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From: Danny Backx <u27113@kb.be>
Newsgroups: comp.linux.x,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: LessTif 0.78
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:22:08 +0200
Organization: Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium
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Lesstif 0.78 has just been released. Lesstif is a freely available Motif
clone. It is going to be source level compatible with Motif 1.2. It is
distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License
(LGPL).
Lesstif is available from the following URL's
http://www.lesstif.org
ftp://ftp.lesstif.org/pub/hungry/lesstif/
WHAT'S CHANGED
--------------
Release 0.78 is an interim release. What's changed:
<li>New directory structure to allow for CDE and 2.0 widgets.
<li>For testing purposes, the Interleaf ComboBox widget is added to
the Xm-CDE directory.
If someone cares to replace or enhance it, please do so.
I'm no legal expert, but enforcing LGPL license on LessTif if
part of it is covered by the license Interleaf has put in,
might be contradictory. (Note that the Interleaf license is more
liberal
than LGPL.)
<li>A version of ComboBox with "dt" changed into "xm" is also put into
the Xm-2.0 directory for testing purposes.
Similar comments apply : we may want to replace this sucker.
<li>New version of configure.cmd (for OS/2) from Michael Holzapfel.
<li>Layout details (remember the "Pixel Police" ?) are finally
understood
and are getting into place in ScrolledWindow.
<li> Drag and Drop is somewhat working at this point. We don't do
PREREGISTER (because nobody has documented it), so it gets emulated
by the DYNAMIC protocol. Cross application dragging doesn't work
yet.
<li>Improvements to the menu system. Option menus look a bit better,
popup menus have improved and grab balancing is close to being OK.
MAILING LISTS
-------------
There are several mailing lists devoted to Lesstif
lesstif
This is the list for bug reports, general discussions,
announcements etc.
lesstif-commits
This is a read only list. Subscribe to it if you want to
follow
development closely. You will receive the log messages that
accompany modifications to the source code.
To subscribe to the mailing <list>, send mail to
<list>-request@hungry.com,
with the subject "subscribe". To unsubscribe, send mail to
<list>-request@hungry.com, with the subject "unsubscribe".
Where <list> is either "lesstif" or "lesstif-commits".
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
-------------------
Lesstif is known to compile on the following platforms:
OS Version CPU Compiler X Version
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Linux 2.0.25 Pentium GCC-2.7.2.1 X11R6.1
(XFree86-3.2)
486 GCC-2.7.1 X11R5
2.0.0 486 gcc-2.7.2 X11R6
(XFree86-312)
2.0.18 Alpha gcc-2.7.2 ?? (assume
X11R6.1)
MkLinux 2.0.21 PowerPC GCC 2.7.2 X11R6.1
Solaris 2.4 SPARC GCC-2.7.2.1 X11R5
2.5 SPARC GCC-2.7.2 X11R5
SunOS 4.1.4 SPARC GCC-2.7.2 X11R6.1
FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE 386, 486 gcc-2.6.3 ??
2.1 Intel GCC-2.6.3 X11R6
2.2-SNAP Intel GCC-2.6.3 X11R6
2.2-961006-SNAP Pentium GCC-2.7.2.1 X11R6.1
OpenBSD 2.0 i486 GCC-2.7.2.1 X11R6.1
2.0 m68k (Sun3) GCC-2.7.2.1 X11R6
NetBSD 1.2 m68k (Amiga 3000) GCC-2.7.2 X11R6.1
1.2 SPARC GCC-2.7.2 X11R6
OS/2 Warp Pentium GCC-2.7.2 (EMX) X11R6.1
(XFree86-3.2)
Digital UNIX 4.0 Alpha GCC-2.7.2 X11R6
AIX 4.1.x ?? (assume RS6K) gcc-2.6.? X11R5
SUCCESS
-------
The web site lists a number of applications that are known to work with
Lesstif
to some extent. They probably won't work flawlessly though, your mileage
may vary.
The LessTif Core Team
--
Danny Backx, Kredietbank, Havenlaan 2, 1210 Brussel, Belgium
u27113@kb.be Tel. +32(2)422.74.57 Fax. +32(2)422.81.77