Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 15:50:33 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XiG Motif - FreeBSD ELF Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901121548370.2373-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901111932350.23099-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > > > I sent an Email off to Xig inquiring about a FreeBSD ELF version of > > the Accelerated X server and Motif. The response was: > > > > > Dan, > > > Unfortunately, we don't yet support ELF, and we haven't decided > > > yet if we're going to. I will let engineering know that you would > > > like support for 3.0, but I can't promise that we'll be supporting it. > > > I apologize for the inconvenience. > > > > If others, like me, would really like an ELF version of Motif and the > > Accelerated X server, please send your requests to Xig (sales@xig.com). > > > > Feel free to re-post this to another list if -current isn't deemed > > appropriate. > > I started bugging them about it months ago, and last month I finally got > advised that they had no plans to introduce any elf Motif at all. Until > then, they gave me that same response I got from you. I wasn't > endlessly bugging them, just a polite reminder about once every 45 days. > They sound like a lost cause to me. You can forward this to them if you > want. If you have the sources, the Imakefiles are WAY too b0rked to use :( But it can be compiled pretty easily, as evident by my copy of ELF Motif 2.0. But I really think: if you want Motif so much, why not just help out the Lesstif project with whatever needs to be done? Lesstif is a very usable Motif replacement... and seems to be quite a bit less buggy than Motif itself! > > > > > Dan Eischen > > eischen@vigrid.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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