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From: elk@cblpo.att.com (elk)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Solbourne OI applications wanted
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:55:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: cblpo.ELK.92Oct13155543
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs


I've just come onto a server that has the Solbourne OI package
installed.  I like the windowmanager a lot (swm) and have an
application or two in mind to hack on it with.  Problem is, while I
have all the man pages and things, I have no information on the
history or other such info of the package.  Most notably, I'm
interested in finding a nice /contrib directory someplace (in the hope
that someone else has already taken the time to implement a few of
"my" notions and I won't have to).

Can anyone tell me anything else about this package?

Thanks!

--
+------------------------+  
|Ed King                 |  "More customers" means less time to fish.
|elk@cblpo.cb.att.com    | 
|                        | 	  -- Going to Extremes    
+------------------------+
From: dlc@ddsdx2.jhuapl.edu (Dave Collard x7468)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X-server for MSDOS
Date: 8 Oct 92 12:21:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Johns Hopkins University

In <1992Oct6.103444.7778@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk> shlam@eng.ie.cuhk.hk (Alan S H Lam) writes:


>Could anyone tell me where I can get a very small
>X-server for MSDOS so that I can install it on
>my 486 PC? Thanks.

ftp to export.lcs.mit.edu[18.24.0.12] in /contrib/XServers-NonUNIX.txt.Z    or
       ftp.uwp.edu[131.210.1.4]       in /pub/misc/XServers-NonUNIX.txt     or
       msdos.archive.umich.edu[141.211.164.153] in
                msdos/info/XServers-NonUNIX.txt and msdos/info/xnonunix.zip

for a list of MS-DOS X servers  (along with Mac, Windows, OS/2, Amigas)

>--
>Alan S. H. Lam
>Department of Information Engineering, CUHK, Hong Kong
>E-mail: shlam@eng.ie.cuhk.hk 
>Tel: (852) 609 7975 Fax: (852) 603 5032
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: s8921366@macgraw.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Paul English)
Subject: Re: xterm input
Organization: Macquarie University, School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 02:35:43 GMT

In article <9210081759.AA05255@uk0x06.ggr.gri.com> gml4410@ggr.co.UK (Lack Mr G M) writes:
>     Could  someone please explain why, in xterm, if I place the pointer
>over the scrollbar then any input I type is ignored.   This  is  despite
>the fact that the xterm cursor is still a block, not hollow. 
>
>     Can  this  be easily change so that the state of the cursor (filled
>versus hollow) *accurately* reflects whether the xterm is going  to  get
>my keyboard input? 
>
>-------------------------- Gordon Lack ----------------------------------
>The contents of this message *may* reflect my personal opinion.  They are
>*not* intended to reflect those of my employer, or anyone else."

You may need to post more information about your setup.

On the SPARCstations here, running X11R4, xterm behaves exactly as you'd
expect, i.e. the cursor reflects whether or not keyboard input will be
accepted.  If the pointer is over the scrollbar, keyboard input is still
accepted without any problems, and the cursor remains a block.  It is only
when the pointer leaves the window that keyboard input is ignored.  Note
that the arrow pointer may appear to be on the scrollbar when the arrowhead
is in fact on the border or just outside the window.  The pointer should
change from the text window to the scrollbar, and again leaving the
window.

--
    Paul English    |Email:                        |You can tell how far
   School of MPCE   |s8921366@mackay.mpce.mq.edu.au|we have to go when
Macquarie University|    paul@vulcan.anu.edu.au    |today's supercomputers
 Sydney, Australia  |                              |are programmed in FORTRAN
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: grunwald@mumble.cs.colorado.edu (Dirk Grunwald)
Subject: XQueryFont
Reply-To: grunwald@foobar.cs.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:22:11


I need to see if a font has been loaded, but I want to do it using the
font name rather than the font ID.

XQueryFont uses the font ID number.

Is there anything like XQueryFontByName?

Please mail, i'll summarize if there's interest.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: palkar@seneca.eel.ufl.edu (Malhar Palkar)
Subject: Help : X for NeXT 
Keywords: NeXTApps 
Organization: UF EE Department
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 92 22:06:18 GMT

Hi,

I have a simple problem which I am able to fix for couple of weeks. I am using X11 and I rlogin to machine which is NeXT. How canI set up my display environment so that I can view NeXt applications (NeXTApps) ? Is there any utility to do that ? 

