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From: jim@calvin.EE.CORNELL.EDU (Jim Providakes)
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Subject: Re: xdvi for DECstation?
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Date: 26 Oct 89 14:05:17 GMT
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Yes, we ported XDVI over to the DECstation 3100.  We also used the MIT
library (not supplied by DEC) called libXmu.a to compile and link XDVI.
It seems to work fine for us on our monochrome DECstations (the
bitmaps  look great).  However, I suspect your problem may be that you
are  using a color monitor (xcfb server).  Ultrix 3.0 color server
apparently has a bug since on our color DECstations, XDVI generated
bitmap  fonts that seemed to be missing dots (making reading almost
impossible).  Ultrix 3.1 fixes this problem, and XDVI runs great on color
DECstations (write speed is incredibly fast for a color workstation).
No recompiling of XDVI was necessary just the system upgrade.

The other problem with XDVI of window focus is not really DEC's fault but
that XDVI failed to make the appropriate call to the X server to allow 
the window manager to focus on the XDVI window.  To allow the keyboard
to focus on the XDVI window for DECwindows (ie, the dxwm window
manager), simply add the line "input:  true" to your .Xdefaults file.

Hope this helps.