From: csoelle AT sghms DOT ac DOT uk (Christian Soeller) Subject: Re: X11 9 May 1997 07:30:46 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <50d8r1ot4x.fsf.cygnus.gnu-win32@mbcsg1.sghms.ac.uk> References: Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Original-CC: Niels Skou Olsen In-Reply-To: Niels Skou Olsen's message of 06 May 1997 13:24:02 +0200 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.2.10/Emacs 19.30 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Niels Skou Olsen writes: > > Hi, > > I have seen several people on this list mentioning the X11 libraries. > How do people use those libraries? > > * Do they use a commercial X server? > * Is there a free X server available from the net? > * Or do the X libraries map to native Windows API? > There is a free Xserver for win95/NT. From the README in the binary X11R6.3 distrib for cygwin32 (available at ftp://niteroi.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/win32/X11R6.3/Win32_X11R6_3.tar.gz): > And of course, you will need X Windows server software. A freewave X > server can be obtained from MicroImages: > > http://tnt.microimages.com/www/html/freestuf/mix.htm > > This server comes with twm. If you prefer fvwm, from COMMAND.COM enter > > startx > > and it will bring up the Xserver with fvwm. Take a look at the file > /usr/X11R6.3/bin/startx.bat if this fails for some reason. I built fvwm > from sources I had from xlibemu (DJGPP stuff), it does not come from > MicroImages. I have tried the server under win95/NT and it seems to work ok. You just need an installed TCP/IP protocol. Christian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian Soeller mailto: csoelle AT sghms DOT ac DOT uk St. Georges Hospital Medical School Dept. of Pharmacology Cranmer Terrace London SW17 0RE - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".