Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 18:45:43 +1030 (CST) From: grog@lemis.de To: jgrosch@sirius.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: XInside (Was: Can't find Xm) Message-ID: <199703270815.SAA00273@papillon.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199703260632.WAA28721@superior.mooseriver.com> from Josef Grosch at "Mar 25, 97 10:32:33 pm"
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Josef Grosch writes: >> >> Im trying to move a package from a SCO to a freebsd box - gwstat - and it >> uses xmgr - which is where Im stuck. I put the X11R6 libs and includes >> in, and thats fine, but its looking for headers in include/Xm as well as >> include/X11 - is that motif? Is there a port of this some place? or of >> XMGR? >> >> I assume there is a solution since the make file has a section for linux >> people, and therefore it couldnt be requiring something commercial no? >> >> Any and all help is appreciated! >> > > Xm is Motif. XI Graphics have a very good port of Motif to FreeBSD. It will > cost you $150.00. Their URL is http://www.xinside.com Good advice, but XInside has changed their name. The following message might amuse you: > http://www.xig.com/ci/pr/970219.xigraphics.html > > Leading Software Company Changes Name to Avoid Confusion with Internet > Porn Denver -- A leading developer of high-performance graphical > software has changed its name from X Inside to Xi Graphics. The > reason: Ongoing confusion between the software developer and the > increasing number of X-rated pornography companies on the Internet. > > "We develop software that solves performance, compatability, and > correcness issues in the UNIX X Windows environment," explains Richard > Van Dyke, vice president of marketing. "However, we do not address the > performance issues of the sexually adventurous." > > The name X Inside brought a plethora of requests for pornographic > material, and even impacted the company principals in their dealings > outside the computer field. "An aspiring model even went so far as to > show me a portfolio of highly suggestive photographs," explained > Thomas Roell, president and chief technology designer. "We felt a name > change was in order." Greg
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