comp windows x frequently asked questions faq archive name x faq part last modified subject where can i get patches to x r the release of new public patches by the mit x consortium is announced in the comp windows x announce newsgroup patches themselves are available via ftp from export and from other sites from which x is available they are now also distributed through the newsgroup comp sources x some source re sellers may be including patches in their source distributions of x people without ftp access can use the xstuff mail server it now has patches for x r send to xstuff expo lcs mit edu the subject line send fixes where is the name of the patch and is usually just the number of the patch here are a few complications fix is in four parts you need to request a b c and d separately the file sungx uu which was part of an earlier patch was re released with patch note the file doesn t work with solaris fix is in two parts a and b fix is in three parts a b and c fix is in two parts a and b fix replaces the r fix test for the x test suite which previously was optional fix also needs pexlib tar z which you can obtain from xstuff by asking for pexlib uu fix is in parts a through i subject what is the xstuff mail archive the xstuff server is a mail response program that means that you mail it a request and it mails back the response any of the four possible commands must be the first word on a line the xstuff server reads your entire message before it does anything so you can have several different commands in a single message unless you ask for help the xstuff server treats the subject header line just like any other line of the message the archives are organized into a series of directories and subdirectories each directory has an index and each subdirectory has an index the top level index gives you an overview of what is in the subdirectories and the index for each subdirectory tells you what is in it the command help or send help causes the server to send you a more detailed version of this help file if your message contains a line whose first word is index then the server will send you the top level index of the contents of the archive if there are other words on that line that match the name of subdirectories then the indexes for those subdirectories are sent instead of the top level index for example you can say send index fixes or index fixes a message that requests an index cannot request data if your message contains a line whose first word is send then the xstuff server will send you the item s named on the rest of the line to name an item you give its directory and its name for example send fixes a b you may issue multiple send requests the xstuff server contains many safeguards to ensure that it is not monopolized by people asking for large amounts of data the mailer is set up so that it will send no more than a fixed amount of data each day if the work queue contains more requests than the day s quota then the unsent files will not be processed until the next day whenever the mailer is run to send its day s quota it sends the requests out shortest first some mailers produce mail headers that are unusable for extracting return addresses if you use such a mailer you won t get any response if you happen to know an explicit path you can include a line like path foo bar bitnet mitvma mit edu or path bar foo frotz in the body of your message and the daemon will use it the xstuff server itself can be reached at xstuff expo lcs mit edu if your mailer deals in notation try sending to someplace mit eddie expo lcs mit edu xstuff based on information from the mit x consortium subject where can i get x r source and binaries integrated computer solutions inc ships x r on half inch quarter inch and tk formats call for ordering information the free software foundation sells x r on half inch tapes and on qic cartridges yaser doleh doleh math cs kent edu p o box kent oh is making x r available on hp format tapes track and sun cartridges european sites can obtain a free x r distribution from jamie watson who may be reached at chx pan jw or jw pan uu ch non standard logics requests nsl fr makes source available ixi limited is selling x r source on quarter inch cartridge formats and on and floppy with other formats available on request ixi virtual technologies provides the entire x r compressed source release on a single qic quarter inch cartridge and also on meg or meg floppies upon request conor cahill cpcahil virtech uu net young minds makes the r and gnu distributions available on a full text indexed cd rom note that some distributions are media only and do not include docs x r is ftp able from export lcs mit edu these sites are preferable though and are more direct machine internet ftp location name address directory west usa gatekeeper dec com pub x r central usa mordred cs purdue edu pub x r central usa giza cis ohio state edu pub x v r southeast usa uunet uu net x r northeast usa crl dec com pub x r uk