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davidn@sdev.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) writes:

>In article <DM2pKB.y1@assip.csasyd.oz>, arthurv@syd.csa.com.au (Arthur Vlahos) writes:
> > Does anyone know of a Motif distribution for Linux ?

> Wished I knew of one.

There are several Motifs available for Linux in either binary (a.out and
ELF) or source.  I don't use any of them, so I can't recommend one.

Check out http://www.cen.com/mw3/ for a good source of Motif info on the
web.  Or try Yahoo.

I'm not sure what's happening with the GNU lesstif project (freeware
motif 1.2 clone).  Haven't heard anything about it for ages...but then,
I haven't been terribly interested, since I've been running my linux box
mostly in text mode for most of the last few years, only upgraded my
system to be worth running X on about 4 or 5 months ago.  Given a choice
between fast text and slow graphics i'll take the fast text every time.

Being able to compile Motif programs is only just starting to become
important to me.  I'm going to have to start keeping track of
developments.

> > I know Yggdrasil (spelling ?) used to offer it but I haven't seen
> > any of there adds in a long time.

> The other problem is getting it in the right format (aout or
> ELF). Seems most of the pre-compiled binaries for X on the various
> Linux sites/mirrors are in aout, and of course many of them cannot be
> compiled without Motif.

> Consequently, right now I'm stuck with Lynx for web browsing. :-)

Why not use Chimera?  Or Arena?  Or Mosaic?  Source code for all 3 is
available.  None of them require Motif (I wish lesstif would hurry up
and get released!).  There's also another browser written in Python, but
I can't remember what it's called right now.

Alternatively, you could install the a.out shared libs alongside the ELF
versions...an ELF system can run a.out as well as ELF binaries with no
problems.

Craig

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