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# README file for the XView Toolkit, Version 3.2, source release
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# @(#)README 1.7 1/7/92 SMI
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# Please read this document before building the XView release.
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What Is XView
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-------------
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XView (X Window-System-based Visual/Integrated Environment for Workstations)
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is a user-interface toolkit to support interactive, graphics-based
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applications running under the X Window System. XView provides a set of
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pre-built, user-interface objects such as canvases, scrollbars, menus, and
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control panels. The appearance and functionality of these objects follow
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the OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface (GUI) specification. XView features
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an object-oriented style Application Programmer's Interface (API) that is
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straightforward and easy to learn.
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More Information
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----------------
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More information on the XView release is supplied in the
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<XVIEW>/doc/whats_new.ps files. Please refer to these for issues
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related to using the XView libraries and clients and changes for the 3.2
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release. Information on documentation, bug reporting and help
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can be found in the doc directory: xview-info. Information on
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resources/defaults is included in the XView man page contained in
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this directory.
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XView Requirements
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XView requires the use of an ICCCM-compliant window
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manager. One such window manager is olwm, which supports the OPEN
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LOOK (TM) user interface. Further, XView requires full ICCCM
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support in Xlib. This is the standard in the X Window System
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Version 11, Release 5. In order to run under Release 3, you must
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define the PRE_R4_ICCCM compile-time flag (see config/XView.cf)
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and the set resource, xview.icccmcompliant, to False in the
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.Xdefaults file (see the xview man page). This release of XView
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was only tested (executing the builds, and running the binaries)
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on X11 R5.
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Contents
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--------
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The XView release contains the following:
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lib/libxview The XView toolkit
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lib/libolgx The OLGX toolkit (used by XView and olwm)
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clients/clock An XView clock application.
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clients/cmdtool An XView terminal emulator.
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clients/olwm The OPENLOOK window manager.
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clients/olwmslave 'helper' program for olwm.
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contrib/examples A bunch of XView examples.
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fonts/bdf The OPENLOOK fonts required for Pre-R4 based servers.
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doc Documentation about XView.
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misc/message_files Message file templates for localization.
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misc/xrdb_files X resource files for olwm/XView 3.2
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The unpacked source is ~20meg
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You'll need an additional 18meg to do a complete build. (assuming shared libs)
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To install everything, you'll need about 8.5meg.
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Building the Release
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This release of XView was tested on these systems:
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SparcStation 10, SunOS 5.2
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SparcStation 2, SunOS 5.2
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SparcStation 1, SunOS 4.1.2
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Like X11, XView uses imake to configure the Makefiles for a particular
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system. The Makefiles delivered with this release are probably not
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configured correctly for your system. New Makefiles will need
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to be generated from the Imakefiles. In order to do this,
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the following items are required:
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1. Installed X11 R5
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a. X11 header files.
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b. X11 libraries.
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c. X11 config directory.
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2. If you set XvI18nLevel to 4 in config/XView.cf, Asian locale
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support will be built in XView, and olwm. In this case, for
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olwm to work properly, the Xlib library (libX11) has to be
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built with internationalization support. If this cannot be
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done, config/XView.tmpl will have to be edited for the clients/olwm
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build as follows. Change the line:
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XVCLIENTI18NDEFINES = -DOW_I18N_L4 -DOW_I18N_L3 -DOW_I18N -DFULL_R5
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to
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XVCLIENTI18NDEFINES = -DOW_I18N_L3 -DOW_I18N -DFULL_R5
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3. Compiled versions of imake and makedepend must be found
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in your $PATH. If you are building the fonts you'll
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need the X11 font compilers in your path too. The fonts
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are only needed if you are building for a Pre-R4 server.
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Assuming R5 is installed in /foobar/R5, the X11 config directory is
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in /foobar/R5/lib/X11, and compiled versions of imake and makedepend
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should be found in /foobar/R5/bin.
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The XView release provides an additional set of rules and configuration
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parameters that are necessary to build the release. These can be
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found in ./config. Most notably is ./config/XView.cf which contains
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XView specific build options. This file should be read before a build
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is attempted. XView.cf, by default, is designed for building XView 3.2
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on Solaris 2.2.
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################
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NOTE (IMPORTANT)
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################
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The default configuration will build XView with Asian locale support
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(turned on by -DOW_I18N). This requires the presence of Sun private
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header files (i.e. XSunExt.h) available only with Solaris 2.2. It is
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included by the build via "-I$(OPENWINHOME)/include".
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Therefore, the default configuration requires Solaris 2.2 to be
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installed. If it is not installed, Asian locale support has to be turned
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off by setting XvI18nLevel (in config/XView.cf) to 3. This has to be done
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for builds done on SunOS 4.x as well.
