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From: gusw@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Gunther Shadow)
Subject: performance/size of InterViews
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 11:38:57 GMT
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Hi all,

has anybody out there managed to work with InterViews? For me it was
not a big problem to built and install InterViews, but I've got some
very sizable executables (with shared libraries IV and Unidraw). When
it comes to execution, the response time and overall performance of
the InterViews applications is extremely bad. Ibuild dumps core with a
segmentation fault. The latter may happen due to a mess between
gcc-2.4.5 and gcc-2.5.8 compiled code. Unfortunately FreeBSD still has
2.4.5 as it's standard compiler, while 2.5.8 has improved C++
capabilities (which are actually bug fixes).

So if YOU are happily working with doc or ibuild and have an
acceptable performance, please tell me how you went there! Do you have
a better hardware i.e. DRAM capacity > 8MB, or VGA better than TVGA
8900 B, or local bus or whatever? Are there any fixes for InterViews
out there? Up to date diffs for porting to FreeBSD 1.1?

Are there alternatives to InterViews if I want a WYSIWYG editor and an
X user interface builder? The idea of doc is absolutely great and
would be exactly what I need if it only run faster. Isn't there any
other free X user interface builder out there?

Thanks a lot,
-Gunther

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Gunther Schadow_________________________Hopfenweg 19, Berlin 12357, FR. Germany
Dept. of Anaesthesia and Operative Intensive Care Medicine/
Dept. of Medical Informatics at the              |gusw@boskop.uks.fu-berlin.de
Universitaetsklinikum Steglitz, Berlin, FRG.     |gusw@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de