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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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