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From: john@acorn.co.uk (John Bowler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X V11R4 clients -> X V11R3 servers
Summary: No problem.
Keywords: X R4 R3 protocol compatibility clients servers
Message-ID: <1751@acorn.co.uk>
Date: 28 Feb 90 17:27:34 GMT
References: <643@ubbpc.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@acorn.UUCP (John Bowler)
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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In article <643@ubbpc.UUCP> wgh@ubbpc.UUCP (William G. Hutchison) writes:
>
> I am posting to ask what is known about using X V11R4 clients when one does
>not have time (or the experience!) to build an X V11R4 server.

All the core clients which I have tried seem to work (yes, even oclock, I
admit the window isn't round :-).  If the fonts aren't in the R3 server
install them from the R4 distribution - easy (as long as you remember to
run mkfontdir, and as long as your R3 system has a font compiler...)

As far as I can see, most R4 programs are *more* likely to be compatible
with an (arbitrary) R3 server than the corresponding R3 programs - because
protocol abuses have been corrected, and the protocol itself hasn't changed.
Some things may not work very well unless you also run an ICCCM window
manager (eg R4 twm (but no tabs :-)).

John Bowler (jbowler@acorn.co.uk)