Rick,
Thanks. Could not be some MOTIF related issues in dxuilib? For example some of the sequencer code is in dxuilib, when dxui compiled with motif 2.1.21 the sequencer does core dump but with motif 1.2.x it behaved. Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Scott > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 8:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opendx-dev] Opendx and MOTIF > > > It may have something to do with the dx sub-classes of > the Motif widgets. Some > of them look as if they are _very_ familiar with the > Motif code. So, if some > key widget internals have changed I can see problems > cropping up.... I just did > a quick re-build of src/uipp/widgets and noticed at least > one case of NULL > being used for False, and possibly some NULL's being used > for None. The use of > NULL instead of None seems to be one of the most common > substitutions I've > seen. > > I'll take a shot at cleaning up > src/uipp/widgets.....unless someone else wants > it more....... > > > > On 24-Nov-99 at 20:32, Suhaib Siddiqi > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > understood, but same gcc 2.95.2 compiled with motif > 1.2.x does not > > show the ugs I experience with motif 2.1.21. > > > > Also on Windows I expewrimented with motif 1.2.4 and > 2.1.21 with GCC > > 2.95.2 and Microsoft C 6.0. The DX executables, > produced by either > > compiler, linked aginst 2.1.2 motif libs seems to be > very bugy, at > > least in my hands. Therefore I doubt there may be some > problems in > > DX code > > which are not compatible with MOTIF 2.1.21 > > > > Suhaib > > > > **************************** > > Suhaib M. Siddiqi > > Senior Research Scientist > > Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. > > 4222 Emperor Blvd., Suite 470 > > Durham, NC 27703 > > > > Tel: 919-941-9777 Ext 238 > > FAX: 919-941-9797 > > http://www.inspirepharm.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Rick Scott > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:29 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [opendx-dev] Opendx and MOTIF > > > > > > > > > Simply compiling with gcc 2.95.1 will point out a lot of > > > problems, just look at > > > the warnings :) > > > > > > > > > On 24-Nov-99 at 17:15, David L. Thompson > > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I have not started looking too much at the Motif code, > > > but I have > > > > noticed that just with "X" functions that a lot of them > > > are written > > > > just plain wrong. I think this is going to take a lot > > > of time to work > > > > through all the debugging and code. I know that someone > > > had mentioned > > > > running Purify on the code and I have suggested we run > > > other tools on > > > > the code and get all the bad stuff fixed. > > > > > > > > If you're wondering what kinds of things I'm > looking at is that > > > > XAllocColors was called with NULL as the argument for > > > planes. Planes > > > > is actually an integer that should be gotten by using the > > > > DisplayPlanes() function. As I work through the code, > > > if there is > > > > someone with tools that would like to run them on > > > files, feel free to > > > > do a few files at a time and send me the output. I'm > > > currently trying > > > > to work on some of the bigger files in the exec. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > >I am noticing different behavior of dxui, and builder > > > executables > > > > >compiled with OSF/MOTIF 1.2 and OSF/MOTIF 2.1.2 on Windows. > > > > >For example, if compiled with OSF/MOTIF 2.1.2, > > > directory browsing > > > > >does not work... opening a big *.net file on return > > > dxexec.exe bombs > > > > >and dxui often does segfault. > > > > > > > > > >With OSF/MOTIF 1.2 it is more or less behaves. > > > > > > > > > >Could there be some incompability problems with > MOTIF 2.1.x? > > > > > > > > > >Suhaib > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >**************************** > > > > >Suhaib M. Siddiqi > > > > >Senior Research Scientist > > > > >Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. > > > > >4222 Emperor Blvd., Suite 470 > > > > >Durham, NC 27703 > > > > > > > > > >Tel: 919-941-9777 Ext 238 > > > > >FAX: 919-941-9797 > > > > >http://www.inspirepharm.com > > > > > > > > > > > .......................................................... > > > ................... > > > > David L. Thompson The > > > University of Montana > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer > > > Science Department > > > > http://www.cs.umt.edu/u/dthompsn > Missoula, MT 59812 > > > > Work Phone > > > : (406)257-8530 > > > > > >
