mailstop MB-5 La Jolla, CA 92057
- By ftp: 192.42.82.8 in pub/binary/{Xview.README,XView.tar.Z}
-
- AT&T's OPEN LOOK GUI 3.0 Xt-based toolkit is now generally available [2/92];
- contact 1-800-828-UNIX#544 for information. Binaries are produced for SPARC
- systems by International Quest Corporation (408-988-8289). A version of the
- toolkit is also produced under the name OLIT by Sun.
-
- More recent versions of OLIT have been ported to IBM 6000 and DEC MIPS by
- both UniPress and ICS. OLIT is also available for HP from Melillo Consulting
- (908-873-0075). MJM (Somerset, NJ) makes OLIT 4.0 for HP 7xx series running
- HPUX 8.0, DECstations, and RS/6000s [thanks to Joanne Newbauer,
- jo@attunix.att.com, 908-522-6677.]
-
- Sun is shipping OpenWindows 3.0; contact your local sales representative for
- more details; the package includes toolkit binaries and header files.
-
- ParcPlace's (formerly Solbourne's) extensible C++-based Object Interface
- Library, which supports run-time selection between Open Look or Motif, is
- available from 303-678-4626. [5/92]
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 80) Where can I get other X sources? (including R5 modifications)
-
- The MIT Software Center ships the X Test Suite on tape.
-
- A multi-threaded version of Xlib based on X11R5 patch 12 is now available for
- anonymous FTP from (new version 1/93):
-
- - DEC on gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2) in /pub/X11/contrib/mt-xlib-1.1
- - the Consortium on ftp.x.org in /R5contrib/mt-xlib-1.1
-
- Note that this source code did not become the Xlib used in X11R6, although
- the Consortium made Xlib thread-safe with that release.
-
- HP has made available drivers to permit the building of the X11R5 sample
- server on the HP 9000 Series 700 workstations; the files are on ftp.x.org in
- /R5contrib/R5.HP.SRV/. [8/92]
-
- The Edinburgh University Computing Service and European X User Group have
- created an on-line index of public domain X software. The index is available
- through gopher and provides an index of the ftp.x.org/contrib archive, the
- comp.sources.x archive and various X software found around the internet. The
- service holds manual pages, README files , etc which can be browsed through.
- A keyword search of the manual pages is also provided. Information:
- xindex@castle.edinburgh.ac.uk.
-
- User-contributed software is distributed through the newsgroup
- comp.sources.x, moderated by Chris Olson (chris@imd.sterling.com); also check
- that group for posting information.
-
- Richard Hesketh (rlh2@ukc.ac.uk) has been creating a list of freely-
- available X sources. The list is stored on ftp.x.org in contrib as
- x-source-list.Z. It lists the main storage locations for the program and
- international sites from which it may be ftp'ed.
-
- The machine ftp.x.org has a great deal of user-contributed software in the
- contrib/ directory; a good deal of it is present in current or earlier
- versions on the X11R3, X11R4, and X11R5 contrib tapes. There are also
- directories for fixes to contrib software. The file on ftp.x.org in
- R5contrib/0ftpxorg.dir.Z is a quick overall index of the software in that
- area, provided by Daniel Lewart (d-lewart@uiuc.edu).
-
- These sites used to and may still mirror ftp.x.org and are of particular use
- for Australasia: Anonymous ftp: ftp.Adelaide.EDU.AU; ACSnet Fetchfile:
- sirius.ua.oz.
-
- The material on giza.cis.ohio-state.edu, which tends to duplicate the
- ftp.x.org archives, is also available via anonymous UUCP from osu-cis, at TB+
- and V.32 speeds. Write to uucp@cis.ohio-state.edu (same as osu-cis!uucp) for
- instructions. [the archive is now maintained by Karl Kleinpaste]
-
- A new west-coast UUCP X11 Archive is administered by Mark Snitily
- (mark@zok.uucp) and contains the full X11 distribution, the XTEST
- distribution, an entire archive of comp.sources.x and other goodies.
-
- The machine zok has a TB+ modem which will connect to 19.2K, 2400, 1200 baud
- (in that order). The anonymous UUCP account is UXarch with password
- Xgoodies. The modem's phone number is 408-996-8285.
-
- In addition, UUNET Source Archives (703-876-5050) tracks comp.sources.x and
- provides 800MB+ of compressed programs on 6250 bpi tapes or 1/4" tapes. It
- also mirrors ftp.x.org/contrib in its packages/X directory.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 81)! Where can I get interesting widgets?
-
- O'Reilly Volume 4, Doug Young's Xt book, the Asente/Swick book, and Jerry
- Smith's "Object-oriented Programming with the X Window System Toolkits" all
- include details on writing widgets and include several useful widgets;
- sources are typically on ftp.x.org, ftp.ora.com, or ftp.uu.net. Doug Young's
- book, in particular, contains a version of a tree-like layout object (root
- and multiple leaves that collapse and expand). In general, widgets accumulate
- in ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/ Unsorted older code is in
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/ . See also http://www.wri.com/~cwikla/widget/ for
- a index of widget listings.
