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From: kirke@fox.csd.sgi.com (Kirk Erickson)
Subject: xblackjack-2.0 available
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:24:21 GMT

I have posted a new version of xblackjack on export.lcs.mit.edu:

	contrib/xblackjack-2.0.tar.Z

Here's the README:

Xblackjack is a MOTIF/OLIT based tool constructed to get you ready for the
casino.  It was inspired by a book called "Beat the Dealer" by Edward O.
Thorp, Ph.D. of UCLA.  A number of important statistics are maintained for
display, and used by the program to implement Thorp's "Complete Point System"
(high-low system).

Beginners can learn a basic strategy which doesn't require counting.  The
best strategy employs a simple card counting technique which can be used to
distinguish favorable situations.  Avid players can learn to compute Thorp's
high-low index, which takes the number of unseen cards into account.

The index is used by the program to suggest a bet, indicate when you should
buy insurance, and whether you should stand or hit, etc.  You can test the
strategy using a slider to control "autoplay mode".  Pressing the message
button below the playing area provides hints; the current count, index
and strategy table are revealed.

To build and run: 

	vi Imakefile
	  <indicate you want OLIT, if you don't want Motif>
	  <identify non-standard install targets, if any>
	xmkmf
	make World
	xrdb -merge XBlackjack.ad
	xblackjack

to install:

	make install install.man

This version allows you to vary the number of decks and starting bankroll
through resources (see XBlackjack.ad).  It's hardcoded to play Reno rules;
you can double down on 10 or 11 only, and dealer hits soft 17.

Thanks to GUX (Guy Renard) grenard@elrond.stg.trw.com, for providing the
OLIT support introduced in this version.

Please direct comments, suggestions, and patches to:
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Kirk Erickson         <(        Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA
kirke@sgi.com          [\.                               uunet!sgi!kirke
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: pec1@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (peter.e.costello)
Subject: X application regression test tool(s)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 10:17:18 GMT
Keywords: regression sythetic X events test GUI



    I have heard rummors that there exists several programs that will
record X windows events and play them back. I am interested in a tool
that can record/playback for doing regression tests of X applications.

    The environment would be SUN 3 and SUN 4 OpenWindows and OS 4.1.1 and/or
4.1.2. We also have X11R4 client tools, if required.

    There must be tools to do synthetic event processing for regression tests
of SUN based X applications out there. Do you know what and where they are?

	Pete Costello
	AT&T Bell Labs
	pec@homxb.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: mjo@ef2007.efhd.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
Subject: Re: WANTED: PostScript Viewer/HP720/XWindows
X-Disclaimer: Not an official spokesperson for Ford OPEO
Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
Organization: International Affairs, Overseas Engineering, "Fordz"
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 13:36:13 GMT

Ghostscript/Ghostview is available for anonymous FTP from
prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/, or you could probably find it at one of the
big HP-UX archives (iworks.ecn.uiowa.edu, ftp.csc.liv.ac.uk).

						...Mike
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Re: Automated Testing of X Applications (REPOST)
From: royce@mdcbbs.com (Royce D. Myers EDS/Unigraphics)
Date: 20 Aug 92 08:43:00 GMT
Organization: Electronic Data Systems, Unigraphics Division, Cypress CA
Nntp-Posting-User: royce

In article <1992Aug19.180541.18966@adobe.com>, vmarsch@adobe.com (Vonn Marsch) writes:
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I need advice, caveats, recommendations, and anecdotes concerning automated
> testing of X applications.  Specifically, has anyone had any experience
> (or know someone who has had experience) with XRunner or Ferret?
> 

We have looked at both products.  Since the work we did is proprietary, I can't
talk about the results; but I can tell you that XRunner is completely software
based, while Ferret is hardware based.

X applications need to build in automated testing tools to get the most bang
for the buck.

-- 
Royce Myers			EDS Unigraphics
royce@mdcbbs.com 		"Work is the curse of the drinking class"
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps,comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x.intrinsics
From: campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell)
Subject: Re: tart up X-window through 9600 modem
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 17:14:23 GMT


In article <1992Aug16.150629.21672@nic.umass.edu>, s9874203@titan.ucc.umass.edu (s9874203) writes:
> In article <1992Aug10.103423.20196@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk> b073766@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Great Era) writes:
> >Has anyone successfully started up X-Window
> >at a local 486 PC from any unix system through
> >9600 modem? If yes, could you share some information
> >with me. I will be very appreciate it if you could
> >send me a e-mail and tell me how to do it.
> 
> Me too. Post it if possible. Thanks.

The original posting does not contain sufficient information
on which to base a response.  He did not say what operating system
he was running on his 486 PC.

For what it's worth, I have a 386 (a lowly 20 MHz slug!) at home
running Dell System V Release 4, and I use SLIP to connect to systems
at work all the time.  I'm using a Telebit Worldblazer (OK, it's 14,400
bits per second, not 9600, so sue me) and Dell's built-in SLIP support.
On the other (office) end is a Xyplex Maxserver 1500 terminal server,
which, of course, supports SLIP.

It works quite well.  You wouldn't want to run a drawing package over
it, but simple things like emacs and xrn work fast enough to be tolerable
(though not entirely pleasant).

Email me if you're interested in the details of how to set up the SLIP
link, because they're probably of interest only to people running Dell's
UNIX port.
-- 
Larry Campbell             The Boston Software Works, Inc., 120 Fulton Street
campbell@redsox.bsw.com    Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (USA)
From: ccsdc@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk (Dave Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: eXceed Plus X Window Server
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:46:43 GMT
Organization: Bath University Computing Services, UK

Is there anyone out there using eXceed/Plus as an X-terminal on a PC
with a Paradise VGA board in 256 colour mode?

It seems that the driver supplied with eXceed/Plus drives the 90C00 version
of the chips and not the 90C30 version thats been available for some time.
We feel sure that there should be a later version of driver that supports
256 colours.


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BUCS, SWURCC Building,		Email: D.Cunningham@UK.AC.BATH
University of Bath,             Fax: +44 225 826176
Bath, BA2 7AY, England
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BUCS, SWURCC Building,		Email: D.Cunningham@UK.AC.BATH
University of Bath,             Fax: +44 225 826176
Bath, BA2 7AY, England
From: alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: 24 bit TIFF viewer
Keywords: xv, TIFF, 24 bit
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:03:50 GMT
Reply-To: alex@pencom.com
Organization: Pencom Software

Hello there:

Where can I find another 24 bit TIFF viewer besides xv?

Please e-mail me directly and I'll summarize, if there's any interest.

Best regards,


Alex Duong Nghiem          Phone: (512) 343-1111
Pencom Software            Fax:   (512) 343-9650    
9050 Capital of TX Hwy N.  Mail:  alex@pencom.com
Suite 300                  Mail:  co-Xist_support@pencom.com
Austin, TX 78759           Mail:  co-Xist_info@pencom.com
USA
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: stumpf@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Markus Stumpf)
Subject: Re: A few questions...
Originator: stumpf@hphalle0.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 13:51:41 GMT


In article <1992Aug20.095509.29912@sniap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de () writes:
|> 
|> 1) Can anyone direct me to an ftp site which has a decent
|> PD text editor for X/Motif?  I want something which makes
|> good use of the mouse - xedit doesn't seem to do what
|> I want.  I'm used to a Mac, and would like to be able to
|> cut/paste/clear using the mouse.

It isn't Motif, but uses Xaw and it is called aXe!
Available via anonymous ftp from export.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib

|> 2) What is Xaw?  A few programs I have tried to compile
|> look for Xaw headers, and we don't have it.  Is it in
|> any sense "standard" 'X', or some PD add-on?

In some sense it's standard, but it's not a X Consortium Standard!
It's available on the R5 core tapes and on the R5 mirror sites!


|> 3) Does anyone know of an X version of 'minesweeper',
|> similar to the MS-windows game?

Yup! It's called xmines and is at least on our ftp-Server
	ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
as
	/pub/X11/contrib/games/xmines/xmines-1.02.tar.Z


Ciao
	\Maex

P.S. Im Prinzip koenntest Du das alles per mail-server bei uns abholen,
     aber leider sind Euere mailer so bescheuert, dass die das immer wieder
     zurueckschicken (oder zumindest immer wieder mal) falls Euere Nameserver
     ausnahmsweise auch mal eine Adresse angeben, die nicht hinter dem
     "firewall" liegt und erreichbar ist. Deshalb haben wir *.mchp.sni.de
     abgeklemmt! Das Angebot hier an der TU vorbeizukommen und
     sich das Zeugs von den den PCs auf Diskette zu spielen steht aber nach
     wie vor!
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 Markus Stumpf                        Markus.Stumpf@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE 
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: jns@ace.nas.nasa.gov (John N. Stewart)
Subject: Re: [xman] Problems with .Xdefaults and xman
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 18:09:06 GMT

>   Whether or not AUGMENT or OVERRIDE is used, the results are the
>   same.  These bindings become the only key bindings active for Xman.
>
>This is a deficiency of the X resource mechanism -- resources for a
>given name can only override (not refine) each other.  That's why the
>X11R5 Toolkit Intrinsics introduced the "baseTranslations" resource
>(see section 11.6.1 of the X11R5 release note).
>
>Unfortunately the application defaults for most of the R5 clients
>haven't been updated to make use of this feature.  But if your "xman"
>uses the X11R5 Xt library (either because you compiled it from R5 or
>because it is dynamically linked and your dynamic libXt is the R5
>version), you can do the following to improve its behaviour:


I could post a summary of all the answers (and thanx to all for them)
but the above lists the correct answer. In R4 there is no real way
to do what I was looking to do, save for copying the entire defaults
file and modifying only what was being looked for.

My thanx again to all for the help :)


--


John Stewart (Ace)
CSS/DSS
From: rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Richard Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: xgc - X11R5 - Sun GX Bug.
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:07:54 GMT
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

xgc - X11R5 - Sun GX Bug.
-------------------------

This has probably been posted a long time ago, but I have found that in the
X demo, xgc, the line and rectangle (=horizontal line) demonstrations
the lines are not drawn correctly, when running on a Sun IPX. I have
successfully run the same tests on an ELC with no corruptions. I also tried
drawing the lines/rectangles one at a time, instead of batched up. This
also solves the problem.

When running the line test, a triangle is generated instead of a line, 
and in the rectangle outline test, one (or more?) pixels are missed off
the top horizontal edge of the rectangle.

This suggests (to me, anyway) that there is a timing problem in the GX chip.

Anybody got any suggestions or ideas??

============================================================================
Richard Taylor                 DoD #981               (rct@fulcrum.bt.co.uk)
"Gentlemen, starta your engines... 2 minutes, to the hills." Massimo Laverda
============================================================================
Fulcrum Communications Ltd., Fordrough Lane, Birmingham, B9 5LD, ENGLAND.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: rick@rei.com (Richard J. Barton)
Subject: Multiple Display Event Polling (Help)
Summary: How do I poll multiple displays?
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:24:29 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.
Keywords: SelectInput

I have an application which opens multiple displays.
How do I select input from whichever comes first.
I don't want to block, yet I don't want to loop
through all the displays using Peek.  What's the
best way to do this?

rick

-- 
rick
:-)
rick@rei.com [Plexus Software, A Division of Recognition Equipment Inc.]
uunet!barton!rick [Night]
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: chunhong@plum.iss.nus.sg (Kok Chun Hong)
Subject: Adobe PostScript -> bdf or snf
Keywords: Adobe PostScript
Reply-To: chunhong@iss.nus.sg
Organization: ISS Research
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 02:28:23 GMT

Is there a program that converts Adobe PostScript I fonts into 
bdf or snf fonts?

-- 

_________________________________________________________________________

Kok Chun Hong
Institute of Systems Science
National University of Singapore
From: jameison@orion.sybase.com (Jameison Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Re: HP's quasi-X setup
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:02:37 GMT
Reply-To: user@machine.domain
Organization: UC Berkeley XRN Design Team

In article <odq6nqk@fido.asd.sgi.com>, shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug5.225923.22689@nas.nasa.gov> bross@splatter.nas.nasa.gov (Bill Ross) writes:
|> 
|> >Has anyone run up against the non-standard X setup of HP 7[123]0's?
|> >E.g. as shipped, one cluster at least has no X11/Xaw/ includes. 
|> >Also, they are configured to force the user into using the vue
|> >window management - no way you can get, say, twm. I am told that
|> >a root-modifiable configuration file would allow more flexibility,
|> >but the newly-minted administrator is not sympathetic.. how-to 
|> >stories from people who have escaped from this curse might help him 
|> >over the energy barrier.
|> 
|> You can create your own ~/.xsession file to completely bypass the
|> default VUE session manager actions. Why don't you read the man page
|> for vuelogin(1M)?
|> 
|> Vuelogin is *not* non-standard - it is a complete superset of xdm(1).
|> If you have any xdm configuration, it should run under vuewm without
|> modification.
|> --
|> Shankar Unni				E-Mail:	shankar@sgi.com
|> Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-20

You can also bypass VUE by selecting one of the options
that hangs off of the VUE login screen  -- something
like "no windows."  

Anyway, vue is a really nice windowing system.  Why would anyone
want to use twm instead of vuewm?

	Jamie Martin
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: frank@D012S436.sniap.mchp.sni.de ()
Subject: A few questions...
Organization: Siemens-Nixdorf AG
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 09:55:09 GMT


1) Can anyone direct me to an ftp site which has a decent
PD text editor for X/Motif?  I want something which makes
good use of the mouse - xedit doesn't seem to do what
I want.  I'm used to a Mac, and would like to be able to
cut/paste/clear using the mouse.

2) What is Xaw?  A few programs I have tried to compile
look for Xaw headers, and we don't have it.  Is it in
any sense "standard" 'X', or some PD add-on?

3) Does anyone know of an X version of 'minesweeper',
similar to the MS-windows game?

Thanks for any help,
Frank.
--
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Siemens-Nixdorf AG 	                        I will deny everything
Tel.  : +49 (89) 636-40639                      Fax.  : +49 (89) 636-45860
e-mail: Frank.ODwyer@sniap.mchp.sni.de
From: klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Re: X-Windows graphic debugger
Date: 18 Aug 1992 12:39:03 GMT
Organization: CS Department, Dortmund University, Germany
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: tommy

In article <20817@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de>, et11hkh@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Rainer
Zewe) writes:
|> Is there a public domain graphic debugger available that runs
|> under X-Windows, e.g. a graphic interface for dbx ?

There are three: xdbx (interface to dbx), mxgdb (interface to gdb) and ups
(standalone). In my opinion ups is the best one. They are all available
from export.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib or one of its mirrors, e. g. in Germany
ftp.germany.eu.net:/pub/X11/contrib.

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  Univ. Dortmund, IRB
  Postfach 500500         |)|/    Tel.: +49 231 755-4663
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: mhaverla@ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Marc Haverland)
Subject: Library for GUI on X and terminals ?
Organization: DHL Systems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 01:33:01 GMT


A query for the wisdom of the net...

I'm looking for an application framework/class library/function
library that allows application designers to design towards a GUI
platform but still support character terminals.  Obviously, there
isn't a complete one-to-one mapping of GUI functionality to terminal
functionality, but I'd like to come close.

The background of this request is that our application must initially
run on character terminals, but ultimately on workstations.  I'd like
to be able to base most of the design on the workstation target.

I'm interested in both C++ and C information, and our environment is
Unix, terminals and X Windows.

PS.  I'm not concerned about having to relink or even slightly modify
the application to make the terminal-to-GUI transition.  I just want
to come close.

PPS. Commercial or free/shareware is fine.

I'll summarize if requested.  Sorry if this is a FAQ.

Thanks,
Marc

=======================================================================
Marc Haverland              DHL Systems, Inc.              415-574-4197
mhaverla@ssf-sys.dhl.com                                   415-358-5685

=======================================================================
Marc Haverland              DHL Systems, Inc.              415-574-4197
mhaverla@ssf-sys.dhl.com                                   415-358-5685
From: westes@netcom.com (Will Estes)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Help Needed With xman
Date: 14 Aug 92 01:19:03 GMT
Organization: Mail Group

How does one invoke xman with the name of a help topic?  The
documentation suggests you should be able to do something like:
	xman -helpfile csh
to get a similar result to:
	man csh

However on my system xman is not bringing up the specified man page.
Surely there is a way to invoke xman so that it brings up a particular
topic without requiring an additional search?

