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Article #501Re: DECWindows and twm
From: George Hartzell
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1989 01:58
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1989 01:58
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In article <5586@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, te07@edrc (Thomas Epperly) writes:
>I have a DECstation 3100 running DECwindows(Ultrix Worksystem Software 2.0
>I haven't gotten the patch yet), and I would like to replace dxwm with twm
>or awm. After some work I got both twm and awm to compile, but neither
>works correctly. They both have trouble with the Session manager window.
>awm complains "Unkown property 75". The symptoms are kind of hard to
>describe, but I will try. It is like the Session manager's window becomes
>part of the background. If I move the Session manager window it moves
>away, but a copy remains where it used to be. This copy cannot be
>selected, moved, or iconified. This happens with both twm and awm.
>
I'm running twm on a Decstation 3100 without any problem, but am not
using the session manager. I am using xdm, which (sortof) qualifies
as a session manager I guess. I haven't had any problems with it.
Let me know if you want more info.
g.
George Hartzell (303) 492-4535
MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
hartzell@Boulder.Colorado.EDU ..!{ncar,nbires}!boulder!hartzell
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!boulder!hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU From: hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: DECWindows and twm Keywords: DECwindows X twm pmax DECstation Message-ID: <10190@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 21 Jul 89 01:58:39 GMT References: <5586@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: news@boulder.Colorado.EDU Reply-To: hartzell@boulder.Colorado.EDU (George Hartzell) Followup-To: comp.sys.dec Distribution: usa Organization: MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 20 In-reply-to: te07@edrc.cmu.edu (Thomas Epperly)