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Date:      Sun, 30 Aug 1998 22:52:49 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>
To:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD Ports Team <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ButtFace
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808302251430.4430-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808281506120.1716-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Chuck Robey wrote:

> I'm still laughing at this, but it's real.
> 
> I was trying to get a package called mpsql to port, and couldn't get it
> to link.  It kept on wanting a symbol called _XmCreatePixmapPushButton,
> and I couldn't find what library it was in.
> 
> Finally found it in /usr/X11R6/lib/libButtFace.a.  Nearly fell over
> laughing at the name.
> 
> That's the one, all right, but in trying to figure out what mpsql wants
> to depend on, I need to find out where this ButtFace thing came from.
> Its on a pixmap thing (not from the xpm port), and I just can't locate
> it.  Anyone remember this odd fella?

Isn't it something related to Motif? This _Xm* prefix...

Andrzej Bialecki

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