Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 15:36:40 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: rlyon@ozemail.com.au (Richard Lyon) Cc: kline@tera.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lesstif Message-ID: <199612072336.PAA23707@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961208104317.178A-100000@rlyon.mynet.au> from Richard Lyon at "Dec 8, 96 10:57:20 am"
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According to Richard Lyon: > > > On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Gary Kline wrote: > > > Just a note to the adventurous--and you don't have to be that > > adventuresome. Lesstif, v0.71 looks pretty interesting. It's > > fairly solid given it's alpha status. > > > > It configures itself; you just type ./configure; then > > make install, and set up your .xsession to fire off ``mwm&'' > > rather than your current window manager. > > > > Hi, > > Have you been able to get the static libraries compiled? I need to switch > over to static libs for debugging mwm. Yesterday I managed to get mwm to > do a core dump on one of my own motif apps. I didn't try the static. Have to go back and read the compilation//installation docs. Hm, wait. One library, libltc.a is there. The rest are all *.so.* libs: Mrm and Xm. Which app are you working away at, and were you able to learn anything from gdb? > > The dynamic libs compiled ok, but the when I try and make the static > versions some of the linking for clients fails. Are you using make or gmake? I use things-GNU for almost everything, but with lesstif, gmake hiccups and quits. Or is it more involved?? > > There was another current snapshot release about 2 days after 0.71. Right, I saw that. According to the lesstif writeup, they play to do roughly one release a month, 0.72, 0.73... to 0.75 will is scheduled to be another major version. If enough hackers pound on it and help out, it'll be a major win. > > The documentation project does seem to be lagging a bit. Most people > won't want to buy the OSF documentation set. > Seems understandable. I haven't waded into the docs yet. Still getting my feet wet! later on, gary > >
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