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InterViews Port

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From: 4carroll_j
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 21:47
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 Hi,
 
	I am in the process of porting the InterViews  source  to  my  operating 
 system  and  have  a  few  questions,  but  first  a little background. The 
 operating system I work on QNX (a distant  Unix  cousin).  It  is  a  POSIX 
 compliant  operating  system,  with  everything  except  XWindows  (can you 
 imagine such a thing 8-)
 
	About  6  months  ago, I ported the X11R5 to QNX. This port consisted of 
 only the Xlib, as the Xtrinsics had so much code that depended on a  32-bit 
 architecture (QNX is a 16-bit operating system) that that portion must wait 
 till much later. This has left me having to create my own set of widgets.
 
	I recently learned that InterViews was a C++ window system, built on top 
 of XLib. The code was supposedly compatible with AT&T C++ version 2.0. This 
 seemed to be  exactly  what  I  needed.  I  ftp'ed  the  source  code  from 
 stanford.edu, and started building.
 
	The  port  went  quite  smoothly  until  I  reached  the Unidraw library 
 modules. Here, the vendors of my C++ compiler must have a different idea of 
 what AT&T 2.0 compliant means (the product is the Intek C++  compiler  from 
 Draiken  Software).  I am now receiving so many warnings and errors, that I 
 have begun to question whether or not I can pull off this port.
 
	To make things a little more compilcated, I was never able to port imake 
 to qnx, and the make I have is not entirely compatible with Unix make. This 
 makes it necessary for me to do all compiles by hand.

 	Here are my questions:
 
	1) Could someone do an 'ls -lR' of an installed  InterViews  system  and 
 send  it  to  me.  This  will  allow me to know what directories need to be 
 created, and what needs to go where.
 
	2) What portions of the source code is necessary to use  the  InterViews 
 system. For example, there are multiple source directories available:
 
 		Dispatch
 		IV-X11
 		IV-look
 		InterViews
 		OS
 		TIFF
 		Task
 		Unidraw
	 		.
	 		.
	 		.
 
	3)  What can I do with just Dispatch, IV-X11, IV-look, InterViews and OS 
 ported?
 
	4) What if anything should I do with my problems with Unidraw? Is  there 
 someone  close  enough  to  the  developers that could guide me through the 
 changes necessary to get a clean compile?

 
 Thanks
 
 Jim Carroll
   
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From: 4carroll_j@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.interviews
Subject: InterViews Port
Message-ID: <1993Jan8.164701.4859@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 8 Jan 93 21:47:01 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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