nsmatloff@ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff) (02/20/91)
`wm' is a window manager for dumb terminals. Does anyone have it running on a SPARC machine? The source files are available in the W.U. archive (128.252.135.4), in the directory mirrors/unix-c/windows). But it is apparently out of date, and the update files don't seem to help either. It won't even compile, and after forcing it to compile, it won't run right. Not being familiar with the curses library, I'm reluctant to spend much further time on it. If anyone has gotten it to work for SPARCs, I would highly appreciate knowing how. Since I don't normally read these newsgroups, please reply by e-mail.
jacob@itd.nrl.navy.mil (06/05/91)
Just saw your message about "wm" window manager. I wrote the original version of wm many years ago, I haven't used it in quite a long time, but I'm delighted to see there's still some life in it yet! I just tried compiling it on my sparc (4/260) and it seems to run just fine. That's my original version I'm talking about, the one in the W.U. archive is Tom Truscott's improved version (with excellent improvements, by the way). Anyway, I'll mail you the code in a separate message. (And, to our Moderator, if you want it for archiving, you're welcome to it, please tell me where I should address it.) Good luck, Rob Jacob NET: jacob@itd.nrl.navy.mil SNAIL: Robert J.K. Jacob, Code 5530, Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. 20375 >----- Begin Included Message ----- > >Date: 12 Feb 91 22:38:59 GMT >From: nsmatloff@ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff) >Subject: wm window manager > >`wm' is a window manager for dumb terminals. Does anyone have it running >on a SPARC machine? > >The source files are available in the W.U. archive (128.252.135.4), in the >directory mirrors/unix-c/windows). But it is apparently out of date, and >the update files don't seem to help either. It won't even compile, and >after forcing it to compile, it won't run right. Not being familiar with >the curses library, I'm reluctant to spend much further time on it. > >If anyone has gotten it to work for SPARCs, I would highly appreciate >knowing how. Since I don't normally read these newsgroups, please reply >by e-mail. > >----- End Included Message -----