Thank you.
-- 
Bye,

M A L H A R
(send e-mail @  ==>  palkar@pine.circa.ufl.edu )
[Ph :: (904) 372-1939  ]
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: cek@sdc.boeing.com (Conrad Kimball)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: set colors wo override user config colors?
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:23:55 GMT
Followup-To: comp.windows.x
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle, WA

In article <2297@ncr-mpd.FtCollins.NCR.COM>, chrisw@chopin.FtCollins.NCR.com (Chris Whitley) writes:
|> I would like to set the colors of my application programmatically
|> only if the user has not specified colors (on command line or
|> in Xdefaults). I believe this should be easy, but am not sure how? 

I use the following technique:

1. Set up a resource list that requests the desired resource as a string
   value, and specify a NULL default.

2. Use XtGetApplicationResources(), specifying the widget for which you
   are checking to see if the resource was specified.

3. If the result is a NULL resource value, you know the user did not specify
   that resource in any way, shape or form (not in Xdefaults, not on
   command line, not in server's resource property, etc.).  Then you can
   do an XtSetValues() on the widget to set whatever value of the resource
   you want.

Example:

/* If foreground color of widget "w" not specified, set it to red */

typedef struct _myResources {
    char *foreground;
} MyResources;

MyResources resources;

#define Offset(field) (XtOffset(MyResources *, field))

static XtResource resourceList[] = {
    {"XtNforeground", XtCForeground, XtRString, sizeof(char *),
	Offset(foreground), XtRString, NULL}
};

...

    XtGetApplicationResources(w, (XtPointer) &resources,
  				  resourceList, XtNumber(resourceList),
  				  NULL, (Cardinal) 0);
    if (resources.foreground == NULL)
    {	/* user didn't specify foreground - use red */
	/* compute red_pixel here */
	XtVaSetValues(w, XtNforeground, red_pixel, NULL);
    }

Of course, this operates on only one widget at a time.  If you want to
do this for your entire widget tree you could traverse the widget tree
and perform this function for every widget, or every widget of a
particular class, etc.

--
Conrad Kimball		| Unix Server Tech Services, Boeing Computer Services
cek@sdc.boeing.com	| P.O. Box 24346, MS 7A-35
(206) 865-6410		| Seattle, WA  98124-0346
Xref: sparky comp.windows.x:17768 comp.sys.dec:5419
From: ken@sycraft.com (Ken Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Why NT will win (was Re: X Under Windows NT)
Date: 12 Oct 92 13:46:58 MDT
Organization: SyCraft Software, Colorado Springs CO

In article <Bw02qs.831@fulcrum.bt.co.uk>, rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor) writes:
> I don't see that NT is going to be any better than Unix, since it aims to
> fulfill exactly the same niche, and it's got 15 years to catch up on.
> However, Microsoft will have learnt from Unix's mistakes, and will also
> have a customer base who are virtually on their knees and begging.

In addition to learning from Unix's mistakes, and in addition to the
considerable installed base of DOS (and especially MS-Windows) users, some of
the other advantages of NT will be:

    -	Learned from VMS's mistakes (from all appearances, NT is Dave Cutler's
	new, improved VMS)
    -	Multiple operating environments, e.g. DOS, Windows, Posix, OS/2
    -	Multiple file systems
    -	Multiple protected subsystems in general

Technical advantages aside, the fact that NT is *the* upgrade path for
MS-Windows is quite enough to make it a brilliant success.  No flames from
OS/2 advocates, please.
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ken Richardson  | SyCraft Software | When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
 ken@sycraft.com | Colorado Springs | when health is lost, something is lost;
                 | CO, USA          | when character is lost, all is lost.
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From: ucjtrjf@ucl.ac.uk (Jonny Farringdon)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Apps & Icons SUMMARY
Summary: binding applications to icons summary
Keywords: applications icons summary
Date: 16 Oct 92 13:46:18 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium



Q:  How to bind Applications to Icons in a way External to any Window Manager.
  
    This question relates specificaly to users of window managers like ol[v]wm
    which does not have the facility (on its own) to do the job.
  
    This question will baffel users of [v]twm &c, window managers which have
    very good features for binding applications to icons.
  
