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From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xview Applications in X or OpenWindows?
Message-ID: <4@tdatirv.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 91 17:24:13 GMT
References: <3209@sparko.gwu.edu> <1991May22.185550.24688@searchtech.com>
Reply-To: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Teradata Corp., Irvine
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In article <1991May22.185550.24688@searchtech.com> mra@searchtech.com (Michael Almond) writes:
<In article <3209@sparko.gwu.edu> darken@seas.gwu.edu () writes:
<>The program was running on a Sun4 but
<>displaying on an HP. Does anyone know if I can do this? If so, what
<>sort of errors should I be aware of? Thanks for your help.
<
<I believe XView applications require 'olwm'.  I'm not sure why your program
<ran properlly under twm on the Sun.  We just purchased a Sparc 2 and I'm in
<the process of compiling X11R4.

No they do not.  XView applications will run just fine with any ICCCM
compliant window manager.  XView apps *do* require the OpenLook fonts.
And since vanilla X11r4 (such as the HP runs) does not install them,
this was the problem.

[Of course you get push-pins only with olwm, but so what?].
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uunet!tdatirv!sarima				(Stanley Friesen)