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- From: sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch (Rainer Sinkwitz)
- Subject: Re: xview on SGI? (no more dependancy on X11R5)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.150009.2296@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Sender: sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch (Rainer Sinkwitz)
- Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
- References: <32215@adm.brl.mil>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 15:00:09 GMT
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- In article <32215@adm.brl.mil>, englund@gdstech.grumman.com (Dave Englund) writes:
- > Yet another question for those in the know:
- >
- > Is there anything out there that will let me run an application on an
- > SGI machine whose interface is in xview for a Sun ?
- >
- >
- Do you mean running remotely or compiling source ? If you mean the latter
- then you should be interested in the following [from the README]:
-
- *************************************************************************
- XVIEW 3 and olvwm 3.2 for SGI IRIX 4.0.X
- *************************************************************************
-
- These two patches enable XView 3 and olvwm 3.2 to compile on IRIX 4.0.X.
- They should not break for other architectures.
-
- AVAILABILITY:
- These files are available at least at the following locations:
-
- USA
- export.lcs.mit.edu: [18.24.0.12]
- /contrib/xview3/xview3_sgi_unofficial.patch.tar.Z
- wuarchive.wustl.edu: [128.252.135.4]
- /graphics/graphics/sgi-stuff/XView/xview3/xview3-sgi-patch.tar.Z
- binaries available
-
- EUROPE
- claude.ifi.unizh.ch: [130.60.48.8]
- /pub/xview3-sgi-patch.tar.Z
- binaries available
- ftp.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.17]
- /pub/SGI/xview3-sgi-patch.tar.Z
-
- XVIEW 3 :
-
- Some problems not solved:
- - cmdtool and tty package not ported
- - olwm (and also remote olwm running on a Sun):
- - Rubberbanding invisible
- - Xsgi's default 8 Bit visual results in overlay planes not getting
- cleared on window borders. Use '-depth 24' to avoid this.
- - olwm dies on large background menus
- - no shared libraries (any app gets at least 1.5 Meg in size)
- ...
- Some prerequisites are only available as binary with OpenWindows 3.0 on
- Sun. Those include:
- - Drop site database manager (dsdm) for drop previewing (may be run remotely
- from a Sun)
- - Workspace layout saving (owplaces)
- - Icon font for contrib/examples/notifier/animate.c (Works nice when displayed
- on a Sun running OpenWindows)
-
-
- OLVWM 3.2 :
-
- This patch enables olvwm, Version 3.2 to compile on IRIX 4.0.X.
-
- Some problems not solved:
- - olvwm (and also remote olvwm running on a Sun):
- - Rubberbanding invisible
- - Overlay planes not cleared on window borders by default, should run as
- olvwm -depth 24, but this gives X-errors and a black VDM
- - olvwm dies on large background menus
-
-
- Have fun!
-
- Rainer
-
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