-
- The Free Widget Foundation (FWF) library coordinated by Bert Bos
- (bert@let.rug.nl) is now [10/94] available on ftp.let.rug.nl (129.125.8.20)
- in pub/FWF/fwf.tar.Z. The set of widgets there is intended to form the basis
- for future contributions; it contains approximately 40 widgets of varying
- degrees of complexity. Several of the widgets are simple, primitive widgets,
- including buttons and labels; others are sophisticated, high-level widgets
- supporting advanced user interface tasks such as hierarchical file selection,
- statistical data presentation, and image editing. To be added to the
- discussion list, send to listserv@let.rug.nl a message saying "subscribe
- <listname> <your-full-name>" where <listname> is one of
- free-widgets-announce, free-widgets-development, or free-widgets-bugs. The
- current [4/96] version is 4.0.
-
- ListTree, by Robert W. McMullen (rwmcm@orion.ae.utexas.edu), is available
- from ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/ListTree-2.0.tar.gz [4/96]. The
- ListTree widget, designed for use in file manager programs but widely
- applicable, displays lists of text strings (with an optional pixmap) in a
- hierarchical directory list format. This widget does not use widgets for
- each item displayed in the tree; instead, it is a list of text strings that
- contain pointers to parents and children in the tree, reducing memory usage
- and simplifying use. The ListTree widget is compatible with Athena and
- Motif. Information: http://www.ae.utexas.edu/~rwmcm/ListTree.html .
-
- A widget that displays nodes in a tree outline form is on
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif as outline.tar.gz. [4/96]
-
- An *alpha* version of a tree widget with collapse/expand children capability
- is at http://www.ii.uib.no/~torgeir/work/outline.html . The tree widget is
- really two widgets, one of which is a manager which draws the background
- outlines; the other is a "handle" widget which enables collapsing and
- expanding by unmanaging and managing its outline widget. Info: Torgeir Veimo
- (torgeir@ii.uib.no) [1/95]
-
- The ProgressMeter widget for Motif 1.2.x is at
- ftp.gsf.de://pub/mperzl/ProgressMeter-0.1.tar.gz . It offers a thermometer
- look or the MS Windows "brick" meter style.
-
- A single-line text-entry widget by Robert W. McMullen
- (rwmcm@mail.ae.utexas.edu) is available from
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/TextField-1.0.tar.gz ; information on it is
- available from http://www.ae.utexas.edu/~rwmcm/TextField.html . The
- TextField Widget is a low resource single line text input widget designed to
- mimic the functionality of the Motif XmTextField widget. To benefit freeware
- programmers who may now be using the Athena widget set, this widget was also
- designed to be as compatible as possible with the Athena Text widget (in
- single line mode). It shares many of the resources with the Athena Text
- widget, and few code modifications are necessary to change to the TextField.
-
- A release of the Xaw widgets with a 3D visual appearance by Kaleb Keithley
- (now kaleb@x.org) is available on ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xaw3d/
- (updated 4/95 to R6; updated 8/95 to release 1.2). The library, which is
- binary-compatible with Xaw, implements a 3D subclass which handles the extra
- drawing. In general, you may relink almost any Athena Widget based
- application with the Three-D Athena Widget set and obtain a three dimensional
- appearance on some of the widgets. On systems with shared libraries, you may
- be able to replace your shared libXaw with libXaw3d and obtain the three
- dimensional appearance without even relinking.
-
- The NCSA Mosaic distribution includes an HTML widget which take an ASCII
- string in Hyper Text Markup Language and formats it for display in an X
- window. Information: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Docs/htmlwidget.html .
-
- A Motif XmpSpinBox widget by Charles S. Kerr (cskerr@delenn.jccbi.gov) is
- available at http://www.wildstar.com/~cskerr/spinbox (sources are also on
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/spinbox/ ). A spinbox consists of two
- arrowbuttons and one textfield which are arranged in a number of different
- layouts. The textfield shows data; the arrowbuttons can be used to scroll
- through the different values in a number of built-in formats: numbers, a
- 24-Hour clock, dollars, and text strings. Version 1.3 is current [4/96].
-
- An object like the Windows "combo box" is part of the Xm++ class library.
-
- Interleaf has made available several widgets which it has contributed to the
- COSE group producing the CDE (Common Desktop Environment); all the code
- carries Copyright notices granting unlimited right to copy, modify, and
- redistribute without fee (with usual restrictions, e.g. copyright notice must
- remain, etc.). The widgets include several user interface elements familiar
- to Windows users: spin buttons, drop-down list boxes, and combo boxes.
- Sources are available in ftp://ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/interleaf/CDE [4/96].
- Fixes for the combobox are at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/icombo.1.2.tar.Z [8/96]
-
- Harald Albrecht's (albrecht@igpm.rwth-aachen.de) Motif implementation of the
- ComboBox object from MSWindows is available at
- ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/ComboBox and also at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/ComboBox/ . Version 1.32 is current
- [4/96]. Sources are under GPL terms.
-
- Harald Albrecht's (albrecht@igpm.rwth-aachen.de) Motif implementation of a
- new ToggleButton is at ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/NewToggleB/ .
- Version 0.91b became available 5/94.
-
- Harald Albrecht's (albrecht@igpm.rwth-aachen.de) "ButtonFace Library" eases
- the process of creating pictoral push buttons, labels and message dialogs,
- which are like ordinary push buttons but show a tiny picture instead of
- text. This picture may change accordingly to the button's actual state
- (normal, armed or insensitive). The library is available at
- ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/ButtonFaceLib/ and also at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/ButtonFaceLib/ [4/96].
-
- Mark Quinton's home page (http://www.stna7.stna.dgac.fr/~quinton/motif ;
- ftp://ftp.stna7.stna.dgac.fr/pub/stna/7su/ ) includes several widgets and
- Motif ports of other widgets, including a port of the FWF MultiList widget, a
- Clock, a DrawingG Gadget to display graphic objects, a Tree Widget, a Shape
- Widget, a RootWindow Widget, and a RowCol Widget.
-
- The Table widget (lays out objects using the specification method used by
- troff TBL tables) is available in several flavors, one of which is with the
- Widget Creation Library (WCL) release at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/devel_tools/Wcl-2.7.tar.gz .
-
- Bell Communications Research has developed a Matrix widget for complex
- application layouts; a newer version by lister@rubin.bain.oz.AU (Andrew
- Lister) is at ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/Xbae-4.5.tar.gz [4/96].
- The distribution also includes a "caption" widget to associate labels with
- particular GUI components. Information: xbae-request@bain.oz.au.
-
- A TeX-style Layout widget by Keith Packard is described in the proceedings of
- the 7th X Technical Conference (O'Reilly X Resource issue 5); source is
- available on ftp.x.org R5contrib/Layout.tar.Z (see also
- Layout-xconf93-paper.ps.Z).
-
- John Cwikla's MegaButton offers applications a menu with a scrolling array of
- choices. Source is on ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/MegaB/ .
-
- The XmSmartMessageBoxWidget by John L. Cwikla (cwikla@wri.com) is available
- at http://www.wri.com/~cwikla/widget/widgets/smartmb.html .
-
- The XmGauge by Jean-Michel Leon (Jean-Michel.Leon@sophia.inria.fr) shows a
- Macintosh-like progress bar. This widget is similar to the XmScale widget,
- but the widget's appearance is different. It can be found at
- ftp://avahi.inria.fr/pub/widgets/ .
-
- The Xmt "Motif Tools", David Flanagans's shareware library of widgets and
- many convenience functions, is available from
- ftp://ftp.uu.net/published/oreilly/xbook/Xmt/xmt212.tar.gz and
- ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/examples/xbook/Xmt/xmt212.tar.gz. Xmt is documented in
- the book "Motif Tools: Streamlined GUI Design and Programming with the Xmt
- Library" published by O'Reilly & Associates. Version 2.1.2 was released
- 6/95. A mailing list devoted to discussion of XMT can be subscribed to by
- sending "subscribe xmt" to listproc@online.ora.com.
-
- Xmtscm is an extension built on top of the popular Scheme interpreter SCM by
- Aubrey Jaffer. It includes a modified version of the X extension xscm-1.05
- by Larry Campbell, and an interface to the Xmt library by David Flanagan. It
- also includes preliminary support for the CDE widgets and the HTML widget of
- NCSA Mosaic. See ftp://ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu/pub/scm/xmtscm-0.9.tar.gz .
-
- The Xew widget set by Markku Savela (Markku.Savela@vtt.fi) contains widgets
- for data representation (text, imaes, graphics, audio, video). Its image
- widget understands a set of image file formats (GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM) and
- supports scaling operations. Version 4.0 [1/96] is
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/Xew/ . See also
- http://www.vtt.fi/tte/EuroBridge/Xew/ . Xew is now (6/96) freely usable even
- for commercial applications.
-
- The AthenaTools Plotter Widget Set Version 6-beta [7/92] maintained by Peter
- Klingebiel (klin@iat.uni-paderborn.de) includes many graph and plotting
- widgets; a copy is on ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib in plotter.v6b.tar.Z,
- plotter.doc.tar.Z, plotter.afm.tar.Z, and plotter.README. The latest versions
- may in fact be on ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/unix/tools/ , which appears to
- contain version 6.0.. A commercial product sharing the same origins is
- offered by Dovetail Consulting.
-
- The SciPlot widget is capable of plotting cartesian or polar graphs. Sources
- are on ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/SciPlot-1.33.tar.gz .
-
- The Histo-Scope Widget Set is a collection of six Motif widgets for graphing
- and plotting. The widgets were developed for an interactive data browsing
- tool but are very general and easy to incorporate into other Motif
- applications. Widgets include line plots, 2-D and 3-D scatter plots, 1 and 2
- dimensional histograms, and several specialty plots. Sources are on
- ftp://ftp.fnal.gov/pub/plot_widgets/ [4/96]. Information: Mark Edel
- (edel@fnal.gov)
-
- A graph widget and other 2D-plot and 3D-contour widgets by Sundar Narasimhan
- (sundar@ai.mit.edu) are available from
- ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/users/sundar/graph.tar.Z . The graph widget has been
- updated [3/91] with documentation and histogram capabilities.
