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From: jmknoble@zephyr (Jim Knoble)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Where is Xm ?
Date: 27 Jul 1995 05:36:53 GMT
Organization: Knoble's Fine Foods
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On 25 Jul 95 23:37:06 -0400 Scott Burns <burns@eisner.decus.org> wrote:
> NetBSD V1.0a (June 24th), XFree86 V3.1.1.
>
> Now I am trying to get fvwm to compile. It complained of xpm requirements.
>
> Well I now know that is "pixmap" ? That was a bit of fun to track down
> (maybe someone should put that in the Motif faq). Anyway, I grabbed it
> from ftp.x.org.
scott--
`xpm' is *not* `pixmap'. `Xpm' is the X Pixmap *library*, which
contains common routines to deal with pixmaps under X. `Pixmap' is a
pixmap editing tool, much like `bitmap' is for bitmaps. `Pixmaps' are
bitmapped images with color information in a certain format, readable
by the xpm library routines.
actually, you don't *have* to have the xpm library in order to use
fvwm--you can easily compile fvwm without it. edit fvwm's Makefile
and read the notes there as well as the installation notes.
the xpm libraries are available in source form from:
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries
where you can also get `xpm.FAQ', which may answer other questions you
may have.
> Anyway, trying to compile pixmap it appears to want a bunch of Xm include
> files. I think Xm is the "Motif Toolkit" ? but I am not sure. Can anyone
> tell me where I might find that ?
yes, Xm refers to the Motif Toolkit--home of mwm, the Motif Window
Manager as i pointed out in an earlier article. Pixmap does not have
to be compiled with support for Motif--read the installation notes
(often called README) and the Makefile to see what to define or
undefine to compile pixmap without Motif support.
> It might be nice if add-on X apps. let you know in the README/INSTALL
> file what add-ons they themself depend on ?
they often do.
peace.
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