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2 total messages Started by mvm Wed, 07 Feb 1990 09:10

#443

Author: mvm
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1990 09:10

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In response to the previous mail, there is a mode in X11R4 that is
100% compatible with X11R3. You might want to try this and, if your
problems persist, I would suspect a bug in the X implementation on
the explorer.

It is my understanding that the X server does not run on the microExplorer
and that TI is waiting for Apple to release their X server on the mac
(under MacOS). My question is: has anyone tried to make it run with
alternative X servers on the mac (for example Exodus). What would be
involved in making it work (i.e. how much work).

Also, I was rather surprised not to find any predefined CLUE widgets/contacts
in release 6 (no buttons, scrollbars etc...). I understand that we have
to wait for CLIO to get the full stuff, but could something preliminary
be made available, at our own risk, via ftp so that we can at least
start working?

At this point, it really seems like what was delievered with release 6 (CLX
without an X server for the microExplorer, CLUE without any predefined
widgets) is TOTALLY useless and that if we want to be compatible with SLE
in the future we should look for alternative Lisp environments such as
Harlequin on the sun. Do you feel that my position is too extreme?




                                                Michel Manago
                                                IntelliSoft

Disclaimer : my opinion does not necessarily reflect etc...

Re: X server AND MacTCP incompatibilites

#447

Author: Robert Dominy
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 20:29

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In article <9002070910.AA22367@lri.lri.fr> mvm@FRLRI61.BITNET writes:
> It is my understanding that the X server does not run on the 
microExplorer
> and that TI is waiting for Apple to release their X server on the mac
> (under MacOS). My question is: has anyone tried to make it run with
> alternative X servers on the mac (for example Exodus). What would be
> involved in making it work (i.e. how much work).
One problem with the Mac X server (say Exodus or MacX) and a microExplorer
X client running on the same machine is that the microExplorer seems to
be incompatible with Apple's MacTCP drivers. I suspect that this is because
both MacTCP and the uExplorer are trying to insert their own handlers for
the same protocol.

Does anyone know if TI is working on this problem? It seems logical that they
could dump their own TCP drivers and use/license the MacTCP drivers.  The 
current situation is a minor annoyance to me as I have to reboot without 
the MacTCP drivers to use the uExplorer - it will become a major problem
soon when I'll need to run Mac application that uses TCP concurrently with
uExplorer for an upcomming project.

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Robert Dominy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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