a38@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (James Barr) (01/24/91)
Hi, I am trying to compile an MIT X11R4 based application on a DECStation 3100 I have the basic X stuff and the unsupported extensions but seem to be missing a few things, such as the simple menu widget class. In addition the Xaw includes are in not where I expected. In fact it looks a bit like the R3 distribution. Could someone tell me what the state of DECWindows is and how it relates to the mit stuff. How do I get around the problem? Thanks, James -- James Barr ............... ...... +31 20-592-5104 ........... .......... James.Barr@nikhef.nl ...... .............. NIKHEF, Kruislaan 409, 1009DB Amsterdam .. ..................
dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (Dwight D. Moore) (01/28/91)
That is because DECWindows is currently R3...unless you have their MOTIF stuff
(which it sounds
like you don't)...they are working on the next DECWindows release which will
support R4.
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University of Oklahoma
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------taylort@decus.com.au (Trevor Taylor) (02/24/91)
In article <1130@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>, a38@nikhefh.nikhef.nl (James Barr) writes: > I am trying to compile an MIT X11R4 based application on a DECStation 3100 > I have the basic X stuff and the unsupported extensions but seem to be > missing a few things, such as the simple menu widget class. In addition > the Xaw includes are in not where I expected. In fact it looks a bit like > the R3 distribution. > > Could someone tell me what the state of DECWindows is and how it relates to > the mit stuff. How do I get around the problem? > I know this came through a month ago, but it did not receive a detailed response and I have more to say ... DECwindows on VMS does not include the standard MIT clients nor the Athena (Xaw) widgets. It is not likely to in the foreseeable future either. Currently DECwindows is only R3, and you may have significant problems porting R4 code -- missing routines, stuff like that :-) (There are no protocol differences, but Xlib has changed.) The next version of DECwindows will be R4 compliant. As I was the one who ported the R3 clients and Athena widgets for the DECUS Library, it seems to have fallen on me to port the R4 code (again!). Hopefully, I will be able to make this available very soon after DECwindows V3 ships, and maybe even get the changes incorporated into R5. (Hint, hint) Meanwhile, there is not much you can do. Trevor /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Trevor Taylor E-Mail: TaylorT@decus.com.au */ /* P.O. Box 155 T.Taylor@praxa.com.au */ /* Aspley 4034 Phone: +(61) 7 369-8100 */ /* Australia Fax: +(61) 7 369-0722 */ /*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/