From:	arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov (Arlindo da Silva)
Subject:	Re: pre-compiled X11R6.3 for b19 available
17 Mar 1998 06:08:17 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199803161154.GAA12565.cygnus.gnu-win32@woodmore.gsfc.nasa.gov>
References:	<Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 980315143027 DOT 28170B-100000 AT onyx DOT tarpon DOT net>
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To:	zap AT onyx DOT tarpon DOT net (James G. Stallings II)
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Dear James,

> I've used the the full environment (cdk.exe) vb18 as a viable shell
> solution for win95 for a bit now, and I'm quite impressed with the work
> you all have done.
> 
> I'd like to move up (as painlessly as possible) to b19 with the X11R6.3
> binaries and clients. If possible, I'd like to substitute an X Environment
> for the win95 GUI.
>

   I am not sure if it makes sense to entirely substitute one environment by
the other.  Since X and win95 GUI can co-exist I find myself using both. As a
rule of thumb, if you have a native port of an application and an X port, more
often than not the native port is faster and more robust. Beware, that X
clients generally run more reliably on winNT than on win95. One typical
problem that I have experienced is the win95 (but not winNT) miss/delay of
some X events.  Running nedit or ImageMagick on win95 can be quite frustating
at times. (This miss/delay of events is not exclusive of GNU Win32; X
aplications built with the CodeWarier kit have the sample problem).
 
> Any suggestions or tips for a smooth transition from a text-oriented b18
> installation to b19 and X?

   Get yourself a reliable X server. Starnet's x-win32 is adequate; MI/X has
too many limitations, mainly the fact that it does not fully support the
Athena widgets. I personally use eXceed, but it is somewhat pricy. Follow
links on my page 

        http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/grads/win32/X11R6.3 

for other available X servers.

   Cheers!

-- 
Arlindo da Silva    
dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu


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