-
- The XmGraph widget is from the HP "GUI Classics" archive at
- ftp://iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu//pub/comp.hp/GUI_classic/ . These items represent
- some of HP's early work in promoting X as a standard and in establishing an
- industry standard application programmer's interface (API) for graphical user
- interface (GUI). XmGraph is a graph widget which is now Motif-compatible.
- It was originally developed at Hewlett-Packard Labs in 1989-90 by Doug Young
- and later ported to Motif 1.1 compatibility. WINTERP version 2.03 (see
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/devel_tools/ ) includes a version of this source.
-
- A Motif or Athena "Canvas" widget for 2D graphics is available via
- http://www.inria.fr/koala/jml/widgets/canvas.html . It provides graphical
- display of lines, rectangles, icons, etc., and direct manipulation services.
- Sources are on ftp://avahi.inria.fr/pub/widgets/knvas-1.14.tar.gz and
- ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/widgets/motif/knvas-1.14.tar.gz [4/96].
-
- A version of Lee Iverson's (leei@McRCIM.McGill.EDU) image-viewing tool is
- available as ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/vimage-0.9.3.tar.Z . It is a
- collection of Xt widgets which create a cohesive image viewing tool. The
- package also includes an ImageViewPort widget and a FileDialog widget.
- [12/91;5/92;4/96]
-
- An MPEG viewer by Jan Newmarch (jan@ise.canberra.edu.au) is at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/mpeg_wdgt2.0b.tar; it requires Motif.
-
- Peter Ware's Xo "Open Widget" set, which has Motif-like functionality, is on
- archive.cis.ohio-state.edu as pub/Xo/Xo-2.1.tar.Z [8/92].
-
- Paul Johnston's (johnston@spc5.jpl.nasa.gov) X Control Panel widget set
- emulates hardware counterparts; sources are at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/Xc-1.3.tar.Z [4/96].
-
- The VUW widget set contains dials and other device-displays; sources are on
- ftp.comp.vuw.ac.nz.
-
- The Dirt interface builder, available through comp.sources.x archives,
- includes the libXukc widet set, which extends the functionality of Xaw.
-
- A library by Jean Michel Leon (leon@sophia.inria.fr) which adds "inset"
- facilities to Xt is available at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/insetlib-0.2.tar.gz [4/96].
-
- The XmBoss widget by Doyle Davidson (doyle@ps.atl.sita.int) is a generic
- Motif 1.1 layout manager that implements geometry management through
- application callbacks; sources are at
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/XmBoss.Widget.tar.Z [4/96].
-
- Dan Connolly's (connolly@convex.COM ??) XcRichText interprets RTF data; it's
- on ftp.x.org as R5contrib/XcRichText-1.5.tar.Z.
-
- The PEXt toolkit by Rich Thomson (rthomson@dsd.es.com) is available as
- ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/PEXt.tar.Z; it includes a PEX widget making it
- easier to use PEX in Xt-based programs.
-
- A modification of the Xaw ScrollBar widget which supports the arrowhead style
- of other toolkits is at ftp://ftp.x.org/R5contrib/Xaw.Scrollbar.mta.Z .
-
- The Andrew User Interface System supplies an extensive collection of widgets
- including full-blown editors for text, rasters, figures, tables, and so on.
-
- Also:
-
- An HTML widget with a similar API to the NCSA HTML widget and an n-tree
- widget are available for licensing at http://www.compgen.com/widgets/ . The
- HView widget by Computer Generation, Inc. displays HTML 2.0 standard text
- and images. The widget was developed to provide an on-line help facility with
- our applications. It offers a light weight, portable, and robust browser for
- HTML documents without having to distribute a separate Web Browser with your
- applications. The N-ary Tree widget was developed to display hierarchical
- database entries in an internal application. It offers the capability to
- select nodes on the tree, and attachment points for nodes on the tree. Each
- attachment point can support multiple child nodes.
-
- The ICS Widget Databook includes a variety of control widgets and
- special-purpose widgets, available on a variety of platforms. Information:
- 617-621-0060, info@ics.com, http://www.ics.com .
-
- The Xtra XWidgets set includes widgets for pie and bar charts, XY plots,
- Help, spreadsheets, data entry forms, and line and bar graphs. Contact
- Graphical Software Technology at 310-328-9338 (info@gst.com) for
- information.
-
- The XRT/graph widget, available for Motif, XView and OLIT, displays X-Y
- plots, bar and pie charts, and supports user-feedback, fast updates and
- PostScript output. Contact KL Group Inc. at 416-594-1026 (info@klg.com),
- http://www.klg.com/ . KL Group also sells XRT/gear, a collection of Motif
- add-on widgets, including tab manager, toolbar, aligner, enhanced Motif
- pushbutton and toggle button.
-
- Generic Logic offers a set of GLG widgets for graphs and controls. Info: +1
- 617-254-4153; glg@genlogic.com.
-
- The Microline Widget Library for Linux and Motif 1.2 or Motif 2.0 contains
- several widgets that supplement Motif. Information: info@mlsoft.com.
-
- The Acme Widget Set from EDB (212-978-8822) includes a 2D graph widget that
- can be configured like a stripchart.