janet src doc ic ac uk x v r uk niftp uk ac ic doc src xv r australia munnari oz au x v r the giza cis ohio state edu site in particular is known to have much of the contrib stuff that can be found on export the release is available to dec easynet sites as crl pub x r sites in australia may contact this address ftp adelaide edu au and check the directory pub x r the machine shadows export and archives comp sources x mark prior mrp ucs adelaide edu au note a much more complete list is distributed as part of the introductory postings to comp sources x a set of x r binaries built by tom roell roell informatik tu muenchen de for the ix will available from export lcs mit edu in contrib and in pub i x r from in europe stephen hite shite sinkhole unf edu can also distribute to folks without ftp facilities via disks sent sase contact him for usmail and shipping details in addition the binaries are available via uucp from szebra tb pep ogin nuucp sword nuucp in usr xbbs bbs x in addition the source is on zok in usrx i r server in addition if you are in the us the latest svr binary april patches and fonts are available on piggy ucsb edu in the directory pub x same filenames as above please use after pm pacific as these are large files a set of hp binaries is available on hpcvaaz cv hp com as ftp pub mitx r libs x z a set of x r binaries for the next x have been made available by howie kaye on cunixf cc columbia edu a set of binaries by john coolidge coolidge cs uiuc edu for the mac running a ux is available from wuarchive wustl edu in the file archive systems aux x r xupdate tar z also in x r diffs is a set of patches for making x r with shared libraries with mkshlib a complete distribution of sco x r binaries by baruch cochavy blue techunix technion ac il can be found on uunet the server is roell s x b compiled for et based svga boards subject where can i get osf motif you can obtain either osf motif source or binaries from a number of vendors motif source is now available it is based on x r motif is based on the r intrinsics and is currently at an osf motif source license must be obtained from osf before source can be obtained from the open software foundation or any value added vendor for any version call the direct channels desk at osf at for ordering information various hardware vendors produce developer s toolkits of binaries header files and documentation check your hardware vendor particularly if that vendor is an osf member in addition independent binary vendors produce motif toolkits for machines for which motif is not supported by a vendor the kits include varied levels of bug fixing and support for shared libraries and are based on widely divergent version of motif quest sells kits for suns as well ixi offers kits for sun and sun nsl requests nsl fr offers kits for the sun and sun bluestone consulting makes a kit for sun systems ics makes several binary kits notably for sun dec hp and dec have announced support for motif on sun systems unipalm currently offers for sun systems a motif development kit including x r and based on motif the us distributor is expert object corp bim ships motif binaries for suns shared library support is included contact alain vermeiren av sunbim be or danny backx db sunbim be at fax belgium silogic ships motif and motif on sun machines s i systems offers motif for solaris info in usa and canada metro link inc sales metrolink com in europe contact adnt univision uk ltd ships an implementation of x r and motif including a shared library implementation of libxm a for the unix market motif is also available for sun sparc based workstations it has also announced motif for solaris systems subject does motif work with x r x r motif is based on x r motif available in source form from osf as of august uses the vanilla x r intrinsics where vanilla means with just a few patches the file fix osf which osf distributes is obsoleted by mit s patches the file fix osf distributed with the version or its subsequent modification needs to be applied after mit fix though motif to will work with x r if x r is compiled with dmotifbc and later should work with the vanilla r although there are some known new geometry management problems subject where can i get toolkits implementing open look sun s xview has a sunview style api a version is on the x r tape the latest sources are on export in contrib xview xview and x binaries for the sun i roadrunner are available for ftp from svin win tue nl directory pub x r i supported binaries of xview or include xview for non sun platforms domestic and selected international vendors several are also available from sun contact your local sales office amiga gfxbase inc ellwell drive amigados milpitas ca fax sgi sony news os ibm rs hp decstation unipress software lincoln highway ultrix edison nj fax unipress software ltd po box viking house fax nelson street douglas isle of man united kingdom dec vaxstation tgv mission street vms tgv santa cruz ca fax unipalm ltd st