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From: coolidge@cs.uiuc.edu (John Coolidge)
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Subject: Re: XWindows ??
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Date: 6 Nov 90 05:05:14 GMT
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abm@alan.aux.apple.com (Alan Mimms) writes:
>An alternative to purchase of the X Window System for A/UX to use as a
>cost-savings measure would be to take the MIT X11R4 sources and compile
>them on A/UX.  This is fairly straightforward, if somewhat
>time-consuming.  (Note that our X Window System product is NOT a
>straight port; very significant enchancements -- especially with regard
>to performance -- are built into the software, and an excellent set of
>manuals above and beyond the normal MIT manual pages is included.)

In fact, I've done this (with significant enhancements --- the
use of shared libraries), and the results can be ftp'd from
wuarchive.wustl.edu.

Out of curiousity: will Apple's enhancements be in X11R5 (i.e.
will the changes be released to the world at large)?

--John

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