-
- A set of data-entry widgets for Motif is available from Marlan Software,
- 713-467-1458 (gwg@world.std.com).
-
- A set of graph widgets is available from Expert Database Systems
- (212-370-6700).
-
- G5G has available a Motif PHiGS widget; contact phigs@g5g.fr for
- information.
-
- A set of OSF/Motif compound widgets and support routines for 2D visualization
- is available from Ms Quek Lee Hian, National Computer Board, Republic of
- Singapore; Tel : (65)7720435; Fax : (65)7795966; leehian@iti.gov.sg,
- leehian@itivax.bitnet.
-
- Information on graphing tools may be obtained from info@TomSawyer.com
- (+1-510-848-0853, fax: +1-510-848-0854).
-
- in GmbH (+49 7531 65022, gvr@in-gmbh.de) offers the "grinx" widget for
- drawing vector graphics with dynamic attributes such as blinking and
- rotation.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 82) Where can I get a good file-selector widget?
-
- The Free Widget Foundation set offers a FileSelector widget, with separate
- directory path and file listing windows, and the FileComplete, which has
- emacs-style file completion and ~ expansion.
-
- The Oxford Widget Set includes a simple file-selector; the sources are part
- of the simple graphing program in ftp.robots.ox.ac.uk:/pub/ox.src/xow.tar.gz.
-
-
- Other available file-requestor widgets include the XiFileSelector from Iris
- Software's book, the xdbx file-selector extracted by David Nedde
- (daven@ivy.wpi.edu), and the FileNominator from the aXe distribution.
-
- The GhostView, Xfig, and vimage packages also include file-selector widgets.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 83) Where can I find a hypertext widget in source code?
-
- A hypertext widget was posted to comp.sources.x. It can be found in volume
- 16 of the archives at ftp.uu.net under the name "hman". The distribution
- includes a hypertext widget with both Athena and Motif compatability (set at
- compile-time) and hman, a Motif-based man reference page reader that uses the
- widget to look up other man topics. [Joe Shelby
- (shelby@dirac.physics.jmu.edu); 6/93]
-
- There is an HTML widget in the NCSA Mosaic distribution.
-
- Bristol's HyperHelp product is a help system based around a hyper-text widget.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 84) What widget is appropriate to use as a drawing canvas?
-
- Some widget sets have a widget particularly for this purpose -- a WorkSpace
- or DrawingArea which doesn't display anything but lets your Xt application
- know when it has been re-exposed, resized, and when it has received user key
- and mouse input.
-
- The best thing to do for other widget sets -- including the Athena set
- -- is to create or obtain such a widget; this is preferable to drawing into a
- core widget and grabbing events with XtAddEventHandler(), which loses a number
- of benefits of Xt and encapsulation of the functionality .
-
- The publicly-available programs xball and xpic include other versions. The
- Display widget in the XG library (libXG-2.0.tar.Z on ftp.x.org) provides a
- generic way of drawing graphics in a widget.
-
- The Athena Widget manual (mit/doc/Xaw/Template in the R5 distribution,
- xc/doc/specs/Xaw/Template in the R6 distribution) includes a tutorial and
- source code to a simple widget which is suitable for use.
-
- The Free Widget Foundation set contains a Canvas widget.
-
- An Xt Canvas widget by Jean-Michel Leon (leon@sophia.inria.fr) is intended to
- provide graphical display and direct manipulation services for Motif and Xaw
- clients. Available from avahi.inria.fr:/pub/widgets/canvas-widget-1.7.tar.gz,
- ftp.x.org:/contrib/widgets/motif/canvas-widget-1.7.tar.gz.
-
- The Knvas widget is intended to supply graphical display and direct
- manipulation services for Xaw or Xm applications. Source is on
- avahi.inria.fr:/pub/widgets/canvas-widget-1.7.tar.gz and
- ftp.x.org:/contrib/widgets/motif/canvas-widget-1.7.tar.gz. Info:
- http://zenon.inria.fr:8003/~leon/widgets/canvas.html .
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 85) What is the current state of the world in X terminals?
-
- Jim Morton (jim@applix.com) posts quarterly to comp.windows.x a list of
- manufacturers and terminals; it includes pricing information.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 86) Where can I get an X server with a touchscreen or lightpen?
-
- Labtam (+61 3 587 1444, fax +61 3 580 5581) offers a 19" Surface Acoustic
- Wave touch-screen option on its Xengine terminals.
-
- Tektronix (1-800-225-5434) provides an X terminal with the Xtouch
- touch-screen. This terminal may also be resold through Trident Systems
- (703-273-1012).
-
- Metro Link (305-970-7353) supports the EloGraphics Serial Touch Screen
- Controllers.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 87) Where can I get an X server on a PC (DOS or Unix)?
-
- X11R6 contains sources for a number of X servers from XFree86, Inc.:
- XF86_S3, XF86_Mach8, XF86_Mach32, XF86_8514, XF86_Mono, XF86_Bdm, XF86_SVGA,
- and XF86_VGA16. See xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86. Also included in R6 is
- Xsvga from SGCS and Thomas Roell; see xc/programs/Xserver/hw/svga. All of
- the above are Unix-based.
-
- X11R5 already provides a server to many 386/486 *Unixes* with support for
- many of the popular video graphics adapters; and for other non-MSDOS PCs you
- can obtain a server from these sources:
-
- XFree86 (formerly X386 1.2E) is an enhanced version of X386 1.2, which was
- distributed with X11R5; it includes many bug fixes, speed improvements, and
- other enhancements. Source for version 2.0 [10/93] is on ftp.x.org in
- contrib/XFree86 or ftp.physics.su.oz.au in /XFree86. In addition, binaries
- are on ftp.physics.su.oz.au, and ftp.win.tue.nl among other systems. Info:
- x386@physics.su.oz.au. Note: this package obsoletes Glenn Lai's Speedup
- patches for an enhanced X11R5 server for 386 UNIXes with ET4000 boards
- (SpeedUp.tar.Z on ftp.x.org).
-
- Metro Link Inc. (305-970-7353, sales@metrolink.com; in Europe contact ADNT,
- (33 1) 3956 5333) ships an implementation of X11R4 for the 386/486 Unix
- market.
-
- SGCS offers X386 Version 1.3, based on Thomas Roell's X11R5 two-headed
- server, in binary and source form. Information: 408-255-9665, info@sgcs.com.
-
- ISC, SCO, UHC, and other well-known operating-system vendors typically offer
- X servers.
-
- For MSDOS PCs:
-
- Daniel J. McCoy compiled a list of non-UNIX servers for PCs, Macs, and
- Amigas; it includes pricing information. The file is on ftp.x.org in contrib
- as XServers-NonUNIX.txt.Z; it dates from 4/93.
-
- X-Deep/32, for PCs running Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.5+, includes an X
- Server, basic X11 clients and client libraries. A demo copy is at
- http://www.eden.com/~pexus/ and
- ftp://ftp.eden.com/pub/users/pexus/export/xdeep32.zip . Information:
- info@pexus.com.
-
- An article on PC X servers appears in the March 2, 1992 Open Systems Today.
-
- Also of possible use:
-
- Net-I from Programit (212-809-1707) enables communication among DOS, OS/2 and
- Unix machines and can be used to display PC sessions on your Unix X display.
-
- Tektronix has a product called WinDD which allows Windows "protocol" to
- display on an X display; see
- http://www.tek.com/Network_Displays/Products/windd.html .
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 88) Where can I get an X server on a Macintosh running MacOS?
-
- eXodus from White Pine Software (603-886-9050) runs on any Mac with at least
- 1MB of memory and supports intermixing of X and Mac windows and also supports
- the SHAPE extension. Version 5.0 became available 10/93.
-
- Apple's MacX runs on MacPlus or newer machines with >= 2MB of memory and
- system software 6.0.4 or later. Version 1.1 is fully X11R4-based. It
- supports full ICCCM-compatible cut and paste of text AND graphics between the
- Macintosh and X11 worlds, the SHAPE extension (including SHAPEd windows on
- the Macintosh desktop), an optional built-in ICCCM-compliant window manager,
- X11R4 fonts and colors, a built-in BDF font compiler, and built-in standard
- colormaps. Upgrades to MacX are available by ftp from aux.support.apple.com.
- Info: 408-996-1010.
-
- See NetManage with XoftWare for MacOS. (http://www.netmanage.com).
-
- Tenon's MachTen (XTen?) X Window Software, Release 3.0, is a comprehensive X
- display server and X client development environment. It includes an X11R5
- server ported to MachTen/MacOS, standard window managers, an a set of X11R5
- client-side libraries. Info: Tenon Intersystems, 805-963-698, AppleLink:
- TENON. See also http://www.tenon.com/
-
- Also:
-
- Liken (1-800-245-UNIX or info@qualix.com) software enables monochrome 68000
- Mac applications to run on a SPARC system running X.
-
- Xport (1-800-245-UNIX (415-572-0200) or xport@qualix.com) enables Mac
- applications to display on an X-based workstation by turning the Mac into an
- X client. [Note: there are questions on whether this product is still
- available.]
-
- Intercon has a product called Planet-X which enables Mac applications to
- display on an X server.
-
- AGE Logic will ship XoftWare for Macintosh in March 1995.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 89) Where can I get X for the Amiga?
-
- The new Amiga 3000 machines offer an X server and OPEN LOOK tools and
- libraries on a full SVR4 implementation.
-
- GfxBase, Inc. provides "X11 R4.1" for the AmigaDos computer; it
- contains X11R4 clients, fonts, etc., and a Release 4 color server. An optional
- programmer's toolkit includes the header files, libraries, and sample programs.
- Info from GfxBase, 408-262-1469. [Dale Luck
- (uunet!{cbmvax|pyramid}!boing!dale); 2/91]
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 90) Where can I get a serial-based X server for connecting from home?
-
- Until LBX (q.v.) is more common, an option includes NCD's PC-XView with
- PC-Xremote.
-
- sxpc (by Robert Andrew Ryan (rr2b+@andrew.cmu.edu)) is a simple X protocol
- compressor. Sources are on atk.itc.cmu.edu or from ftp.x.org (in
- R5contrib/sxpc-1.4.shar.Z).