neots road hardwick fax cambridge cb qj england intel quarterdeck office pico boulevard dos systems santa monica ca fax intel sunsoft corporation center drive west interactive suite unix and los angeles ca sco unix stardent scripps institute clinic mb stellix os fax n torrey pines road and titan os include mailstop mb la jolla ca by ftp in pub binary xview readme xview tar z at t s open look gui xt based toolkit is now generally available contact unix for information binaries are produced for sparc systems by international quest corporation a version of the toolkit is also produced under the name olit by sun more recent versions of olit have been ported to ibm and dec mips by both unipress and ics olit is also available for hp from melillo consulting mjm somerset nj makes olit for hp xx series running hpux decstations and rs s thanks to joanne newbauer jo attunix att com sun is shipping openwindows contact your local sales representative for more details the package includes toolkit binaries and header files parcplace s formerly solbourne s extensible c based object interface library which supports run time selection between open look or motif is available from subject where can i get other x sources including r modifications the mit software center ships the x test suite on tape a multi threaded version of xlib based on x r patch is now available for anonymous ftp from new version dec on gatekeeper dec com in pub x contrib mt xlib mit on export lcs mit edu in contrib mt xlib hp has made available drivers to permit the building of the x r sample server on the hp series workstations the files are on export lcs mit edu in ftp contrib r hp srv user contributed software is distributed through the newsgroup comp sources x moderated by chris olson chris imd sterling com also check that group for posting information richard hesketh rlh ukc ac uk has been creating a list of freely available x sources the list is stored on export lcs mit edu in contrib as x source list z it lists the main storage locations for the program and international sites from which it may be ftp ed the machine export lcs mit edu has a great deal of user contributed software in the contrib directory a good deal of it is present in current or earlier versions on the x r x r and x r contrib tapes there are also directories for fixes to contrib software the file on export in contrib index txt is a quick overall index of the software in that area provided by daniel lewart d lewart uiuc edu these sites used to and may still mirror export and are of particular use for australasia anonymous ftp ftp adelaide edu au acsnet fetchfile sirius ua oz the material on giza cis ohio state edu which tends to duplicate the export archives is also available via anonymous uucp from osu cis at tb and v speeds write to uucp cis ohio state edu same as osu cis uucp for instructions the archive is now maintained by karl kleinpaste a new west coast uucp x archive is administered by mark snitily mark zok uucp and contains the full x distribution the xtest distribution an entire archive of comp sources x and other goodies the machine zok has a tb modem which will connect to k baud in that order the anonymous uucp account is uxarch with password xgoodies the modem s phone number is a sample systems or l sys entry might be zok any acu in in uxarch word xgoodies to get a current listing of the files that are available download the file usrx ls lr z a full subject index of the comp sources x files is available in the file usrx comp sources x index the machine has just the one modem so please do not fetch large amounts of data at one sitting courtesy mark snitily in addition uunet source archives tracks comp sources x and provides mb of compressed programs on bpi tapes or tapes it also mirrors export contrib in its packages x directory subject where can i get interesting widgets the free widget foundation fwf library sponsored by brian totty totty cs uiuc edu is now available on a cs uiuc edu in pub fwf v shar z the set of widgets there is intended to form the basis for future contributions to be added to the discussion list send to listserv cs uiuc edu a message saying subscribe listname your full name where listname is one of free widgets announce free widgets development or free widgets bugs version is current look for in the xew widget set contains widgets for data representation version is on export contrib xew tar z peter ware s xo open widget set which has motif like functionality is on archive cis ohio state edu as pub xo xo tar z the athenatools plotter widget set version beta maintained by peter klingebiel klin iat uni paderborn de includes many graph and plotting widgets a copy is on export in plotter v b tar z plotter doc tar z plotter afm tar z and plotter readme the latest versions may in fact be on ftp uni paderborn de in unix tools an advance version of marc quinton s motif port of the fwf multilist widget is in ftp stna stna dgac fr pub multilist tar z