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From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: DECWindows Multi-screen problem under eXodus 2.0
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Date: 19 Jul 90 01:11:15 GMT
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There have been a number of bugs in an assortment of DECwindows applications
for use on screens other than zero. (off the top of my head,
it includes DECwrite 1.0, a few of the out of the box applications).

Most of these bugs have been cleaned up in recent VMS and Ultrix
releases (VMS has been a bit ahead, as they had multi-screen support
sooner, so many of the bugs have already been fixed in the latest
release, and picked up by code sharing), but a few won't get fixed until
the next functional release of Ultrix or the layered product, where
multi-screen will be available on the DS5000.

So there are some rough edges, the size of which and roughness of which
depends on precisely what release you talk about, the few remaining of
which are now being rapidly removed.

This message brought to you from screen 2 of a three screen DS5000.  My
apologies
for our bugs. The world should be safe for multi-screen (on our end of the
wire at least...) in the not distant future.
				- Jim Gettys
				  Digital Equipment Corporation
				  Cambridge Research Lab.