Thanks,
Will Estes		Internet: westes@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles)
Subject: Re: HP's quasi-X setup
Reply-To: jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 14:51:30 GMT

jhd@irfu.se (Jan D.) writes:
|In article <odq6nqk@fido.asd.sgi.com> shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni) writes:
|>In article <1992Aug5.225923.22689@nas.nasa.gov> bross@splatter.nas.nasa.gov (Bill Ross) writes:
|>
|>>Has anyone run up against the non-standard X setup of HP 7[123]0's?
|>>E.g. as shipped, one cluster at least has no X11/Xaw/ includes. 
|>>Also, they are configured to force the user into using the vue
|>>window management - no way you can get, say, twm. I am told that
|>>a root-modifiable configuration file would allow more flexibility,
|>>but the newly-minted administrator is not sympathetic.. how-to 
|>>stories from people who have escaped from this curse might help him 
|>>over the energy barrier.
|>
|>You can create your own ~/.xsession file to completely bypass the
|>default VUE session manager actions. Why don't you read the man page
|>for vuelogin(1M)?
|>

|I did and you are wrong. Vuelogin AS SHIPPED will always start vue
|and there is no way for a normal user to bypass this (well, you could
|choose 'No windows' from the vuelogin menus, login with X, and then
|start X as you normally do, xinit or x11start).



NOT!

Sigh, if only some people would read the 'F' manual, they would stop spreading
lies. :)

Read the manual page for vuesession(1).

You can set the resource "Vuesession*wmStartupCommand" to any window manager
you desire.  I ran gwm on my PA for quite some time.

	-Jeff
-- 
Jeff Beadles		jeff@onion.rain.com
From: bcotton@sergei.MITRE.org (Robert T. Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
Subject: Re: HP's quasi-X setup
Date: 19 Aug 92 11:42:18 GMT
Organization: MITRE Corp. McLean Va.

In article <1992Aug18.150919.15836@sunova.ssc.gov> sheer@sapphirepdsf.ssc.gov (Irwin Sheer) writes:

   In article <1992Aug5.225923.22689@nas.nasa.gov>, bross@splatter.nas.nasa.gov (Bill Ross) writes:
   +> Has anyone run up against the non-standard X setup of HP 7[123]0's?
   +> E.g. as shipped, one cluster at least has no X11/Xaw/ includes. 
   +> Also, they are configured to force the user into using the vue
   +> window management - no way you can get, say, twm. I am told that
   +> a root-modifiable configuration file would allow more flexibility,
   +> but the newly-minted administrator is not sympathetic.. how-to 
   +> stories from people who have escaped from this curse might help him 
   +> over the energy barrier.
   +> 
   +> Can't compile xrn or use my own window manager.. at least it's
   +> fast.
   +> 
   +> Bill Ross
   +> NASA Ames & UC San Francisco

Just add a line to your ~/.vue/<hostanme>:0/[home | current]/vue.resources

*wmStartupCommand: /path/to/your/favorite/window/manager

Bob
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps
From: bador@bnr.ca (Yasmin Bador)
Subject: Database for X11 (HP)
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 09:40:33 GMT

Hello!
I'm wondering if there is anyone with sources of a good(need not be brilliant) public domain 
database program to run under X11 on Hewlett Packard.

If there is any ftp sites too I'd be grateful.
Its mainly to store about 20-50 records .
Please reply to newsgroup if the mail doesn't work.
Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.sys.mac.apps
From: jamey@crc.ricoh.com (Jamey Graham)
Subject: Looking for Mapping (as in topo) Software and Data
Keywords: maps, topo
Organization: RICOH California Research Center
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 23:40:02 GMT


I am looking any information about software for the Mac, Windows or
X-Windows which is capable of displaying and manipulating map data
(USGS data).  I know maps of the states and cities have become quite
popular lately (with respect to marketing strategies), but I'm not
sure if these programs provide 1) topos and 2) topos of say the
mountain ranges in an area (i.e., I know USGS has that data but have
the makers of these products removed this type of "irrelevant" data?).
Any pointers will be appreciated.


Jamey Graham
Ricoh California Research Center
jamey@crc.ricoh.com


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