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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.apps:8407 comp.unix.bsd.misc:4 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:61 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!trowley From: trowley@geom.umn.edu (Tim Rowley) Subject: Re: Geomview: An Interactive 3D Geometry Viewer Message-ID: <D5HKwp.6G5@news.cis.umn.edu> Keywords: interactive 3D geometry graphics Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: plucker.geom.umn.edu Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) References: <D51KMq.6Gr@news.cis.umn.edu> <3jrpd1$617@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:43:14 GMT Lines: 34 taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) writes: >In article <D51KMq.6Gr@news.cis.umn.edu>, software <software@geom.umn.edu> wrote: >>This release includes versions for SGI (using GL graphics), NeXTStep >>(requires NeXTStep version 3.0 or higher), and generic Xlib graphics. >>general-purpose tool. Its functionality can be extended in an almost >>unlimited fashion by external modules or programs. > I notice that the pre-compiled binaries all use the Motif >interface. I would like to compile a version for FreeBSD 2.0, but I >don't the Motif libs. From your description of "generic Xlib >graphics", I take it that Motif is *not* required? Any plans on >releasing a *BSD binary? Hmmm... perhaps we shouldn't have used the term "generic" in the announcement -- it was meant to refer to the fact that the rendering engine uses straight Xlib, and doesn't need OpenGL, PEX, etc.... Motif is required to compile Geomview. I believe there are some companies that will provide Motif development libraries for *BSD. You could also try compiling with LessTif, a Motif clone currently being developed by the Hungry Programmers. We have not tried this, so you're pretty much on your own. LessTif can be found at http://www.cs.uidaho.edu:8000/hungry/microshaft/lesstif.html. If you try this route, there's one other tricky bit -- src/lib/oogl/util/futil.c needs to know about the internals of the FILE structure. We are currently only using Linux on the Intel platforms because it seems to be the most popular and well supported free unix. If we get feedback from people requesting a *BSD binary, we will consider devoting the time to install one of the BSDs (which one?) and compiling Motif and Geomview. So far you're the only one who has requested a *BSD binary. -- Tim Rowley -- trowley@geom.umn.edu -- "Do or do not, there is no try."