"James B. Hiller" wrote: > > Hi. > > [Caveats first - not wishing to incite riots with this email, as I'm sure > that I could; and not looking to boost advocacy for one flavor or another; > just looking for answers to things of which I'm ignorant, and have been > unable to find anything relevant to my questions. If there is an > information resource that addresses my question(s), a pointer would be > just great!] > > I've spent several hours searching and browsing, lists and FAQS, and have > not yet found any basic information or discussion on my question (in itself > surprising to me), which is: how should one make the choice between > use of lesstif and openmotif? > > My background is pretty straightforward. I am running linux; not doing > any active development; I do, however, build all the apps on my box from > source, rather than installing from distributions; I don't have a huge > number of motif apps, but I do have a sufficient enough number that > recompiling from one to the other is non-trivial; I started using lesstif > years back because it was available and worked for most/all of what > I had on my box; and lately I've run into a few, usually older, apps > that either don't compile with lesstif, or they do compile, but then > I get runtime errors that have something to do with the Xm lib (as opposed > to other resources on my system). With that, I superficially conclude > that MAYBE I'd be better off with openMotif, only because I have a superficial > belief that it is closer in fidelity/fullness to Motif specs than maybe lesstif > happens to be. > > I don't build software for or distribute to others, so I don't believe > I have any licensing issues. > > With that as background - I'd greatly appreciate if someone could give > me an assessment, from a position of knowledge that I don't have, as > to what I might gain (or lose) from installing and moving over to > openMotif (which I presume will have the effect that I will need to > recompile all motif apps that I have previously linked with lesstif libs).
OM will give you full motif-2 functionality; Lesstif is not 100% there yet. > > Lastly - if there is a simple, straightforward way to set things up so > that I can do one of the following: > > a. Have both libs/headers installed, and then build first with lesstif, > and if I discover a problem, then build with openMotif, OR > > b. Have both libs/headers installed, but with lesstif only to run apps > that I've previously built with it, and have all new builds be done > with openMotif My personal experience is that having both Lesstif and OM stuff on the same machine guarantees monster-size headaches. > > I'd appreciate any advice/info in this direction. > > thx! > jbh > _______________________________________________ > Lesstif mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif -- Michel Bardiaux Peaktime Belgium S.A. Bd. du Souverain, 191 B-1160 Bruxelles Tel : +32 2 790.29.41 _______________________________________________ Lesstif mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif
