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Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 XFree86 and Esix 4.0.4
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Keywords: esix
Lines: 39

Hello Netlanders:

       I am a novice X user with a question for any Xgod.

       My computer configuration with the X problem is as follows:

       486DX50/256/16RAM  running Esix 4.0.4 
       Wangtek AT-style interface 250 M tape drive.
       I have loaded the Basic OS  and
       inet utilities .
       I ftp-ed the XFree86  binaries and installed properly.
 
 I can execute startx and run X-windows with no problems.
 However, if I try to access the tape drive while in X, the
 machine locks up instantly.  If I am out of X and access the
 tape, the tape drive works fine.  Soon as I try to
 startx again; the screen changes modes, but, the grey background
 pattern does not come up and no xterm is forked.  I have to login
 from another terminal and execute a shutdown to reset the system.

 I've contacted Esix about this problem.  They claim THEIR X-window X11R4
 server  works with the Wangtek tape drive.  They also 
 claim I only need the nsu  to run X; I don't
 need inet .  My experience has been that I need BOTH to get
 XFree86 to work.  I'm not too concerned about having to load both nsu and inet
 packages to get X to work unless the inet package is causing my problem.

 I would like to get both X and my tape drive to co-exist on the same
 system.  If you can shed any light on the problem, it would be appreciated.
 
 One colleague implied this might be a hardware conflict.  If this is true,
 what direction should I look to resolve the conflict ?

 Thanks,
 
 Kenneth Cobler                
 AT&T Bell Laboratories
 263 Shuman Blvd.
 Naperville, IL  60566
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Pixmaps and colormaps sent through selections...
Summary: Selections and Pixmaps/Colormaps
Keywords: Selections
Nntp-Posting-Host: morrison.wri.com
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Lines: 18


	I want to be able to send a Pixmap from one client to the next.
Along with this I want to send the Colormap and foreground and
background pixel values.  So far not a problem, I can do
this with no problem.

  However, once I have the Pixmap id and the Colormap id, how
do I go about telling the server that the second 
client now wants to have associations with the two id's?

	TIA,

	John
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o  X Programmer                         o  X was never the first     o
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Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 HELP! Setting Colormaps on multi-top-level APP
Keywords: GLX mixed-model,colormap
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Lines: 71


Dear SGI and netter GL-X Mixed-Model experts,
I am writing a mixed model application that creates a couple different
color maps for different windows, and I've been having trouble getting
the window manager to reliably honor my requests.  In some environments
 all windows are getting properly
connected to their designated color maps, but on others  the color mapping is unreliable
and changes behavior when I compile at different times.  The most common
problem is that all non-top-level windows fail to be displayed according
to their colormap.  My application starts out by creating three top-level
windows; in some cases all but the first of these also fail to be
displayed by their colormap.  This is spectacularly aggravating.

I would dearly appreciate
  1. an explanation of the standard, RIGHT, CORRECT way to give a window
  a colormap such that the Window Manager will Honor and Obey it;

  2. any advice about problems that could cause my failure to get my
  desired colormaps.

By now I have exhausted my own attempts on this, having tried everything
reasonable or imaginable.

Below is example code giving the schematic for how I have been *TRYING*
to do this.  Please, please, please SOMEBODY tell me what I am doing
wrong/how to do it right!!!


Yours,

Chris Lee

/***********************************************************************/
Display* dpy;  /* DECLARE SOME DATA... */
Colormap popup_cmap;
XColor mycolor;
Window win;
XSetWindowAttributes cwa;
int nwlist;
Window *wlist;

/* NB: FOR BREVITY, NOT SHOWING ALL CODE LINES--JUST A SCHEMATIC */

popup_cmap=XCreateColormap(dpy,DefaultRootWindow,vis->visual,AllocAll);

/* HERE WE STORE A BUNCH OF COLORS USING
   XStoreColor; ... */

cwa.colormap = popup_cmap;
win = XCreateWindow;


/* LIST ALL SUB WINDOWS OF my_topwin, PARENT OF win, INTO wlist;
   nwlist IS COUNTER OF ENTRIES IN wlist.

