just my two cents but why not have both versions... --- j. palicke http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palicke
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote: > Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 01:02:24 -0600 > From: Larry 'Daffy' Daffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: xscreensaver and Motif... > Resent-Date: 6 Apr 1997 07:06:41 -0000 > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown:;@cs.purdue.edu > > > Hi all, > > As the maintainer of xscreensaver, I have a few questions for users > and potential users. > > When xscreensaver is compiled with Motif, it has a few additional > capabilities: > > o It can be set to do locking, either through explicit direction by > xscreensaver-command, or automatically after a certain time period > (which can be different than the saver timeout). > > o It can run in 'demo mode', via xscreensaver-command, which displays > a dialog box containing all configured saver programs and allows the > user to select a mode and run it. > > I have not yet been able to get this functionality to work with > Lesstif, but thanks to CheapBytes, I now have the real thing and can > compile with Motif support, so that the above functionality works. > > So, the question: Would anyone like to see packages compiled with > Motif for the extra functionality? If so, would you like to see the > Motif package replace or supplement the non-Motif version? Or does no > one actually use xscreensaver, and I should just go stuff off and > leave y'all alone? :) > > -Larry > > > -- > Larry Daffner | Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ > One macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work > of > one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard >
