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From: pvo3366@neptune.uucp (Paul O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Is NeWS UseABLE?
Keywords: framebuffer /dev/fb /dev/win*
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Date: 3 Aug 88 01:22:35 GMT
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In article <2135@ssc-vax.UUCP> dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
>
>2)  If I run NeWS inside of SunView, by "setenv FRAMEBUFFER x y w h"
>(BTW, thanks to all who replied to my previous posting on this), I
>don't get a window, I just get a non-sizeable area of the screen
>that I can only run NeWS in - yuck.  If I run SunView application.....

This is a neat trick!!  I couldn't find any postings describing this, so
I assume people must have mailed it to you.  Does it really work as
quoted in your posting?  It took me a long time to figure out
setenv FRAMEBUFFER '/dev/fb x y w h'  was what was required. 

Where is this documented?

Wizards---why won't setenv FRAMEBUFFER /dev/win* work?

Paul O'Neill             pvo@oce.orst.edu
Coastal Imaging Lab
OSU/Oceanography
Corvallis, OR  97331     503-754-3251