Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Xnext (mouse-X) Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 91 22:05:53 GMT References: <1991Mar15.052404.4117@neon.Stanford.EDU> <1991Mar15.212326.19805@neon.Stanford.EDU> Distribution: usa Organization: U.C.Irvine, Dept. of Physics Lines: 47 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: scott@texnext.gac.edu's message of 15 Mar 91 23:59:11 GMT I'll ad my two bits of X-lore to the preceding discussion (and another posting of Scott's and Zimmer's, re libraries). 1. There were 2-3 libraries missing from the release on calvin: -rw-rw-r-- 1 hardy 21942 Feb 20 10:25 libXPM2.a -rw-rw-r-- 1 hardy 34448 Feb 20 08:40 libXinput.a -rw-rw-r-- 1 hardy 20402 Feb 20 08:40 libXext.a I don't know how important they are but ... 2. I recommend puttinf a .xinitrc file in your home directory; here's mine: ----- xclock -digital -fn LubB24 -geometry 330x38+0-0 -rv& xterm -geometry 80x24+35+35 -title Shell -n Shell-iconic -fn courB14-rv & xsetroot -bg DarkSlateGrey -fg White -mod 16 16& xterm -geometry 80x24+0+0 -title Console -n Console -fn courB12 -rv& xterm -geometry 80x48+345+0 -title Kermit -n Kermit -fn courB14 -rv -e kermit& exec tvtwm _____ This way, when you kill tvtwm (from one of the twm menus, about which later) X exists graciously. NB I don't get console output in the Console Xterm (X is looking for /usr/lib/Xconsoles, a file which contains only a *; however it does not seem to work here). Another observation: when you suspend X (with Command-Command-Backspace) and reenter it, the twm menus don't show up immediately; if I suspend it again and reenter, they behave normally; But on the whole X-mouse is quick and behves more or less as expected (my NeXT is at home, so I could not test its interaction with X on other machines). Twm (or its descendants tvtwm, etc) can be customized -- I snarfed a .twmrc file from a Sun (since I am using Motif with mwm on my HP-Bobcats). You can start out with the system.twmrc file and expand the menus. Cutting and pasting between X-mouse and NeXTStep windows also works correctly Congratulations to the authors for a well-done job! Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Prof.) Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717;(714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET