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From: dsamperi@Citicorp.COM (Dominick Samperi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Sun NeWS and Motif compatibility
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.221632.5949@Citicorp.COM>
Date: 9 Jun 91 22:16:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: Citicorp.1991Jun9.221632.5949
Organization: Citicorp
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Since Sun does not support the X server (Xsun) that is built from the
MIT X distribution, and since Xsun does not support the the newer SPARC
keyboards (nothing is sent by PgUP/PgDN keys, for example), I recently
tried to run Motif-based applications using xnews for the server on
SPARC Stations. This doesn't work very well. First I tried using olwm
(OpenLook Window manager), then I tried using mwm (with the NeWS server).
In both cases parts of windows were left behind and could not be removed
from the screen.

What happend to the "Open Systems" idea? I thought the Motif vs.
OpenLook debate was concerned with look-and-feel, but these problems
indicate that even the low-level behavior of X is not being supported
by Sun. And I thought that X was one of the really significant true
standards?!

By the way, using xnews didn't even solve the keyboard problem; the SPARC
keyboard is still not supported as far as I can tell.

-- 
Dominick Samperi -- Citicorp
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