 
A:

Well no one so far has been able to give me an answer! I thought the open-look
people might know because this is directly relevat to the ol[v]wm (but from
the only responce below it appears this is not an open-look issue). The x  
people are either using wm's that do it for them, or havn't let me into the
secret.  ;-)

Ian Darwin  (ian@sq.com)  suggested using the ``classing engine'', bins      
ce_db_merge and ce_db_build. These are openwin progs that tell xview and     
openwin DeskSet progs which icons to use. This is an appropriate answer of   
those using openwin, but of little use for me (and others), as i neither have
nor want openwindows  ;-)   The only OL application i'm running is the window
manager olvwm, everything else is X11R5 + misc other.


I could run the classing engine, and perhaps i will have to. However for now i
am still asking the same question.

Q:  How to bind Applications to Icons in a way External to any Window Manager.


J.  ucjtrjf@ucl.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: spy@castlab.engr.wisc.edu (Mark W. Spychalla)
Subject: X3D 2.2 available (An interactive color polygonal object viewer)
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 7 Oct 92 23:46:42 CDT

Hello,

   Version 2.2 of x3d, a 3D wireframe / hidden line / hidden surface viewer
that runs under X11, is now available via anonymous ftp at
castlab.engr.wisc.edu (144.92.60.140) and is found as /pub/x3d.2.2.tar.Z. 

x3d is a utility for viewing color polygonal objects.  It has three 
rendering modes (wireframe, hidden line, and hidden surface).  Objects in 
each of these rendering modes can be displayed in monochrome,
stereo (red/blue stereo pair), or full color.

Several objects have been kidnapped from various sources on the net or
personally generated for this version:

F15.obj         flyer.obj       teapot.obj      test2.obj
cobra.obj       jaws.obj        test0.obj       x29.obj
cube.obj        p38.obj         test1.obj       xwing.obj
 
Hopefully most of the X glitches have been worked out by this version.  The
hidden line and hidden surface code still has bugs, but they are not too severe.

The program also includes a conversion utility to convert your own lists of
polygons into x3d objects.

-- Enjoy

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
   Mark Spychalla   spy@castlab.engr.wisc.edu
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: 52kaiser@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Matthew Kaiser)
Subject: pixels values: how to get them from canvas
Summary: pixels values: how to get them from canvas
Keywords: pixel
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 14:08:35 GMT

hello

i'm trying to figure out..

how on earth does someone find the value of a certain pixel on a canvas
within a X window application?

52kaiser@sol.cs.wmich.edu
matthew         52kaiser                        galileo
                                                blackcat
hunter 
guardian
explorer
predator
sentinel
student
romantic
From: 6500msd@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Michael D'Errico)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: how to use WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS property
Date: 13 Oct 92 02:03:46 GMT

I understand that the WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS property is
supposed to be used to let the window manager know when
a window requires a different colormap than its top-level
window.  However, no matter what I've tried to set this
property up correctly, absolutely nothing happens when
the pointer is placed in the window.  Perhaps I'm not
setting up everything I need to (or am I wrong to assume
that the colormap should be installed when the pointer
is in the window?).

So, if somebody could post or send a list of everything
that needs to be done to set this up correctly (example
code would be welcomed), I would be very grateful.

If it makes a difference, the window is part of a Motif
drawingAreaWidget which is located in the following
widget tree:
               topwidget
                 /|\  \
                / | \  ---------- dialogshell
               /  |  \                |
            menus,others            form
                                      |
                                  drawingarea

Thanks in Advance,

Mike
6500msd@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu

Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: nickn@mummy.agsm.unsw.OZ.AU (Nick_Nikov)
Subject: X for PCs
Organization: Australian Graduate School of Management
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 23:38:26 GMT

Users,

I have heard of a product 'xappeal' which is an X product for PCs.

Does any one know of it and what it requires such as which
TCP/IP kernel does it need etc...

The problem is economics to a large extent. If buying the commercial
products with commercial kernels then I am half way to a workstation 
with more grunt than a PC (currently installed).

Many Thanks....
-- 
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Nick Nikov  		    Internet (AARnet): N.Nikov@unsw.edu.au
Australian Graduate School of Management,	Tel: 61 2 931 9263
P.O. Box 1, Kensington. N.S.W. 2033.		Fax: 61 2 662 7621
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: djgray@rodan.acs.syr.edu (David James Gray)
Subject: Simple problem with Xt[Va]AppInitialize?
Originator: djgray@rodan.acs.syr.edu
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 10:18:40 EDT


Hello,

	I'm having trouble with Xt[Va]AppInitialize. It doesn't seem
to honor the XmNx or XmNy values I give it.  It sets them correctly
for the shell widget but the position is not reflected on the display.
All other resources are set correctly. I _must_ be missing something very
basic here.

	Currently, each time I start up my application the toplevel
shell is placed roughly 10 pixels lower and 10 pixels further right than
it was the previous time I brought it up. I don't have trouble setting
other shell or dialog coordinates.

I'm using Motif 1.1.3 with X11R4 (NOT the OpenWindows X server) on
a SparcStation 2 with a standard 19 inch SONY (via Sun) monitor. 

Here is what I've been trying:
===============
  top_shell_w = XtVaAppInitialize( &app, APP_NAME, NULL, 0,
                                     &argc, argv, My_Fallbacks,
                                     XmNiconName, "My Icon Name",
                                     XmNtitle, title,
                                     XmNminWidth,  355, 
                                     XmNmaxWidth,  455,
                                     XmNminHeight, 355,
                                     XmNmaxHeight, 355,
                                     XmNx, 0,
                                     XmNy, 0,
                                     NULL ) ;
===============


Please reply to djgray@rodan.acs.syr.edu.

Thanks in Advance!!

Dave Gray
djgray@rodan.acs.syr.edu

Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: gaissmai@rz.uni-ulm.de (Karl Gaissmaier)
Subject: Re: X11.5 xdm chooser app defaults
Organization: Universitaet Ulm
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 07:20:26 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.194745.27197@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, scl@sasha.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Losen) writes:
|> Does anyone have a decent app defaults file for the X11.5 chooser?
|> When I use the distributed one, the scrolled list of hosts is only
|> big enough to show one host.  I have tried poking about with
|> the app defaults file with no luck (my attempts either did nothing
|> or made things worse).
|> 
|> Thanks.
|> -- 
|> Steve Losen                     scl@virginia.edu
|> 
|> University of Virginia Academic Computing Center

here is our diff of the original and our app-default

==========================================================================
3,4c3,11
< *allowShellResize:    true
< *label.label:         XDMCP Host Menu
---
> *allowShellResize:                    false
> Chooser.borderWidth:          4
> Chooser.borderColor:          black
> Chooser.width:                                500
> Chooser.height:                               300
> 
> *background:          #f0ca89
> 
> *label.label:         Choose URZ Host
6a14
> 
8,15d15
< !*viewport.horizDistance:     20
< !*viewport.height:    200
< *viewport.width:      400
< *viewport.height:     50
< *viewport.allowVert:  true
< *viewport.fromVert:   label
< *viewport.resizeable: true
< *viewport.allowResize:        true
16a17,18
> *viewport.fromVert:           label

Regards,

Charly
=========================================================================
Karl Gaissmaier                      gaissmai@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de
Rechenzentrum Uni Ulm               
Albert Einstein Allee 11             Telefon: (Germany) 0731/5022499
W-7900 Ulm / Germany                 Telefax: (Germany) 0731/5022471
=========================================================================
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.sys.hp
From: elf@ee.ryerson.ca (luis fernandes)
Subject: Re: Creating 35mm slides from screen dumps
Summary: Directions for creating 35mm slides directly from the screen
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:58:07 GMT

alpa@tsunami.mbari.org (Patrick Allen) writes:
>A number of people here at the Institute have expressed a strong desire to be
>able to create 35mm color slides from screen images. 
[...]

The following worked well for us, your mileage may vary:

    - room is completely dark
    - camera: 35mm F.3.5, 28mm wide-angle lens, tripod mounted,
        cable release preferable
    - 1 or 2 second exposure
    - 64 ASA Japan Camera 1 hour processing slide film
    - Ensure that the screen "background" is dark so the light comes from
        the subject-not the background screen, i.e. set the
        background to black ("xsetroot -solid black")

--
luis fernandes  <elf@ee.ryerson.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Subject: Re: Creating a 24 bit window with non-default visual class
Reply-To: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 14:05:52 GMT

In article <bmw.719035042@swanee>, bmw@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au (Robert Woodcock) writes:
> I am having diffculty setting up the required colour maps to perform
> 24 bits graphics on my SS 2 with OW 3.0. When OW 3.0 startsup it defaults
> to an 8 bit Psuedocolor visual type. In the majority of cases this is what I
> want. However, I should be able to request any supported visual type including
> 24 bit DirectColo/TrueColor. The window is created correctly and checking the
> window attributes shows it to be a 24 bit window. The difficulty appears to be
> in the colormap definition. What I would like to do is check the standard
> colormaps and see if a 24 bit map is already created and use it if so, otherwise I would like to create one and install that as a standard colormap. I have
> a few programs that run together and would benefit from such a setup.
> 
> I have checked the FAQ and found no solution. Sample code to do this would be
> greatly appreciated. Please note, I wish to use a non-default visual type,
> this is important since everthing works fine if I change the default, I don't
> want to do that.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you'll find any
24bit standard colormaps defined if the default visual is 8bit, and
vice versa. You should be able to make your 24bit clients create a
24bit colormap property (if it's not already there) and install that
property on the 8bit root window, though. (Subsequent invocations of
that client would use the existing property).
-- 

   -paul	pmartz@dsd.es.com
		Evans & Sutherland
From: johnc@crsa.bu.edu (John Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Rubber band lines in XView
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:57:23 GMT
Organization: Boston University

I have recently written a program using XView running under 
Openwindows 3.0.  The program just displays a 24-bit image
and in general it works fine.  The problem is that whenever
the window is moved or resized, the image turns monochrome wherever the 
"rubber band" line touches it.  
   I have seen this problem in some Xlib color demo problems
as well.  But in all other situations, the monochrome lines 
can be removed by refreshing the screen (which is still annoying,
but effective).  In my case, however, even this doesn't work.
   I have a feeling that the problem might be in my REPAINT_PROC
for the canvas.  I put in a debugging line that just prints a message
whenever the routine is called, but the message never gets printed, 
leading me to believe that the procedure never gets called.

Any ideas/suggestions are appreciated.

-John Collins.
From: vermenou@wmsg01.wm.estec.esa.nl (Frederick Vermenou)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: DEVGUIDE and OLIT
Date: 8 Oct 92 15:26:55 GMT
Organization: ESA/Estec/WMS, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

I used DEVGUIDE to build a GUI wich needs a file chooser.
I have found a library(gfm.h) with a predefined file chooser 
for gxv(Xview). But with golit I couldn't find anything.
If you know of libraries providing this feature please let
me know. Thanks.

Fred.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: cwikla@morrison.wri.com (John Cwikla)
Subject: Re: Sharing read/write colorcells
Keywords: colormaps, colorcells, XStoreColor, XAllocColor
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 19:28:12 GMT

In <1992Oct7.151105.27492@stc.nato.int> thorsen@stc.nato.int (Einar C. Thorsen) writes:

>We have an application that allocates the top half of the color table (128
>to 256) for read/write color access.  We would like to be able to share some 
>of these color cells with another application running on the same server 
>that also uses these colors. So far, we have only been able to display the 
>same color by having duplicate entries in the color table.  Does anybody
>know how we can force the applications to share the same read/write entries?

In theory yes.  Will it work well?  I doubt it.  Read/write cells are inherently
non shareable.  However nothing says you can't use them.  If you have some sort
of color cube for your 128 colors and you can figure out mathematically (ie some
form of a standard colormap) color->pixel calculations you can just use the pixel
without allocating it -- just use it.  Of course this implies that the
first program is always running, and thus always has the entries allocated for
itself.  If it doesn't, problems.  Big time. 
--
o  John L. Cwikla          o
 o  X Programmer            o
  o  Wolfram Research, Inc.  o
   o cwikla@wri.com           o
Xref: sparky comp.windows.x:17686 comp.windows.x.pex:591
From: adams@pooh.sdd.trw.com (allen Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.pex
Subject: Ada, VAX/VMS, X, PHIGS, Motif
Summary: Any experience with Ada, VAX/VMS, X, PHIGS, Motif is requested
Keywords: Ada, VAX/VMS, X, PHIGS
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:03:15 GMT
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA

I do not know if the following is FAQ, but I am looking for any information,
experiences, etc. using Ada, VAX/VMS, X, PHIGS, and Motif in some/any 
combination of these.  Any tidbits of wisdom, whether they be good, bad, or
indifferent, would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Allen Adams