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 91) Where can I get a fast X server for a workstation?
-
- The R6 server should be among the fastest available for most machines.
-
- Sun sells a "Direct Xlib" product which improves rendering for applications
- running on the same machine as the X server; the replacement Xlib library
- accesses graphics hardware directly using Sun's Direct Graphics Access (DGA)
- technology.
-
- Several companies are (still!?) making hardware accellerator boards:
-
- Dupont Pixel Systems (302-992-6911), for Sun.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 92) Where can I get a server for my high-end Sun graphics board?
-
- The R6 Xsun24 server supports the CG8 (RasterOps SPARC Card TC). The R6 Xsun
- also supports multiple framebuffers of the same type. (It's possible that
- this code will work for a CG9, and for a CG12 as a dumb memory frame buffer.
- The X Consortium doesn't have a CG9 or a CG12 at the X Consortium and so is
- not able to provide support for these frame buffers. The R6 XSun server
- doesn't support the TCX framebuffer in the SPARC-station 4; use the
- OpenWindows 3.4 server.)
-
- Takahashi Naoto (Electrotechnical Laboratory, ntakahas@etl.go.jp) has
- modified the X11R5 server to support the Sun CG8, CG9, and CG12 boards. The
- files are on ftp.x.org in R5contrib/Xsun24-3.[01].tar.Z. Note that both files
- are necessary to build Xsun24-3.1.
-
- The R5 Xsun Multi-screen server is a general purpose replacement for the
- pre-R6 server/ddx/sun layer; it supports multiple framebuffers of the same
- type and implements several other features above the Consortium
- implementation. Available on ftp.x.org in the file
- R5contrib//Xsun.multi-screen/R5.Xsun.multi-screen.tar.Z. [Kaleb Keithley, now
- kaleb@x.org, 12/91].
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 93) Where can I get an "X terminal" server for my low-end Sun 3/50?
-
- Seth Robertson (seth@ctr.columbia.edu) has written Xkernel; the current
- version [1.4 as of 8/91, 2.0 expected RSN] is on sol.ctr.columbia.edu
- [128.59.64.40] in /pub/Xkernel.gamma. It turns a Sun 3/50 into a pseudo- X
- terminal; most of the overhead of the operating system is side-stepped, so it
- is fairly fast and needs little disk space.
-
- A similar approach is to run the regular X server by making /etc/init a shell
- script which does the minimal setup and then invokes Xsun, like this example
- script from mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU:
-
- #! /bin/sh
- exec >/dev/console 2>&1
- /etc/fsck -p /dev/nd0
- case $? in
- 0) ;;
- 4) /etc/reboot -q -n
- ;;
- 8) echo ND fsck failed - get help
- /etc/halt
- ;;
- 12) echo Interrupted
- /etc/reboot
- ;;
- *) echo Unknown error in reboot fsck - get help
- /etc/halt
- ;;
- esac
- /bin/dd if=/tmp-fs of=/dev/nd2 bs=512 count=128 >/dev/null 2>&1
- /etc/mount /dev/nd2 /tmp
- /etc/ifconfig le0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 132.206.41.255
- /etc/mount -o ro apollo:/u2/x11/lib /local/lib/X11
- /etc/route add default 132.206.41.1 1 >/dev/null
- set `/etc/ifconfig le0`
- exec /Xsun -once -multidisp -mux -query \
- `(sh -vn </local/lib/X11/xdm-servers/$2 2>&1)`
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Subject: 94) What terminal emulators other than xterm are available?
-
- People from PCS have rewritten xterm from scratch using a multi-widget
- approach that can be used by applications. Emu supports features like color,
- blinking text/cursors. Emulations can be added on the fly; one emulation
- provided is for the Vt220. Version 1.3 is on ftp.x.org and on the R6 contrib
- tape. For more information, contact emu@pcs.com.
-
- A modification of xterm that supports ANSI color is in
- tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/Development:ansi-xterm-R6.tgz.
-
- A set of modifications for color support to xterm is on ftp.x.org in
- xterm_color.diffs.Z.
-
- mxterm, a Motif-based xterm is available from the Paderborner ftp-Server
- ftp@uni-paderborn.de (131.234.2.32), file
- /unix/X11/more_contrib/mxterm.tar.Z. A version is also on ftp.x.org, as is
- apparently a set of color modifications.
-
- The Color Terminal Widget provides ANSI-terminal emulation compatible with
- the VTx00 series; a version is on ftp.x.org in R5contrib/CTW-1.1.tar.Z.
-
- kterm is an X11R4-based vt100/vt102 (and Tektronix 4014) terminal
- emulator that supports display of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text (in VT
- mode). Also supported are: ANSI color sequences, multi-byte word selection,
- limited Compound Text support, and tab and newline preservation in
- selections. kterm 4.1.2 is also available from these anonymous ftp sites:
- clr.nmsu.edu:pub/misc/kterm-4.1.2.tar.Z [128.123.1.14]
- ftp.x.org:R5contrib/kterm-5.2.0.tar.Z
-
- mterm, by mouse@larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU, is an X terminal emulator which
- includes ANSI X3.64 and DEC emulation modes. mterm can be had by ftp to
- collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (132.206.78.1), in X/mterm.src/mterm.ball-o-wax.