   NB: wlist is static storage that can be relied on not to go away
       or be corrupted.  I thought of that!  Does anyone know if
       setting WM properties is by data copy, or by reference pointer?

       ie. is it acceptable to pass data for a Property, then free
       the data?   */
XSetWMColormapWindows;

XMapRaised;

/* LATER ON WE HANDLE XEvents NORMALLY... TYPICAL EVENTLOOP */
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 X benchmarks
Keywords: benchmark
Organization: AT&T
Lines: 17


We are in the process of evaluating X-terminals. This includes running XRemote
over a serial line.
I would like to run some X benchmarks to determine comparative performance.
Has anyone written any such benchmarks, or know of any useful programs on the
net ? I heard of a program called "Xstone", but I couldn't locate it using
archie.

Please reply to , as I don't get to read this newsgroup
much.
Thanks in advance for any help.

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|Andrew Fielden. AT&T Network Systems UK |        Tel : +44 666 832023      |
|Information Systems Group  |   Email :  |
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Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Expose/Configure event handling 
Organization: UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Lines: 29

I have two questions  about how Expose & Configure
events are handled.

I have an appl. which uses 1 window to draw in.  Since I give the user the
capability of scaling and zooming as well as allowing the window to be
resized, I made a translation table for the Expose & Configure events.
The Expose event calls my redraw method while the Configure event
calls my rescale method.  The rescale method invokes a "fake" Expose
event 
to draw the data.

Quest 1.
When the appl. is compiled/linked w/ R4 
I get multiple  redraws when the window gets uncovered or the size
is changed.  I assume I'm getting cascading events.  Is that right?
Any suggestions as to how to handle/trap events in a better way?

Quest 2.
When the appl. is compiled/linked w/ R5 I get no Expose events
whatsoever.  Do events and/or translation tables act differently in R5?

Thanks in advance

Steve
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Internet:			I am *NOT* a merry man! - Worf
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Help: SunView on olwm/xview3/X11R5
Article-I.D.: haji.9304051753.AA05339
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 23
NNTP-Posting-Host: enterpoop.mit.edu
To: xpert%


Hi,

I just compiled the X11R5 distribution for a Sun3/SunOS4.1.1.  I also
compiled the public domain xview3  distribution.  I have some
old 3rd-party application binaries that are SunView programs.  How do I
get them to work under xview3 and olwm?  

I do not have news access....that's why I am mailing this directly.  Also,
is there an email alias where my questions can get to comp.windows.x or
comp.windows.open-look?  PLEASE RESPOND TO 

Thanks,
Shash

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Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Icon Animation 
Lines: 17
Reply-To:  
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation -- CSC/Colorado Srpings


Hi Folks.

As part of my self-introduction to X I've been trying to do some simple
icon animation .  Changing your
own applications icon is fairly simple:  If you have a widget ID you can
just XtSetValues on XtNiconifyPixmap  and you're done. Alternately
you can set window manager hints.  These methods don't seem to work with
icons which your application doesn't specifically own.

In my situation I have to change the icon of random windows sitting there in 
my icon box so my question is:  Given a window-id, how do you change the
icon pixure ?  A working example would be very much appreciated.  If it makes
any difference, I'm using motif 1.1 on VMS T6.0-5KE.

Thanks -
Scott :)
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 NumLock masking? interference with Meta/Compose/ExtendChar, ...
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 17
To: 

> My question is this:  Is there a means of determining what the state
> of CapsLock and/or NumLock is?

Alright.  Ignore this.  I have delved a bit deeper  and
found what I was looking for.

ev->state   has a bunch of masks to check against .  Unfortunately, it appears that the NumLock mask varies
from server to server.  How does one tell what mask is numlock and
which are for Meta .
eg, SGI's vendor server has Mod2Mask being NumLock, whereas Solaris
1.0.1 OpenWindows 3.0 has Mod3Mask for NumLock.  Is there an
unambiguous means of determining NumLock's mask at runtime for any
given server?  Sorry for the wasted bandwidth and my appalling ignorance.

			Thanks, Ralph
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Xm1.2.1 and OW server
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
Lines: 43
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


We have a program written with X11R5 and Motif 1.2.1.  It runs fine on the Sun
X11R5 server and MacX.  When that program is run under the Sparc 2 and the
OW server, the program crashed itself along with the server.  It crashed before
the first window had showed up.

I got the following error from X.
XIO:  fatal IO error 32  on X server "perot:0.0"
      after 62 requests  with 0 events remaining.
      The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient.

I have run the program with xmon and below is the last twenty lines or so from
xmon before both the program and server crashed.

           ............REQUEST: GetProperty
                        delete: False
                        window: WIN 00900001
                      property: ATM 00000074
                          type: ATM 00000074
                   long-offset: 00000000
                                        ..............REPLY: GetProperty
                                                     format: 00
                                                       type: <NONE>
                                                bytes-after: 00000000
           ............REQUEST: GetInputFocus
                                        ..............REPLY: GetInputFocus
                                                  revert-to: Parent
                                                      focus: WIN 0040000d
           ............REQUEST: ChangeProperty
                          mode: Replace
                        window: WIN 00900001
                      property: ATM 00000074
                          type: ATM 00000074
                        format: 08
                          data: 42 00 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 75 00 00 00 00 
           ............REQUEST: GetInputFocus

Please email to me if you have any idea of the above problem.
Thanks in advance.

--
MW Chiu
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Problem with libararies 
Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town
Lines: 50

I have been trying to compile some source code for a mpeg animation viewer for
X Windows. I got the code from a ftp site. I have modified the Makefile as
they instructed, no errors there. What happens is that I get the following
message when everything is going to be linked:


	cc  util.o video.o parseblock.o motionvector.o decoders.o  fs2.o fs2fast.o fs4.o hybrid.o hybriderr.o 2x2.o  gdith.o gray.o mono.o main.o jrevdct.o 24bit.o util32.o ordered.o  ordered2.o mb_ordered.o /lib/libX11.so /lib/libXext.so -lm -o mpeg_play
Undefined			first referenced
 symbol  			    in file
getnetpath                          /lib/libX11.so
t_alloc                             /lib/libX11.so
t_unbind                            /lib/libX11.so
t_open                              /lib/libX11.so
t_rcvdis                            /lib/libX11.so
netdir_free                         /lib/libX11.so
t_error                             /lib/libX11.so
netdir_getbyname                    /lib/libX11.so
getnetconfigent                     /lib/libX11.so
t_look                              /lib/libX11.so
t_errno                             /lib/libX11.so
t_close                             /lib/libX11.so
netdir_getbyaddr                    /lib/libX11.so
t_listen                            /lib/libX11.so
t_rcv                               /lib/libX11.so
setnetpath                          /lib/libX11.so
t_bind                              /lib/libX11.so
t_connect                           /lib/libX11.so
t_accept                            /lib/libX11.so
nc_perror                           /lib/libX11.so
inet_addr                           /lib/libX11.so
ld: mpeg_play: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to mpeg_play
*** Error code 1 

make: fatal error.

Does anyone know where these missing functions are located? If you do can you
help me with it?

I posted before to one of the other Unix groups, I tried their suggestions but
always get this error.

If you have to know: I am using Unix system V. The machines here are 486's. The
terminals I want to use are separate and just called X-terminals and they seem
dedicated to that. I'm not sure as to what they really are, since it is one of
my first times out with this X-windows gidget! That is, first time programming
for it, so to speak. I use them alot just for the graphics things.

If you can help, mail me soon.

Gerard.
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Re: tvtwm & xsetroot, X11R5 and Sparc 10 keyboard
Organization: Penn State Population Research Institute
Lines: 32
NNTP-Posting-Host: darwin.pop.psu.edu

In article <>  writes:
>Hi,
>  Environment: Sun Sparc 10, SunOs 4.1.3.  X11R5 path level 23.  My X process
>is started by xdm.

Okay, that's good.  I'm typing this from exactly the same setup.
  I did install the sunkbd patch, though.

>  i) I want to setup the backgroud  of the tvtwm display to
>     display the escherknot etc !

Make sure you're using "ssetroot", which comes with tvtwm.  When tvtwm
starts up, it nukes the existing root window.  Use an "ssetroot" after
tvtwm starts up.   (You could spawn off a "&")
You can also use "VirtualDesktopBackgroundPixmap filename" or just
VirtualDesktopBackground if you just want another color besides grey.

> ii) When I open an Xterm on the Sparc 10, not all of the keys are recognised
>     and some keys on the keyboard are not sending the correct characters.

Did you install the sunkbd patch?  It's in the contrib directory on export.
All the keys on my keyboard send events properly, except the following:
The End, PageUp, PageDown on the 6-key cluster aren't recognized.
Even the compose key works.  

Anyone have a fix for the last two?

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Penn State Population Research Institute
* Dog Dianetics  - Kibo
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Looking for an R5 Xserver for HP9000/385
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus
Lines: 14
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: umbc7.umbc.edu
X-Auth-User: banz


Subject says it all...
Anyone know where I can find one.  Binaries are nice, but source would
do to.  

Thanks in advance,



-- 
Rob Banz 
	"If we give people an alternative to Microsoft...it will have been
	 a greater good."	         -Steve Jobs 
	"Yes, Bill, we are your father!" -IBM OS/2 Presentation, FOSE'93
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Re: Honors Degrees: Do they mean anything?
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.
Lines: 44

In article <>   writes:
>
>>   In my opinion, a programming degree is still worth having.
>
> Yes, but a CS degree is *not* a programming degree. Does anybody know of
>a computing course where *programming* is taught ? Computer Science is
>a branch of maths .
> I've also done a Software Engineering course - much more practical and likely
>to be the sort of thing an employer really wants, rather than what they think
>they want, but also did not teach programming. The ability to program was
>an entry requirement.

At Robert Gordon University, programming was the main  
start of the course. The first two years consisted of five subjects:
Software Engineering , Computer Engineering , Computer Theory , Mathematics/Statistics and 
Communication Skills .
The third year  was spent working for a computer company 
for a year. The company could be anywhere in Europe .  
The fourth year included Operating Systems, Software Engineering 
, Real Time Laboratory  and Computing 
Theory .  There were also Group Projects in 2nd and 4th Years, where 
students worked in teams to select their own project or decide to work for an 
outside company .
 
In the first four years, there was a 50%:50% weighting between courseworks and 
exams for most subjects. However in the Honours year, this was reduced to a 
30%:70% split between an Individual Project and final exams  - are all Computer Science courses like this?

BTW - we started off with 22 students in our first year and were left with 8 by
Honours year. Also, every course is tutored separately. Not easy trying
to sleep when you are in 8 student class :-). 

Cheers,
  Michael 
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| Software Engineer      | Fax: +44 31 554 0649  |  software is making sure the
| Spider Systems Limited | E-mail:               |  bolts are the right size.."
| Edinburgh, EH6 5NG     |  |             - Anonymous
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Pointer Feature
Summary: Multiple flushing of pointers
Keywords: Pointers, Arrows, Cursors
Nntp-Posting-Host: gudbransdal.cs.odu.edu
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va
Lines: 23


Hi

I am trying to implement a pointer feature in Xlib

I have multiple windows and all can take input and 
show output simultaneously on all other displays

I want to implement a pointer feature 

I would like to get the pointer to come up on all windows once 
I choose pointer in the menu and every one should be able
to see it

Can you give me some hints as to how I should proceed 


replies will be greatly appreciated

Thank you
Prakash
<  >
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Re: Title for XTerm
In-Reply-To: 's message of Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:35:46 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host: grymoire.crd.ge.com
Reply-To: 
Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY
	<> <>

In article <>   writes:

       [Hint for Sun OS users:  use /usr/5bin/echo instead of
       /bin/echo or Csh's built-in echo.  Otherwise you'll have
       to embed literal ESC and BEL characters in the string
       instead of using convenient octal sequences.]

Bad idea. using /usr/5bin/echo is slower than the built-in echo.
This is what I do. It does execute `hostname` once per shell window,
and does read in one extra file. But manipluating the titles does not
require executing extra programs.

Oh yes, it does execute some programs once per each system. 
But it stores them in a file for the next time...


if  then
	setenv  HOSTNAME `hostname`
endif

# figure how how to generate escape, bell, 
# and echo commands without a a line terminator
# I may have done this before. If so, the variable E is set

# have I executed this script before on this system?
if  then
#	echo "already set the echo variables">/dev/tty
else if  then
	source ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
else if  then
#	echo "built in echo is bsd" >/dev/tty
	# then berkeley style echo
	echo 'set ech = "echo -n"' >~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo "set E = `echo a | tr a '\033'`" >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo "set B = `echo a | tr a '\007'`" >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo 'set N = ""' >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	source ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
else 
#	echo "built in echo is sysV" >/dev/tty
	echo 'set ech = "echo"' >~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo 'set E = "\033"' >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo 'set B = "\007"' >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	echo 'set N = "\c"' >> ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
	source ~/.echo.${HOSTNAME}
endif	


# Are we using shelltool, cmdtool or xterm?
# duplicate these aliases here to avoid problems
if  then
	# Sun Aliases
	alias Header '${ech}  "${E}]l\!:1${E}\${N}"'
	alias IHeader '${ech}  "${E}]L\!:1${E}\${N}"'
else if  then
	alias Header '${ech}  "${E}]2;\!:1${B}${N}"'
	alias IHeader '${ech}  "${E}]1;\!:1${B}${N}"'
endif



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Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Changing OLWM icons
Organization: University of South Florida, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Lines: 8
Distribution: world
Reply-To:  
NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.247.2.37

I was wondering if it's possible to change the window icons OLWM
uses for things like xterm.  Most of the defaults are pretty lame.

Any answer  would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Matt Clark
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Re: Motif vs. [Athena, etc.]
Organization: BOECOM Project - Boeing Computer Services, Seattle, Wa
Lines: 14

In article <>,   writes:

|> Ports of Motif to both 386BSD and Linux are available for a fee of about
|> $100.  This is cost recovery for the person who bought the rights to
|> redistribute.  The activity in both the BSD and Linux news groups
|> pertaining to Motif has been high.

???
I've heard about that Italian guy distributing Motif binaries for 386BSD,
but I haven't heard of anybody doing the same thing for Linux.  ... and
I do follow the Linux news group pretty closely.  So, have I missed something?  I'd LOVE to get hold of Motif libs for Linux for $100!

Regards,
Joe Pannon
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 Re: Anyone have experience with Visix' Galaxy?
Organization: Unify Corporation 
Lines: 24

In article <>,   writes:
> 
> The title line says it. The Galaxy package was just recently announced, and
> includes a GUI-builder and portable toolkit. I'm interested in any
> feedback from those who may have used it thus far.

We've been using it for a year on Unix  and Windows platforms.  In my
opinion, it is the best toolkit on the market.  It supports a rich API to a high
level IPC mechanism, file system abstraction, memory management, command driven
application development, drawing, geometry management, and, oh yeah, Open Look,
Motif, MS-Windows and Mac .

> 
> Thanks
> Jim Grier
> 
> 

-- 

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Greg Pasquariello   	 	        Hobnobbing with the ancients
Unify Corporation	   or		       
 928-6258	    ...!uunet!unify!grp
Newsgroup: comp.windows.x

 need help with Athena Text Widget
Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Lines: 24

I want to create a single-line Text widget for entering a small amount of text.

I want it to be of fixed width, but have a horizontal scrollbar that scrolls
automatically when the user types in order to keep the insertion point
visible.

In trying to do this I have two problems:

 - The addition of the horizontal scrollbar does not make the text widget
   taller, but instead it seems to cover part of the text.

 - The scrollbar does not scroll automatically as the user types in text
   in order to keep the insertion point visible.

Any help is appreciated.

Mike

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