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From: bobo@pecan15.cray.com (Bob Kierski)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Not impressed with MacX
Message-ID: <163451.12451@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 19 Dec 90 23:00:26 GMT
References: <1990Nov28.150000.3600@csc.anu.oz.au>
Reply-To: bobo@pecan15.cray.com (Bob Kierski)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
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In article <1990Nov28.150000.3600@csc.anu.oz.au>, hrf900@fac5.anu.oz.au (Hugh Fisher) writes:

|> 
|> So much for the good points, on to criticism which is more fun.
|> 
|> One of Apples 'enhancements' is that instead of typing in your
|> host name, display number, etc you put -display "(R)display"
|> in the command and the actual name will be substituted at
|> execution. Gee, that's wonderful - why can't Unix let you do
|> that? Gosh us Apple owners have an advanced system...

I found this "Feature" rather to be nice.  In a KSTAR environment where
your IP address isn't static, it's a pain to have to figure out what your
host name is "this week" and change all of your menu entries to match.
This was ONE of the bright things Mr. Mimms did.

|> ...


A few things that you have forgotten to mention are 1) frequently the Apple
window manager forgets which window events are supposed to go to and somehow
they go to the wrong place.  2) The Apple Window manager isn't ICCCM compliant
so it doesn't track IconPixmap, Icon Label, and Window Label properties.
3) Colors aren't represented correctly so if you tell (tv)twm to interpolate
menu colors, they look funny.  4)  There is no way to get it to listen on
any port number other than 6000.


|> These are irritating, but the kludge on the mouse buttons is
|> downright awful. Given that the Mac mouse has one button, how
|> would you simulate the three usually found on Unix boxes? I,
|> and all the programmers I asked this, expected some sort of
|> command-shift option as you press the button. What you actually
|> do is press the option and left arrow keys to simulate the
|> middle button and and option-right arrow for the right (You
|> can change this to just left arrow or right arrow, but then
|> those keys don't work normally.)

This is a real problem, but for $150 - $300 you can get a 3 button mouse.

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Have a day,