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hi!

thanks for the (unexpected many) answers to my question:

> Perhaps a rather strange question of mine: Is it possible to use the NeXT
> computer with its UNIX as cross development system for programming X Windows?
> Did anyone something similar before?

here is the SUMMARY of the answers
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From: Alex D. Nghiem <alex@pencom.com>
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You can do it, although you have to obtain the X distribution for the NeXT  
computers.  There are several sources:

1. co-Xist (produced by us)
2. mouse-X (public domain)
3. XNeXT (public domain)
4. cub'X (produced by cub'X)
5. eXodus (produced by White Pine)

Once you have the libraries installed, you can compiled your X code just as  
you would on any other Unix machines.  If you need more information on  
co-Xist or X in general, please send mail to co-Xist_info@pencom.com.


From: rs05%asylum@gte.com (Russ Sasnett)
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with a monochrome station, the public domain
Mouse-X (from MacGill (sp?)) distribution works
fabulously. i hacked on a number of programs with
it, and found it to be stable and "standard",
not to mention very fast.

now i've upgraded to a color station. i purchased
CubX and it works great as well. i think you should
go commercial if you need a color X server on the
NeXT; the PD stuff was not very good last i checked.

for my purposes, i like CubX because i can run the
X server in full-screen mode; that way i can see
exactly what an X user would see on their screen.
this is also important for making sure you handle
window manager interactions correctly. CubX will
also do the rootless windows thing if that's what
you want.


From: William.Pietri@umich.edu <william@stat.lsa.umich.edu>
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Yes.  Under the hood, the NeXT is a real live Unix box.  You can install
all the standard X stuff on it and work with it happily.  An added bonus
of using the NeXT is that NextStep allows you to prototype your program
much more easily.  If you do your program first in NextStep and then port
it to X, the end product should be much better and the development time
should be lessened.


From: Paul Poh <ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
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It not such a strange question at all :-) Actually, i plan to do some X
work on my NeXT. I've spend some considerable time getting an X11R5 server
to work properly on my NeXT. I've even got so far as to replace NeXTstep's
GUI with X. The libraries will build fairly easily on a NeXT but the server
is more of a problem. There are several commercial and pd X server ports
available. Check out the FAQ for comp.sys.next.*. 

thanks!
stefan