-
- rxvt is a terminal emulator supporting color. It is available at
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/xutils/terms/ .
-
- color_xterm is available from ftp.x.org.
-
- Cxterm is a Chinese xterm, which supports both GB2312-1980 and the so-called
- Big-5 encoding. Hanzi input conversion mechanism is builtin in cxterm. Most
- input methods are stored in external files that are loaded at run time.
- Users can redefine any existing input methods or create their own ones. The
- X11R5 cxterm is the rewritten of cxterm (version 11.5.1) based on X11R5
- xterm; it is in the R5 contrib software. [thanks to Zhou Ning
- <zhou@tele.unit.no> and Steinar Bang <uunet!idt.unit.no!steinarb>.]
-
- XVT is available on ftp.x.org's R5contrib in xvt-1.0.tar.Z and
- xvt-1.0.README. It is designed to offer xterm's functionality with lower
- swap space and may be of particular use on systems driving many X terminals.
- A second version, 2.0, is on unix.hensa.ac.uk in misc/unix/xvt/xvt-2.0.tar.Z
- (see also xvt-2.0.patch[12]).
-
- x3270 is in ftp.x.org contrib/applications/x3270.
-
- The typescript application and inset in the Andrew User Interface System
- offers a shell script interface. It does not provide curses support, but
- does permit general cut/copy/paste to construct commands or extract a portion
- of the log.
-
- hanterm (2.0), by jksong@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr, is an xterm modified to support
- Hangul (Korean writing system) input/output. It's available at several
- Korean archives(cair.kaist.ac.kr,kum.kaist.ac.kr,etc) and seoul.caltech.edu
- in the US. This version makes obsolete an older version not based on xterm.
-
- Another experimental hanterm implementation, hanterm (3.0 alpha), is underway
- by Chang Hyeong-Kyu at chk@ssp.etri.re.kr; it was written to support a 3-byte
- Hangul code (dictionary ordered), which can compose all possible Hangul
- characters.
-
- A GenTerm widget is on iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu. It contains a pty widget which
- can be attached to a shell. Note that the vt100 emulation hasn't been that
- well tested.
-
- Also:
-
- The Brixton 3270 Client offers full support of 3270 Open Client standards, as
- well as TN3270E, the first and only open standard for 3270 connectivity over
- TCP/IP networks. TN3270E is an upgrade to older TN3270 and TN3287 (RFC1646)
- specifications. The key additions include host-controlled, guaranteed print,
- end-to-end acknowledgment of data, system request and attention keys, and
- RTM. It also supports standard file transfer and program-to-program
- communications interfaces including IND$FILE, EHLLAPI, and Macro Language.
- Information: sales@cnt.com or 1-800-BRIXTON.
-
- Brixton 5250 Client supports 5250 Open Client and TN5250 standards, as well
- as 5250 client for access to IBM midrange servers. The package also supports
- LU6.2 3812 printing for AS/400tm systems. Peer-to-peer LU6.2 sessions also
- support 5250 file transfer from AS/400 physical and logical databases.
- Information: sales@cnt.com or 1-800-BRIXTON.
-
- IBM sells a 3270 emulator for the RS/6000 (part #5765-011); it's based on
- Motif.
-
- Century Software (801-268-3088) sells a VT220 terminal emulator for X.
- VT102, Wyse 50 and SCO Color Console emulation are also available.
-
- Grafpoint's TGRAF-X provides emulation of Tektronix 4107, 4125, and 42xx
- graphics terminals; it's available for most major platforms. Information
- (inc. free demo copies): 800-426-2230; Fax. 408-446-0666;
- uunet!grafpnt!sales.
-
- IXI's X.deskterm, a package for integrating character-based applications into
- an X environment, includes a number of terminal-emulation modules.
- Information: +44 (0223) 462131. [5/90]
-
- Pericom produces Teem-X, a set of several emulation packages for a number of
- Tek, DEC, Westward, and Data General terminals. The software runs on Sun 3,
- Sun 4, Apollo, DEC, ISC, IBM/AIX. Information: US: 609-895-0404, UK: +44
- (0908) 560022. See also http://www.pericom-usa.com . [5/90]
-
- SCO's SCOterm (info@sco.COM), part of its Open Desktop environment, is a
- Motif-compliant SCO ANSI color console emulator.
-
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- Subject: 95) Does xterm offer colored text or a blinking cursor?
-
- No; these features are not offered by the xterm program. However, several of
- the emulators mentioned above do offer these features; the list is partial:
-
- - mterm, color-xterm, CTW, rxvt and emu support colored text
- - mterm and emu support blinking text
- - mterm and emu support block and underline text cursors
- - emu supports a blinking text cursor
-
- [Thanks to Michael Elbel (me@dude.pcs.com); 10/93]
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-
- David B. Lewis faq%craft@uunet.uu.net
-
- "Just the FAQs, ma'am." -- Joe Friday
-