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- From: gt@rundart.demon.co.uk (Giles Todd)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!rundart.demon.co.uk!gt
- Subject: Re: DVX + MOTIF - mark and transfer
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- References: <mike03584921124164321@batpad.lgb.ca.us>
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:03:24 +0000
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- In article <mike03584921124164321@batpad.lgb.ca.us> mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us writes:
-
- >There's nothing to fix. The Motif window manager that you can buy as an
- >option for DV/X is a straight port from the Motif you know and love (or
- >hate) on your UNIX X box. They don't have m&t in the UNIX version, and
- >since the port is a faithful one, neither does the DV/X version.
- >
- >If you want a window manager with m&t, the only one available in all of
- >X is the dwm that ships with DV/X.
-
- Thanks. Brandon Allbery sent me a clear and detailed explanation of why
- this is so. I was misled by the fact that an X-station I use at a
- client's site supports cut and paste and I mistakenly assumed that the
- capability came from Motif.
-
- Giles.
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