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From: hook@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Chris Hook)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XView and MOTIF info
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Date: 11 Dec 89 18:34:52 GMT
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Reply-To: hook@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Chris Hook)
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Hi, I'm having some trouble implementing some X11R3 stuff that I've gotten
(downloaded) recently, and I'm hoping someone out there has already solved
these issues. They are:
1) XView is SUPER SLOW even on the SPARCstation 1 which I use (I haven't
   even dared to try it on our color 3/60s!!). Is there something
   special that nneds to be done to make it run faster? (This is the
   alpha release of XView).

2) How long 'till a more flexible olwm (the Open Look Window Manager) comes
   out? This window manager, in conjunction with XView utils, is VERY
   inflexible. Even Sun admits to many important Open Look features being
   hardwired instead of being user-selectable.

3) Will all of this XView stuff be corrected as of the public consumption
   release of X11R4 (due out NEXT month???). i.e., is Sun expected to 
   release at least the beta version of this XView stuff (and olwm) in
   conjunction with the release of X11R4?

4) Finally, where can I find MOTIF (to be run on a system on Sun 3/60s
   and SPARCstation 1s)? Also, I'll need the correponding MOTIF type
   window manager. If this stuff is available at expo.lcs.mit.edu? This
   is where I've been getting most of my stuff. Also, is the current
   release of MOTIF a bit more mature than the XView release?

Thanks for your replys,

Chris Hook.