rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) (11/09/89)
We are planning to use the Motif widgets for a project here. I've just got all the paperwork signed, and now I'm afraid I'll have to wait about 30 days for the source code from OSF. This is a real pain!! In the meantime, I'd like to try out the HP widget set since the Motif widgets are derived from them. I have a DS3100 which (I beleive) runs X11R3. In looking at the widgets on the X tape, it says in the README that the Xhp widgets have been tested on Sun's and DS3100's running X11R2. Can they run with X11R3? I've been trying to compile them to test it out and have found some problems. Am I wasting my time?? Has anyone been able to compile and use the HP widget set on a DS3100, or any system with X11R3? thanks much, Bob Rose Technology Concepts Inc. rose@tci.bell-atl.com
elron@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (gary.f.york) (11/17/89)
In article <422@tci.bell-atl.com> rose@tci.bell-atl.com (Bob Rose) writes: > > >Has anyone been able to compile and use the HP widget >set on a DS3100, or any system with X11R3? > >thanks much, >Bob Rose >Technology Concepts Inc. > >rose@tci.bell-atl.com > > I've modified the HP widget set to work with R3 -- though would hesitate to claim it bullet-proof. If you're interested in getting the code, let me know. Have had reasonably good luck with it on a Sun3. A caveat here: These modifications were not made in any systematic manner. I just kept tracking down problems in compilation and execution and "fiddled" until it worked. If you use widgets that I have not, it's entirely possible that you'll need to do a little "fiddling" yourself. The only comfort I have to offer is that it's been hassle free for me for the last several months. Currently, I'm working to allow use of the Hp Widget set with C++. Using Bob Miner's headers for ansiXlib.h and ansiXt.h as a base (Thanks Bob!) I've added ansiXw.h and "fiddled" until I could compile and execute a C++ified version of the drawing program given as an example in Doug Young's book. This stuff is much less stable and still has a few weeks to go before it will be half-way reliable. Gary York att!ihlpm!elron AT&T Bell Labs (312) 713-4147