Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!ncar!boulder!unicads!ken From: ken@unicads.UUCP (Ken Garnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: comp.sources.x Keywords: what happened to it? Message-ID: <324@unicads.UUCP> Date: 18 Jan 89 23:56:45 GMT References: <699@share.ursa.UUCP> Lines: 70 In article <699@share.ursa.UUCP>, jmd@ursa.UUCP (Josh Diamond) writes: > Hey folks! > > What has happened to comp.sources.x? We used to get the group here, > but it seems to have disappeared. It did not appear in our most recent > checkgroups message ( 29 Dec 88 21:34:49 GMT ). If it still exists, could > those of power re-newgroup it please? > The same thing happened to us!! However, there are apparently still people who do get `comp.sources.x' (or at least think they do) -- note the following article references from the last two weeks: >From <635@rocksanne.UUCP>, jhs@rocksanne.UUCP (Hans Schlichter): => I also attempted to send a copy to x-sources@wyse.com. If => I did everything right then it should appear sometime later => in comp.sources.x >From <8901032106.AA02251@intrepid.riacs.edu>, davy@riacs.EDU: => I have placed the sources for the X11 version of my xpostit program => (Post-it notes for X windows) on expo in contrib/xpostit.tar.Z. I => have also sent it to comp.sources.x; it should show up there real => soon now. >From <9226@ut-emx.UUCP>, mic@ut-emx.UUCP (Mic (... K[a-z]+) Kaczmarczik): => I have placed a shell archive with an extended version of => XReadBitmapFile() that can read Sun icon and raster image files (as => well as X 11 bitmap files) on expo, in contrib/xshow.shar.Z. I've => also submitted the shell archive to comp.sources.x. >From <8901041502.AA07863@hara.fctunl.rccn.pt>, spa%hara.fctunl.rccn.pt@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Salvador Pinto Abreu): => I've submitted the patches to comp.sources.x (x-sources@wyse.com) and => sent a copy to RWS so they'll be placed on expo:contrib/ for ftp. >From <2382@daisy.UUCP>, turner@daisy.UUCP (Jim Turner): => Because of the growing amount of software available for X11R3, I have done => a bit of directory reorganizing on the archives. The new top level => directories are: => => sources archive of comp.sources.x >From <8901111643.AA01368@intrepid.riacs.edu>, davy@RIACS.EDU: => The first set of patches for xpostit is available on expo as => contrib/xpostit.patch1.Z, or you can grab a new copy of the tar file. => They have also been sent to comp.sources.x. >From <16591@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, casey@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom): => | From: Isaac => | Lastly, there is a Newsgroup for the sole purpose of distributing X => | sources: comp.sources.x. >From <2761@stiatl.UUCP>, xwidgets@stiatl.UUCP (Xwidgets library account): => All widgets, toolkit extensions, and other code, once verified, will => be posted to comp.sources.x. About once a month, a list of new material, => a request for widgets, and information about the PDWL will be posted to => comp.windows.x. >From <2762@stiatl.UUCP>, xwidgets@stiatl.UUCP (Xwidgets library account): => The source & doc will be available via comp.sources.x, where they will be => posted as they are added to the library after testing. Alternatively, I Anyway, that's enough.... you get the idea. I, for one, would sure like to be sure I'm not going to miss some of this stuff -- so what gives??? What happened to `comp.sources.x' ?!?!? -- - Ken Garnett UUCP: ...!sun!sunpeaks!unicads!ken Unicad, Inc. or: ...!ncar!{sunpeaks|boulder}!unicads!ken 1695 38th Street Boulder, Colo. 80301 (303) 443-6961