uucp@vicorp.com (Unix to Unix Copy) (11/07/90)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: GKS on X PHIGS on X X on Apollo with DOMAIN/IX 9.7 Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Keywords: Hi all, sorry I had some trouble with the previous message - don't care anyway. I have three questions concerning X: 1. Does any of u guys know if thre is an implementation of GKS based on X Windows. If yes, where can I obtain it? 2. The same for PHIGS. 3. Has anyone tried to implement X11 Release 4 on an Apollo workstation running DOMAIN/IX system 9.7 ? If not, how did u get along with X11 Release 3 on DOMAIN/IX 9.7? Thanks very much Carsten c/o rainbow@altger.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: GKS on X, PHIGS on X, X on DOMAIN/IX 9.7 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: comp.windows.x Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Keywords: Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: X based GKS X based PHIGS X on Domain SYS 9.7 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Keywords: X based GKS, Xbased PHIGS, X on DOMAIN/IX 9.7 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: GKS on X PHIGS on X X on Apollo with DOMAIN/IX 9.7 Summary: Expires: References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Keywords: Hi all, sorry I had some trouble with the previous message - don't care anyway. I have three questions concerning X: 1. Does any of u guys know if thre is an implementation of GKS based on X Windows. If yes, where can I obtain it? 2. The same for PHIGS. 3. Has anyone tried to implement X11 Release 4 on an Apollo workstation running DOMAIN/IX system 9.7 ? If not, how did u get along with X11 Release 3 on DOMAIN/IX 9.7? Thanks very much Carsten c/o rainbow@altger.UUCP
dsr@luke.mitre.org (Douglas S. Rand) (11/08/90)
A partial answer. There are two GKS implementations I know of. The first is part of the contrib source under xgks and can be had from the X11R4 tapes or via ftp from any of the distribution machines. It does GKS level 2b (this right??) and puts up a separate window for GKS. You cannot use it as is in an integrated fashion with a larger X application unless it's OK to have a totally separate display window. It contains no drivers for other output devices and no Metafile that I noticed. The second is GKSUL which is at least a 2b implementation. It is not free, but is inexpensive at $1000 for a site license. It includes drivers for a variety of devices including X and can be handed a window ID to use, so it can be integrated with an X application. It is maintained by University of Lowell. You can contact gks@ulowell.edu or call the ULowell comp sci department. GKSUL supports both the C and Fortran bindings, includes Metafile support and has a PostScript driver. I'll let the X people talk about PEX. Douglas S. Rand Internet: <dsrand@mitre.org> Snail: MITRE, Burlington Road, Bedford, MA Disclaimer: MITRE might agree with me - then again... Amateur Radio: KC1KJ
salevin@drlc1.UUCP (S. A. Levin[Stewart]) (11/10/90)
I've used two GKS X packages. The first is the xgks on the MIT distribution (donated by IBM) which is level 2c. It has a few bugs in the Fortran interface library and its colormap handling has been significantly improved by ucar (ncar?). It is not bug free, of course, but it does adhere quite well to the 2c standard (in some cases too well). The other package I use is the commercial Grafpak-GKS from ATC corporation. This supports X output as well as other devices and can work within a widget hierarchy. It is quite fast and capable, I've run into only one real bug so far. The Uniras product also has an optional gks library and will plot to X windows. They, as I understand it, are currently widgetizing their X support. I haven't used the gks part, but the underlying graphics package works quite well. --- stew@hanauma.stanford.edu