den@tropix.UUCP (04/24/87)
Does anyone know of (or if there are plans for) a standard graphics package, such as CORE or GKS that sits on top of X-windows? My only experience so far has been with SunCORE, which has been quite nice to work with. Dave Nichols seismo!rochester!tropix!den
jg@jumbo.UUCP (04/24/87)
In article <268@tropix.UUCP> den@tropix.UUCP (David E. Nichols) writes: > > Does anyone know of (or if there are plans for) a standard >graphics package, such as CORE or GKS that sits on top of X-windows? Digital ships GKS on X as part of the Ultrix product. I believe Visual Engineering may also have a GKS for X in the works or already available. -Jim
yba@bacchus.UUCP (04/24/87)
Summary: In article <268@tropix.UUCP> den@tropix.UUCP (David E. Nichols) writes: > > Does anyone know of (or if there are plans for) a standard >graphics package, such as CORE or GKS that sits on top of X-windows? >My only experience so far has been with SunCORE, which has been >quite nice to work with. > > Dave Nichols > seismo!rochester!tropix!den Project Athena has "hack ported" a CORE (part of Rubel Software's BLOX package) and adapted a GKS (Visual Engineering's GKS/C-Chart/Prochart under Graphcap) to run under X. We have discussed getting things like these to work with X better via having the vendors install window system hooks (GKS for example thinks that the terminal has a fixed size and does not know what an expose event is). If the programmer involved had given me leave I would post his address, but I leave that to him. Several vendors have requested information on X11 for purposes of making product available, but I have no announcements in hand. I suspect they are planning for Version 11. If you are working with Version 10, I believe Visual Engineering can supply the X driver for Graphcap (VE is on 1st St. in San Jose, California, if memory serves) which we were using. I do not know if this works for or is available on the SUN. Template has picked up the BLOX package and also might be able to help (they have a PHIGS we are looking at also). I would guess that folks like DEC and IBM also have plans. I would be interested in seeing a summary of what you find. I did want to say that such things exist.
ghemawat@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Sanjay Ghemawat) (04/25/87)
> CORE/GKS Support for X:
As far as I know, Digital has a version of their VAX/VMS GKS out
for ultrix which supports X. You will probably want to check with someone
at DEC about this.
-Sanjay Ghemawat (ghemawat@svax.cs.cornell.edu)