From: kunst AT prl DOT philips DOT nl
Subject: Porting to Desqview/X
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJGPP users list)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1993 17:48:23 +0100 (MET)


Some people in our group use Motif/XWindows for GUI to their programs.
I'm told that Desqview/X comes bundled with the DJGPP port of gcc.
We have no experience in our group with Desqview/X (yet).

I would like to hear from DJGPP users who have ported X-applications
to Desqview/X and the possible problems encountered during the port.
To avoid massive bandwidth on this list, I would like to ask to send
your contribution directly to me, and I'll post a summary to this list.

Some questions:

 - What do I need to compile X-Windows programs with Desqview/X ?
   (libraries, tools ?)

 - Are the following libraries provided/available: -lXm -lXt -lX11 ?
   Which other X-libraries are needed and/or provided ?

 - I know the people here use 'xdesigner' (on UNIX) for GUI design.
   If you have experience with this product too: Can the generated 
   code be compiled directly by DJGPP ?

 - Can you give a (rough) time estimation on the total time required 
   for porting an application to Desqview/X ? Or just recompile ?!?

 - Any (known) omissions in the Desqview/X libraries ?
   How about limiations on program size and/or data size ?

 - Do you know of (public domain) X-applications which have been
   ported to Desqview/X ? I have seen ports of XV and TGIF on SIMTEL.

 - Personal experiences...

All contributions are much appreciated !


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