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In the source release of XView 3.0, we used 'xstr' in shared library
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builds. 'xstr' was used to extract string literals from the source which
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was then put into an array which was indexed into instead of using the
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string literal directly. We have removed this functionality for this
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release. Most compilers already have options (-strconst, -xstrconst)
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to insert string literals into the text segment instead of the data
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segment. Building without xstr is also much faster.
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But, if your builds fail with:
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"GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE overflown"
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then, you should revert back to the old way of doing things, with 'xstr'.
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This can be done as follows (in the config directory):
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a. mv XView.rules XView.rules.bak
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b. cp XView.rules.xstr XView.rules
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Here is what you need to do to build:
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1. Set the environment variable IMAKEINCLUDE to point to both the
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R5 config directory and the XView config directory.
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Examples, first one for csh, second for sh:
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% setenv IMAKEINCLUDE -I`pwd`/config -I/foobar/R5/lib/X11/config
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or
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$ IMAKEINCLUDE="-I`pwd`/config -I/foobar/R5/lib/X11/config"
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$ export IMAKEINCLUDE
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2. Set the OSMajorVersion and OSMinorVersion variables in the
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appropriate <X11>/config/*.cf files.
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3. Double-check the parameters in <X11>/config/site.def.
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4. Double-check the build options in ./config/XView.cf.
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There are comments in this file to explain what each option
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is for. Among other things, this is where you can define where you
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want XView to be installed.
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5. Type "imake -DUseInstalled -I<X11>/lib/X11/config -I./config"
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Type make World >& make.world &"
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(do not name the log file make.log or it will get deleted).
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This will build libxview and libolgx.
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6. Check the log file for any errors. The release should build
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without any problems on sun4 with SunOS 4.x and sun4 with
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SunOS 5.x.
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7. As root, type "make install". See tail end of log file for
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special directions for shared libraries, if used.
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8. Type "make Clients >& make.clients &"
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This will cause the programs in ./clients to be built.
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9. Type "make Contrib >& make.contrib &"
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This will cause the examples in ./contrib to be built.
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10. Type "make 'SUBDIRS=clients contrib' install"
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11. Type "make 'SUBDIRS=clients contrib' install.man"
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12. Type "make 'SUBDIRS=clients contrib' install.srcs"
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13. Documents, release notes, known bugs are in the doc directory.
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Can install these with "make -k 'SUBDIRS=doc' install".
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14. When done, can get rid of all compiled files and links used
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during the build with: "make Clean"
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Building a lint library is not yet supported.
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Source Notes
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This version of the XView source corresponds to that provided with
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OpenWindows Version 3.2 from SunSoft Inc. Libraries generated with this
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source should be interchangeable with those from the OpenWindows Version 3.2
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release.
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Porting Notes
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This release of XView has been tested extensively on two Sun
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platforms, a SunOS 4.1.2 system and a SunOS 5.2 system. X11R5 was
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build for the SunOS 5.2 system using the base MIT X11R5 source and
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the R5.SunOS5.patch in the contrib directory on export.lcs.mit.edu.
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While efforts have been made to keep the toolkit portable to other
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platforms, you may encounter problems. Please inform us of the
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porting problems you find. Send email to xviewbugs@Eng.Sun.COM
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and we will attempt to evaluate the problem and possibly include
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a fix in a future patch or release.
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Build Environment Notes
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The style of the build environment has been outlined by the X.V11 Release 5
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build environment from MIT. "Outlined" is used instead of "defined" since
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there is no standard procedure for X software builds. The precedent is set
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by the X Consortium for certain procedures and conventions; however, since
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these conventions are neither reviewed nor documented, they cannot always
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be followed. As much as possible, the conventions used in the X11R5 build
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have been followed in the XView build.
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If you've not used imake before, there is a document which explains how
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it works in doc/config/usenixws. The easiest way to think of it is creating a
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Makefile description language with CPP macros. The order in which files
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are included will define which CPP rules and variables are active.
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The configuration files specific to XView all begin with "XView."
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The "XView.cf" file is one meant to easily choose certain build or
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configuration options. The "XView.tmpl" file defines common configurations
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for XView and is included by each Imakefile. All relevant variables
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defined in the XView.tmpl file may be changed in the site.def file by
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pre-defining the appropriate CPP variable. Both files are heavily
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commented to explain what each option does. The other files, "XView.lib",
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"XView.obj", and "XView.prog" are just a means of sharing common Imakefile
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commands among many Imakefiles. The "XView.rules" file supplements the
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"Imake.rules" file as supplied by X11R5.
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Feedback
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--------
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While the XView team makes every effort to watch the ``net'' for questions
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and problems with XView some messages may slip by. The xviewbugs@Eng.Sun.COM
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alias has been created to provide a means for XView source product customers
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to send input to the XView engineers. If you find problems or have
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comments on XView, please forwarded them to this alias. We appreciate
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any and all input.
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