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From: erik@abblund.se (Erik Sparre)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Motif tools wanted, File dialog problem, mwm questions
Message-ID: <1990Jul04.091320.21267@abblund.se>
Date: 4 Jul 90 09:13:20 GMT
Sender: erik@abblund.se
Organization: ABB Corporate Research, Lund, Sweden
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Tools wanted:

I am using Motif 1.0.A on a HP9000 and is pleased with the look & feel, but I
could do with some more tools. Does anybody know where I can get hold of
a better mouse-oriented editor than xmeditor, a tool for reading mails
(like SunView's mailtool), a calculator (preferably HEX), a tool for reading 
and/or responding to News ? I have heard about a tool called Xrn which I
suppose runs under X, but will it work well with Motif ? 
I have also heard about HP's Visual User Environment tool kit. 
Does the HP-VUE tools need anything apart from Motif and Unix to run on 
a workstation ?

If you happen to know of other useful tools please let me know.

Problems:

The file selection dialog is not working well on my machine. It is 
impossible to move up and down the directory hierarchy. If you enter a
new directory and click OK or double-click the ".." file the dialog terminates. 
What is broken, software or user ?

Questions:

1 - I want to save screen layouts (the session) so i can reuse them later.
2 - I want to prevent certain windows from being overlapped by others.
Is there a way to do any of these without modifying mwm ?


Thanks in advance for your help.
(I hope this makes it, it is my first News posting)

Erik Sparre
ABB Corporate Research
Research Park IDEON
Sweden