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David Waters (mbanet@netcom.com) wrote:
> My goal is to obtain Mosaic for my C= release of UNIX, using a SL/IP line.

> After checking the NSCA site, it seems that Mosaic requires Motif.  My 
> thinking is that I need to obtain/install Motif since the C= Release only 
> uses OpenLook.

> I thought that I read somewhere (in the C= installation manuals) that Motif 
> was available but I can't seem to find the reference.  Can anyone verify 
> whether Motif is available/installable for the C= UNIX release?

	Motif is sold by Open Software Foundation.  If you want I can
dig out the address.

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| Mauricio Tavares          | "We will attack...                          |
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In Mon, 20 Nov 1995 01:13:46 GMT, David Waters (mbanet@netcom.com) wrote:
> : David Waters (mbanet@netcom.com) wrote:
> : > My goal is to obtain Mosaic for my C= release of UNIX, using a SL/IP line.

> Mauricio Tavares (raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu) wrote:
> : 	Motif is sold by Open Software Foundation.
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> My worst fear was confirmed when I downloaded the Motif FAQ.  AFAI'mC, my 
> only hope to run Mosaic on my version of UNIX is that someone at NCSA 
> decided to create a version that relies on the standard X-Lib routines.

	What about AMosaic?  Also, are you sure *all* versions of NCSA
Mosaic require Motif?  After all, Motif was not ported for all
workstations you can compile Mosaic on AFAIK.

> I'm not going to hold my breath though...I guess that I'll have to buy a 
> Pentium machine (instead of an A4000T) just to browse the WWW! :-(

	If you are that desperate, why not simply run Shapeshifter and
Mosaic/Netscape while emulating a Mac?

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| Mauricio Tavares          | "We will attack...                          |
| raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu |  ...under the cover of daylight!" Rimmer    |
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: >My worst fear was confirmed when I downloaded the Motif FAQ.  AFAI'mC, my 
: >only hope to run Mosaic on my version of UNIX is that someone at NCSA 
: >decided to create a version that relies on the standard X-Lib routines.
: >

There -are- other Web browsers for X which don't require Motif.  Chimera,
for example, is one.  (Excuse me if I misspelled the name--I can look it up
if you want me to.)  Chimera uses Athena (read: ugly) widgets, but can be
made to look better if you use libXaw3d (3d'ish athena widgets).

BTW--Let me give Holger Kruse a blatent plug here:  Chimera -has- been
ported to run under AmiWin (an AmigaOS native X environment...the 
registered version gives you the necessary X development SAS/C libraries 
to write/port X apps to AmigaOS).

: Forget about Motif, it's bloated, expensive, and inefficient.

Ah, but Motif has become the defacto standard as the X graphical interface.
Personally, I'm an OpenLook/Xview kinda guy. :-)

	-Ed
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