dy@imsl.UUCP (Demetrios Yannakopoulos) (08/01/90)
I would like to get some information on several tools and their
portability across different machines.
My company is moving towards OSF/Motif as its standard Window System.
We mostly have (but not restricted to) SUN (4.1) workstations.
I would like to know what is out there (either free or for sale) for
the following:
o debugging tool. I currently have xdbx. Is it good bad, reliable,
is there anything better?
o mail tool. I have xmail. Is there anything better?
o TeX/LaTeX previewer.
I have xtex. Is there anything better?
o calendar/appointments tool.
DEC workstations have a nice tool but then the
Sun users have to rsh to a DEC.....
o emacs for X. i.e. all the key/mouse buttons bound. I have
gnu. Is there anything better?
o Is there a lock screen tool (like the one in SunView) ?
You can send e-mail. I'd be glad to summarize on the net.
Thank you
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UUCP: ...!uunet!imsl!dy Houston, TX 77042-3020rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh) (08/01/90)
In article <853@imsl.UUCP> dy@imsl.UUCP (Demetrios Yannakopoulos) writes: > I would like to know what is out there (either free or for sale) for > the following: > o debugging tool. I currently have xdbx. Is it good bad, reliable, > is there anything better? There is "ups" available from the Software Tools Group here at UKC. It costs money but it runs under X and SunView. I wouldn't leave home without it. Its a completely new graphical debugger with a built in C interpreter for conditional breakpoints, an expandable view of the current stack trace and lots of other goodies. For more details contact Mark Wheadon <mcw@ukc.ac.uk> or myself. > o mail tool. I have xmail. Is there anything better? If you use "mh" try "xmh". Its available in the standard MIT Distribution (SMD11.4 8-) of X11R4 under mit/clients/xmh. > o TeX/LaTeX previewer. > I have xtex. Is there anything better? "xdvi" which was sent to comp.sources.x and is also on expo.lcs.mit.edu for anon ftp (I think). > o calendar/appointments tool. > DEC workstations have a nice tool but then the > Sun users have to rsh to a DEC..... Try "xcal" posted to comp.sources.x a few months ago. Check in an archive somewhere. > o emacs for X. i.e. all the key/mouse buttons bound. I have > gnu. Is there anything better? I remember something called "epoch", a multi-window emacs??? > o Is there a lock screen tool (like the one in SunView) ? "xlock" posted by Dan Heller to comp.sources.x, again probably in an archive. Richard Hesketh : @nsfnet-relay.ac.uk:rlh2@ukc.ac.uk : rlh2@ukc.ac.uk ..!mcsun!ukc!rlh2 --- Computing Lab., University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 227 764000 ext 7620/3682
david@ics.com (David B. Lewis) (08/02/90)
Probably a general question, so I'll respond here. You should also check the XUG FAQ list just posted to comp.windows.x; it includes a number of useful product-related lists. In article <1990Aug1.023156.7539@ics.com>, imsl!dy@uunet.uu.net (Demetrios Yannakopoulos) writes: |> I would like to know what is out there (either free or for sale) for |> the following: |> |> o debugging tool. I currently have xdbx. Is it good bad, reliable, |> is there anything better? Saber-C. It is not available with a Motif interface, however. (Also: xgdb, but it doesn't work particularly well.) |> o mail tool. I have xmail. Is there anything better? dxmail is OK if you have DEC hardware, though it is a strange combination of Motif and Athena code. |> o calendar/appointments tool. |> DEC workstations have a nice tool but then the |> Sun users have to rsh to a DEC..... Try Synchronize from CrossWind Technology (San Jose). |> o emacs for X. i.e. all the key/mouse buttons bound. I have |> gnu. Is there anything better? 18.55 does some mouse/button bindings. Try Epoch (announcement recently in comp.windows.x) |> o Is there a lock screen tool (like the one in SunView) ? xlock was recently was upgraded to R4. on expo. David B. Lewis david@ics.com david%ics.UUCP@bu.edu ...!uunet!ics.com!david "No, I'm a member of the X User's Group, not the Ex-User's Group."