additional widgets are available on the contrib portion of the x r tapes these include the xcu set paul johnston s johnston spc jpl nasa gov x control panel widget set emulates hardware counterparts sources are on export lcs mit edu in xc tar z o reilly volume doug young s book the asente swick book and jerry smith s object oriented programming with the x window system toolkits all include details on writing widgets and include several useful widgets sources are typically on export and or uunet the dirt interface builder includes the libxukc widet set which extends the functionality of xaw a graph widget and other d plot and d contour widgets by sundar narasimhan sundar ai mit edu are available from ftp ai mit edu as com ftp pub users sundar graph tar z the graph widget has been updated with documentation and histogram capabilities a graph widget is available from ftp stna stna dgac fr in pub graph tar z it uses a segment list for drawing and hence supports a zoom operation ken lee s xm widget demo that uses display postscript to draw labels at a non horizontal angle is on export in contrib dpslabel tar z the table widget works like troff tbl tables is available in several flavors one of which is with the widget creation library release bell communications research has developed a matrix widget for complex application layouts it s on export in contrib xbae widgets tar z the distribution also includes a caption widget to associate labels with particular gui components dan connolly s connolly convex com xcrichtext interprets rtf data it s on export as contrib xcrichtext tar z the xmgraph motif based graphing widget is on iworks ecn uiowa edu in comp hp gui classic xmgraph tar z although it may not be stable a tex style layout widget by keith packard is described in the proceedings of the th mit technical conference o reilly x resource volume source is available on export contrib layout tar z a version of lee iverson s leei mcrcim mcgill edu image viewing tool is available as contrib vimage tar z on export lcs mit edu the package also includes an imageviewport widget and a filedialog widget in addition the pext toolkit by rich thomson rthomson dsd es com is available on export as pext tar z it includes a pex widget making it easier to use pex in xt based programs a motif port of the xaw clock widget is in ftp stna stna dgac fr in pub clock tar z a modification of the xaw scrollbar widget which supports the arrowhead style of other toolkits is on export in contrib xaw scrollbar mta z a beta release of the r xaw widgets with a d visual appearance by kaleb keithley kaleb thyme jpl nasa gov is available on export in contrib xaw d r xaw d tar z the library which is binary compatible with the mit xaw implements a d subclass which handles the extra drawing also the xmt motif tools dovetail systems s shareware library of widgets and many convenience functions is available from export lcs mit edu contrib and ftp ora com pub xbook xmt in xmt readme and xmt tar z the xtra xwidgets set includes widgets for pie and bar charts xy plots help spreadsheets data entry forms and line and bar graphs contact graphical software technology at info gst com for information the xrt graph widget available for motif xview and olit displays x y plots bar and pie charts and supports user feedback fast updates and postscript output contact kl group inc at info klg com a set of data entry widgets for motif is available from marlan software gwg world std com a set of graph widgets is available from expert database systems a set of osf motif compound widgets and support routines for d visualization is available from ms quek lee hian national computer board republic of singapore tel fax leehian iti gov sg leehian itivax bitnet the ics widget databook includes a variety of control widgets and special purpose widgets available on a variety of platforms information info ics com information on graphing tools may be obtained from info tomsawyer com fax subject where can i get a good file selector widget the free widget foundation set offers a fileselector widget with separate directory path and file listing windows and the filecomplete which has emacs style file completion and expansion other available file requestor widgets include the xifileselector from iris software s book the xdbx file selector extracted by david nedde daven wpi wpi edu and the filenominator from the axe distribution the ghostview xfig and vimage packages also include file selector widgets subject what widget is appropriate to use as a drawing canvas some widget sets have a widget particularly for this purpose a workspace or drawingarea which doesn t display anything but lets your xt application know when it has been re exposed resized and when it has received user key and mouse input the best thing to do for other widget sets including the athena set is to create or obtain such a widget this is preferable to drawing into a core widget and grabbing events with xtaddeventhandler which loses a number of benefits of xt and encapsulation of the functionality at least one version has been posted to comp sources x name the publicly available programs xball and xpic include other versions the athena widget manual mit doc xaw template in the r distribution includes a tutorial and source code to a simple widget which is suitable for use the free widget foundation set contains a canvas widget subject what is the current state of the world in x terminals jim morton jim applix com posts quarterly to comp windows x a list of manufacturers and terminals it includes pricing information notable buyers guide surveys include the september issue of systems integration subject where can i get an x server with a touchscreen or lightpen labtam fax offers a surface acoustic wave touch screen option on its xengine terminals tektronix provides an x terminal with the xtouch touch screen this terminal may also be resold through trident systems metro link supports the elographics serial touch screen controllers subject where can i get an x server on a pc dos or unix mit x r already provides a server to many unixes with support for many of the popular video graphics adapters and for other non msdos pcs you can obtain a server from these sources xfree formerly x e is an enhanced version of x which was distributed with x r it includes many bug fixes speed improvements and other enhancements source for version is on export lcs mit edu in pub contrib ftp physics su oz au in x and ftp win tue nl in pub x in addition binaries are on ftp physics su oz au and ftp win tue nl among other systems info x physics su oz au note this package obsoletes glenn lai s speedup patches for an enhanced x r server for unixes with et boards speedup tar z on export metro link inc sales metrolink com in europe contact adnt ships an implementation of x r for the unix market sgcs offers x version based on thomas roell s x r two headed server in binary and source form information info sgcs com isc sco uhc and other well known operating system vendors typically offer x servers for msdos pcs daniel j mccoy mccoy gothamcity jsc nasa gov has started posting monthly a list of non unix servers for pcs macs and amigas it includes pricing information the current copy is kept on export in contrib as xservers nonunix txt z an article on pc x servers appears in the march open systems today also of possible use net i from programit enables communication among dos os and unix machines and can be used to display pc sessions on your unix x display subject where can i get an x server on a macintosh running macos exodus from white pine software runs on any mac with at least mb of memory and runs the x server within a standard macintosh window version supports intermixing of x and mac windows and the adsp protocol the version supports the shape extension and includes decwindows support apple s macx runs on macplus or newer machines with mb of memory and system software or later version is fully x r based it supports full icccm compatible cut and paste of text and graphics between the macintosh and x worlds the shape extension including shaped windows on the macintosh desktop an optional built in icccm compliant window manager x r fonts and colors a built in bdf font compiler and built in standard colormaps upgrades to macx are available by ftp from aux support apple com info note macx is also the name of a vax mac xmodem transfer utility also liken unix or info qualix com software enables monochrome mac applications to run on a sparc system running x xport unix or xport qualix com enables mac applications to display on an x based workstation by turning the mac into an x client intercon has a product called planet x which enables mac applications to display on an x server subject where can i get x for the amiga the new amiga machines offer an x server and open look tools and libraries on a full svr implementation gfxbase inc provides x r for the amigados computer it contains x r clients fonts etc and a release color server an optional programmer s toolkit includes the header files libraries and sample programs info from gfxbase dale luck uunet cbmvax pyramid boing dale subject where can i get a fast x server for a workstation the r server should be among the fastest available for most machines sun sells a direct xlib product which improves rendering for applications running on the same machine as the x server the replacement xlib library accesses graphics hardware directly using sun s direct graphics access dga technology international quest corporation has an optimized r server for sun under sunos unipalm have r servers for sun and sparc platforms these are optimised to use graphics hardware and will run with sunview information or xtech unipalm co uk xgraph s xtool is an x server implemented in sunview which boasts impressive results on sun and sparc systems several companies are making hardware accellerator boards dupont pixel systems for sun megatek s x cellerator board for the sun and sun is based on the ti the company claims performance improvements of x to x over the sample x r server subject where can i get a server for my high end sun graphics board takahashi naoto electrotechnical laboratory ntakahas etl go jp has modified the mit x r server to support the sun cg cg and cg boards the files are on export in contrib xsun tar z note that both files are necessary to build xsun the jpl r xsun multi screen server is a general purpose replacement for the mit server ddx sun layer it provides for the screen to be split among several monitors and implements several other features above the mit implementation available on export lcs mit edu in the file contrib r xsun multi screen tar z kaleb keithley kaleb thyme jpl nasa gov the file was updated mar subject where can i get an x terminal server for my low end sun seth robertson seth ctr columbia edu has written xkernel the current version as of expected rsn is on sol ctr columbia edu in pub xkernel gamma it turns a sun into a pseudo x terminal most of the overhead of the operating system is side stepped so it is fairly fast and needs little disk space a similar approach is to run the regular x server by making etc init a shell script which does the minimal setup and then invokes xsun like this example script from mouse larry mcrcim mcgill edu bin sh exec dev console etc fsck p dev nd case in etc reboot q n echo nd fsck failed get help etc halt echo interrupted etc reboot echo unknown error in reboot fsck get help etc halt esac bin dd if tmp fs of dev nd bs count dev null etc mount dev nd tmp etc ifconfig le netmask broadcast etc mount o ro apollo u x lib local lib x etc route add default dev null set etc ifconfig le exec xsun once multidisp mux query sh vn local lib x xdm servers subject what terminal emulators other than xterm are available pcs has rewritten xterm from scratch using a multi widget approach that can be used by applications a version is on the r contrib tape and on export in contrib emu tar z for more information contact me dude pcs com mxterm a motif based xterm is available from the paderborner ftp server ftp uni paderborn de file unix x more contrib mxterm tar z the color terminal widget provides ansi terminal emulation compatible with the vtx series a version is on export in contrib ctw tar z a motif version is on ftp stna stna dgac fr in pub term tar z kterm is an x r based vt vt and tektronix terminal emulator that supports display of chinese japanese and korean text in vt mode also supported are ansi color sequences multi byte word selection limited compound text support and tab and newline preservation in selections kterm is also available from these anonymous ftp sites clr nmsu edu pub misc kterm tar z export lcs mit edu contrib kterm tar z kum kaist ac kr pub unix xstuffs kterm tar z courtesy of mark leisher mleisher nmsu edu kterm tar z is now on export mterm by mouse larry mcrcim mcgill edu is an x terminal emulator which includes ansi x and dec emulation modes mterm can be had by ftp to larry mcrcim mcgill edu in x mterm src mterm ball o wax cxterm is a chinese xterm which supports both gb and the so called big encoding hanzi input conversion mechanism is builtin in cxterm most input methods are stored in external files that are loaded at run time users can redefine any existing input methods or create their own ones the x r cxterm is the rewritten of cxterm version based on x r xterm it is in the r contrib software thanks to zhou ning zhou tele unit no and steinar bang uunet idt unit no steinarb xvt is available on export s contrib in xvt tar z and xvt readme it is designed to offer xterm s functionality with lower swap space and may be of particular use on systems driving many x terminals x is in x r contrib also ibm sells a emulator for the rs part it s based on motif century software sells a vt terminal emulator for x vt wyse and sco color console emulation are also available grafpoint s tgraf x provides emulation of tektronix and xx graphics terminals it s available for most major platforms information inc free demo copies fax uunet grafpnt sales ixi s x deskterm a package for integrating character based applications into an x environment includes a number of terminal emulation modules information pericom produces teem x a set of several emulation packages for a number of tek dec westward and data general terminals the software runs on sun sun apollo dec isc ibm aix information us uk sco s scoterm info sco com part of its open desktop environment is a motif compliant sco ansi color console emulator subject where can i get an x based editor or word processor you can ftp a version of gnu emacs the extensible customizable self documenting real time display editor including x support from prep ai mit edu pub gnu emacs tar z or informatik tu muenchen de pub gnu emacs emacs tar z epoch is a modified version of gnu emacs with additional facilities useful in an x environment current sources are on cs uiuc edu in ftp pub epoch files epoch the current version is in europe try unido informatik uni dortmund de there are two subdirectories epoch contains the epoch source and gwm contains the source to the programmable window manager gwm with which epoch works well you can get on the epoch mailing list by sending a request to epoch request cs uiuc edu lucid emacs is a version of gnu emacs derived from an early version of emacs version it currently requires x windows to run x support is greatly enhanced over gnu emacs version including support for multiple x windows input and display of all iso latin characters zmacs lispm style region highlighting a customizable motif like menubar more powerful keymap support flexible text attributes support on regional and screen local basis through x resources and or lisp and support for the x selection mechanism lucid emacs is free the latest version is and is available from labrea stanford edu in the pub gnu lucid directory the andrew system on the x contrib tapes has been described as one of the best word processing packages available it supports word processing with multi media embedded objects rasters tables spread sheets drawings style editor application builder embedded programming language c release became available june fred hansen wjh andrew cmu edu you may be able to use the remote andrew demo service to try this software try finger help atk itc cmu edu for help the interviews c toolkit contains a wysiwig editor called doc it saves and loads files in a latex like format not quite latex the package can also import idraw postscript drawings a simple editor axe by j k wight newcastle ac uk is available on export and arjuna newcastle ac uk as axe tar z it is based around the xaw text widget ted is a simple motif based text editor it is a wrapper around the motif text widget which offers search replace paragraph formatting and navigation features ted is available from ftp eos ncsu edu as pub bill tar z here are also executables there point by crowley unmvax cs unm edu charlie crowley is tcl tk based and offers dyanimic configuration and programming in the tcl macro language the editor is available from unmvax cs unm edu as pub point point tar z asedit by andrzej stochniol astoch ic ac uk is on export in contrib asedit tar z it is a simple text editor built around the motif text widget version was released also elan computer group mountain view ca has announced the avalon publisher an x open look wysiwyg electronic publishing system framemaker and framewriter are available as x based binary products for several machines frame is at ca wx formerly indepthedit is available from non standard logics requests nsl fr buzzwords international inc has an editor called professional edit that runs under x motif for various platforms info decwrite is available from dec for some dec hardware and sunwrite is available from sun islandwrite will soon be available from island graphics info island com for some hp apollo platforms interleaf is currently available from interleaf ma on all sun and dec platforms others are under development the aster x office integration tools from applix applix ma include a multi font wysiwg document composer for several systems arbortext inc provides an x version of its electronic publishing program called the publisher the publisher is available on sun hp and apollo workstations contact arbortext at iris computing laboratories offers the ie editor info or info spectro com bbn slate from bbn software products includes a menu driven word processor with multiple fonts and style sheets it supports x on multiple platforms or slate offer bbn com the powerful sam editor by rob pike is split into a host portion and a front end graphics portion which now has an x implementation sam is now available by anonymous ftp from research att com in dist sam bundle z watch that space for updated versions there is a mailing list for sam users requests to sam fans request hawkwind utcs toronto edu a set of extensions which augment the mouse activity with the keyboard is available from uxc cso uiuc edu in pub sam samx shar innovative solutions or brian zimbelman is brian bbx basis com publishes the user configurable motif based xamine editor qualix offers a product information info qualix com or unix typex is a motif based editor available for several systems information amcad research fax wordperfect offers an x based version of wordperfect for several workstations information or subject where can i get an x based mailer xmh an x interface to mh is distributed with the x release xmail is an x based window interface to berkeley style mail handlers it is styled primarily after the sunview mailtool application and builds on most unix systems the current release is available in the mit x r contrib tape and from export and uunet info jeff markham markham cadence com mmh my mail handler a motif interface to the mh mail handler is available from ftp eos ncsu