commercial desktop tools?

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2 total messages Started by David Cortesi Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:28

#742

Author: David Cortesi
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 00:28

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We are trying to put together a "standard desktop environment"
for a number of writers and editors. The basis will be Sparcs
running SunOS 4.1, X11R5, and the Motif Window Manager (mwm).

Besides an important application tool, all these users need to:
 * do UNIX command-line work as in xterm or cmdtool
 * edit ASCII documents as in xedit or textedit
 * read copious email
 * read net news

These are not naive users; indeed most would qualify as power users
from the standpoint of text editing and the use of email and shell
commands.  However (and this is a key point) none are programmers.  For
example few if any would be able to read a makefile or hack a shell
script other than .login/.cshrc (some couldn't do that much).

The desktop tools we've assembled so far are rather a mixed bag
including some X contributed programs, some Sun stuff (like mailtool
out of sunview via openwin), etc.  There are quite noticeable
inconsistencies between tools in the treatment of mouse selections,
keyboard focus, and the like, as well as outright bugs.

There are probably publishers of professional-quality tools of
these sorts for Motif, yes?  Where do they advertise?  How do we
find out about them?  And does anyone have suggestions or 
experiences with commercial software to share?  Please write;
I'll be glad to post a summary of what I get.

Dave Cortesi
   cortesi@informix.com

Re: commercial desktop tools?

#753

Author: F K Weil
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 13:17

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In article <1993Jan6.002845.11910@informix.com> cortesi@informix.com (David Cortesi) writes:
>There are probably publishers of professional-quality tools of
>these sorts for Motif, yes?  Where do they advertise?  How do we
>find out about them?  And does anyone have suggestions or 
>experiences with commercial software to share?  Please write;
>I'll be glad to post a summary of what I get.
>
The DE FACTO desktop for MOTIF is X.desktop supplied by IXI in the UK.

It is distributed as standard by DEC, SCO, IBM et al. They produce a full
distribution of MOTIF and X.desktop for SUN. In addition they have a set 
of goodies under the title Deskterm which provide editor, post it notes,
calculator etc.

IXI have distributors world wide.

>Dave Cortesi
>   cortesi@informix.com

-- 
Fred Weil
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