jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson) (04/11/89)
In article <4003@ece-csc.UUCP> eco@ece-csc.UUCP (ECO) writes: >Hi. The xterm (X11R2) distributed with IBM's AIX 2.2.1 does not have >Tektronix mode. So we are interested in obtaining the MIT X11R2 xterm >(assuming it has Tek mode). I would appreciate information on where I >can get a R2 xterm or the entire R2 release. Unless you are willing to do a *lot* of work, you are out of luck. The xterm on the MIT R2 release doesn't come anywhere close to compiling on AIX (or any other system with SysV tty drivers). The xterm on the R3 release appears to have been significantly overhauled (looks like it was someone at HP that did it), but it still doesn't compile on AIX. I have been able to get it to compile and sort of run, but there are still lots of serious problems with it. By the way, the xterm that is on the IBM X 2.1 release for AIX 2.2.1 is *not* a V11R2 xterm; it is a vintage V10R4 that has been modified to run on X.V11. This is probably the single largest complaint I have about X on the RT with AIX right now, and I have had several big arguments with IBM about it. They refuse to say whether it is a V10 xterm, but it is easy enough to determine: - It puts up its own title bar by default - It doesn't understand most of the command line arguments that were introduced with V11. - It doesn't set window name or the window class. It would be very nice if IBM would either update their xterm to V11R3. Or, if they really believe that there are a significant number of people who depend on the V10 xterm, they could put both in their distribution. jw