On 25-Oct-03 at 05:21, Harold L Hunt II ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Brian, > > Actually, Nicholas Wourms and I got a shared build working. He has > posted the package for me to review and I will try to upload it tonight > if I get a chance. He also included bug fixes that are in lesstif's > CVS, so mwm's 'Close' menu item seems to be working again. > > Harold > > Brian Ford wrote: > > >>Windows > >> > >>On windows using Cygwin, U/WIN or Interix, LessTif must be built as > >>static libraries. Because, one of the biggest issues with X on Win32 is > >>the moronic DLL format. Specifically - it is not possible to export > >>data from a Win32 DLL in a form that can be used to statically > >>initialize another global variable. Data access from a DLL requires at > >>least one pointer indirection, and hence executable code. This is why > >>X11R6 doesn't have DLLs for Xt/Xmu/Xaw (and Motif) on Win32. > >> > > > > Not exactly true on Cygwin anymore because of the following hack: > > > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-10/msg00173.html > > > > I am still trying to shake out a working lesstif DLL from this, but I > > thought I would ask two questions that might help speed this up. > > > > Does anyone remember what variables specifically this effects? Is > > _XtInherit() the only one? > > > > As an intermediate step, I am trying a static lesstif build with the new > > shared Xt/Xmu, etc. I am getting the followin message on startup of an > > application that previously worked fine: > > > > Warning: XmManager ClassInitialize: XmeTraitSet failed > > > > Error: attempt to add non-widget child "DropSiteManager" to parent "he" > > which supports only widgets
This error is usually a result of using the Xt VendorShell instead of the Xm VendorShell, caused by linking ... -Xt -lXm -lX11 ... > > > > Still digging in lesstif source to find out what this means and where to > > go from here, but any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lesstif mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif _______________________________________________ Lesstif mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif
