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- From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
- Subject: Re: Motif on X386???
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- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 21:09:59 GMT
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- In article <16kt8jINN9so@agate.berkeley.edu> randyc@ocf.berkeley.edu (Randy Yen-Pang Chou) writes:
- >Anybody got motif working on X386 with 386bsd? How's the performance?
- >How much memory do I need to compile it(not including the docs) ?
-
- You have to have at least the 1.2 Motif sources, and, if you mean "how much
- disk" instead of "how much memory", the answer depends on whether you want
- the whole thing or just enough to do stuff with or everything but docs. This
- varies from "a lot" to a "whole lot", depending. Figure 40 Meg or so for
- what I consider minimal utility.
-
- If you're really talking memory, I can't tell you without yanking memory out
- until it won't recompile. Understandably, I probably wont do this.
-
- As for performance, it normal compared to OLIT; in other words, OLIT still
- sucks at drawing ovals, but is lower overhead otherwise (but I think as
- a purely subjective point, Motif is prettier). The other thing to consider
- is that Motif doesn't tend to permanently allocate color registers, thus
- preventing you from having quite as many colors on the screen at the same
- time.
-
- Terry Lambert
- terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
- terry@icarus.weber.edu
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