edu in pub bill tar z it is bundled with the ted editor which it uses for composing messages motif is required if you don t have it look for dec and sparc executables in the same place information and problems to erik scott escott eos ncsu edu the andrew toolkit supports the andrew message system it is available from export and many other x archives and from emsworth andrew cmu edu or send email to susan andrew cmu edu release became available june you may be able to use the remote andrew demo service to try this software try finger help atk itc cmu edu for help xmailtool is an xaw based interface to a bsd style mail reader version was released information bob kierski bobo cray com or cem is a motif based mailer using standard mailbox formats it is on nelson tx ncsu edu in pub cem information sam moore sam moore ncsu edu also alfalfa software offers poste a unix based mailer that has motif and command based interfaces it includes support for multimedia enclosures and supports both the internet and x mail standards information info alfalfa com z code software offers z mail for most unix systems binaries support both tty and motif interfaces the mailer includes a csh like scripting language for customizing and extending mail capabilities information info z code com several vendors systems include x based mailers dec offers dxmail sun offers an x based mailtool sco info sco com includes scomail in its open desktop product several integrated office productivity tools include mailers the aster x office integration tools from applix applix ma include a mailer subject where can i get an x based paint draw program xpic is an object oriented drawing program it supports multiple font styles and sizes and variable line widths there are no rotations or zooms xpic is quite suitable as an interactive front end to pic though the xpic format produced can be converted into postscript the latest version is on the r contrib tape in clients xpic xfig by brian v smith bvsmith lbl gov is an object oriented drawing program supporting compound objects the xfig format can be converted to postscript or other formats recent versions are on the r contrib tape or on export in contrib r fixes version idraw supports numerous fonts and various line styles and arbitrary rotations it supports zoom and scroll and color draws and fills the file format is a postscript dialect it can import tiff files distributed as a part of the interviews c toolkit current release from interviews stanford edu a version of robert forsman s thoth lightning cis ufl edu xscribble an bit paint program for x is now on ftp cis ufl edu in pub thoth xpaint is available from ftp ee lbl gov as xpaint tar z a rewrite xpaint by david koblas koblas netcom com was released as xpaint pl tar z xpaint is a bitmap pixmap editing tool a new openwindows postscript based graphical editor named ice is now available for anonymous ftp from internet host lamont ldgo columbia edu ice image composition environment is an imaging tool that allows raster images to be combined with a wide variety of postscript annotations in wysiwyg fashion via x imaging routines and news postscript rasterizing it may require openwindows and sun c tgif by william cheng william oahu cs ucla edu is available from most uucp sites and also from export and from cs ucla edu it is frequently updated version patch was released the pixmap program info colas sa inria fr for creating pixmaps is on the r contrib tape it resembles the bitmap client version is now available although metacard is not generally classified as a paint program a full bit color image editor is built into the program which can be used for light image editing and for producing color icons info metacard com metacard is available via anonymous ftp from ftp metacard com csn org or pixt by j michael flanery produces xpm output also dxpaint is a bitmap oriented drawing program most like macpaint it s good for use by artists but commonly held to be bad for drawing figures or drafting dxpaint is part of dec s ultrix release framemaker has some draw capabilities bbn slate from bbn software products includes a full featured draw and paint program with object grouping and multiple patterns multiple x platforms or slate offer bbn com dux ta dah islandgraphics offers islanddraw islandpaint islandpresent info corel draw ported to x by prior data sciences arts letters composer ficor autograph openwindows includes the olpixmap editor sco odt includes the scopaint editor hp vue includes the vueicon editor several integrated office productivity tools include draw paint capabilities the aster x office integration tools from applix applix ma include draw paint capabilities thanks in part to stephen j byers af cobcs cummins com and to j daniel smith dsmith ann arbor applicon slb com david b lewis faq craft uunet uu net just the faqs ma am joe friday david b lewis temporarily at but not speaking for visual inc day dbl visual com evening david craft uunet uu net
