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- From: db74+@andrew.cmu.edu (Derrick J. Brashear)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps
- Subject: Re: Dumping OW and running X11R5(Was: Speed of Openwin 3)
- Message-ID: <cf=pgcq00VIGI1V4Mi@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 06:36:56 GMT
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- Organization: Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.sun.apps: 14-Dec-92 Re: Dumping OW and
- running .. Anthony Datri) (615)
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- > The last time I saw mailtool, it was just an interface to /usr/ucb/mail
- > without added features. There are plenty of more featureful user mail agents
- > out there, like Messages from the Andrew ToolKit. Even if you still want
- > to run mailtool, though, just put /usr/openwin/lib after /usr/lib/X11 in
- > LD_LIBRARY_PATH. It's just an XView client and thus in no way requires the
- > xnews server.
- The only problem with ATK applications is they require special fonts, or
- the pointers and other icons and such don't look right. Bear in mind, I
- like Messages. I'm using it right now:-)
-
- If only it didn't use those weird fonts....
-
- -D
-