Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:16:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, ports@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Lesstif (motif compatible) package. Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960410231433.24231d-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.92.960410225251.315C-100000@hamby1>
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On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Richard Chang wrote: > > > Speaking about motif, is there anyway to have the same X > > environment as in what is used on SUNOS 5.3 (Solaris) on SUN Sparc5's and > > what is used on HP Apollo Workstations with the same desktop under FreeBSD? > > Before Solaris 2.4, the Openwindows environment supplied with Solaris (and > SunOS) was completely OPEN LOOK oriented, with that widget set. > Personally, I find OPEN LOOK ugly and non-intuitive, but I like a few of > the OPEN LOOK "Deskset" tools, such as Perfmeter, and the public domain > program Workman. > > Starting with Solaris 2.4, Sun included the Motif libraries and header > files, but it took until Solaris 2.5 to receive the Motif window > manager, some useful Motif tools, and the Motif man pages, as part of the > Common Desktop Environment (which is on a separate CD-ROM). I believe HP > workstations use Motif (and have long before Sun adopted it), so I suspect > this is what you're referring to. I think it might be the motif one since it has that box on the bottom of the screen. > Under FreeBSD, you can get the OPEN LOOK Xview toolkit for free (it is in > the ports collection), and it comes with Clock, the Open look window > manager, command tool, and you can compile Workman (another port) with it. > You don't get any of the other Deskset tools you might be used to from > SunOS/Solaris however (mailtool, perfmeter, etc.). You'll have to buy > Solaris/X86 if you want that. Will the OPEN LOOK Xview toolkit need a certain windows manager or will fvwm be the closest to motif? > As for Motif (which I think you were referring to), a binary > distribution costs about $150, and FreeBSD versions are available from > several sources, such as SWiM. Sorry, I don't have any contact > information for them.. Anyway, it looks like Common Desktop Environment > (extended Motif 1.2 plus some goodies in a more integrated desktop > environment) will be available soon for FreeBSD too. Sounds good. > Oh, and don't forget, if you actually have a Sun or HP workstation > available, you can log in to it from your FreeBSD box, setenv DISPLAY > back to your computer, and run any program available for those > machines on your X server. Have fun! I know but it's slow since it constantly has to redraw the entire screen. Richard
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